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fromJezebel
2 weeks agoSounds Like the GOP Is Eager to Literally Fight Democrats in Order to Pass the Voter Suppression SAVE America Act
Republicans plan a prolonged Senate floor fight over the SAVE America Act to force Democrats to defend voting eligibility requirements despite lacking votes to pass the bill.
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fromJezebel
2 weeks agoSounds Like the GOP Is Eager to Literally Fight Democrats in Order to Pass the Voter Suppression SAVE America Act
Republicans plan a prolonged Senate floor fight over the SAVE America Act to force Democrats to defend voting eligibility requirements despite lacking votes to pass the bill.
California
fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago$5 to sign a ballot petition with someone else's name? Video spurs California investigation
California's secretary of state launched an investigation after video evidence showed signature collectors paying people $5 to fraudulently sign initiative petitions under other people's names.
#voter-id-requirements
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fromFortune
3 weeks agoAn effort similar to the SAVE Act was tried once, but was blocked by courts when over 30,000 eligible citizens were prevented from registering to vote | Fortune
New Hampshire's proof-of-citizenship law requires voters to present passports or birth certificates instead of driver's licenses, creating barriers for citizens like Joshua Bogdan who previously voted without issue.
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fromFortune
3 weeks agoAn effort similar to the SAVE Act was tried once, but was blocked by courts when over 30,000 eligible citizens were prevented from registering to vote | Fortune
New Hampshire's proof-of-citizenship law requires voters to present passports or birth certificates instead of driver's licenses, creating barriers for citizens like Joshua Bogdan who previously voted without issue.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks agoRepublican Candidate Paid Accused Forger to Collect Signatures To Get Name on Ballot
Republican congressional candidate Anthony Constantino allegedly hired an accused forger to collect ballot signatures, later terminating him upon discovering his criminal background.
US politics
fromAbove the Law
3 weeks agoFrom 'Hold Me In Contempt' To 'Elect Me To Congress' - Above the Law
Former Justice Department attorney Julie Le, who criticized the immigration system's workload demands, is now running for Congress in Minnesota's 5th District as a Democrat challenging Ilhan Omar.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
3 weeks agoRepublican governor signs bill urging citizens to rat on "suspect" voters - LGBTQ Nation
South Dakota's new law allows voters to challenge other residents' voting rights based on suspected non-citizenship, requiring signed sworn statements with documented evidence filed 90 days before elections.
Social justice
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
2 months agoHuman rights organisation ordered to shut down days before election
Uganda suspended Chapter Four Uganda's operating permit and ordered its shutdown days before a contested election, citing alleged security-related violations.
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 weeks agoThe midterm primaries are turning out to be really bad news for incumbents - LGBTQ Nation
In perhaps a vain attempt to prove themselves moderate, the Democratic lawmakers helped override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes. Voters responded with the kind of ballot-box fury that should serve as a lesson to other incumbents. It wasn't just a case that the incumbents lost. They were buried, with several of them getting trounced by margins of 40 points or more.
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#mail-voting
US Elections
fromSlate Magazine
3 weeks agoTrump's Voting Nemesis Is at the Supreme Court. We Can't Afford for SCOTUS to Get It Wrong.
Mail voting, used by one-third of Americans in 2024, faces legal and political attacks including Trump's executive order and a Supreme Court case challenging post-Election Day ballot receipt in 29 states.
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fromAbove the Law
2 months agoJudicial Candidate Learns The Hard Way That Extortion Is Not A Campaign Strategy - Above the Law
Incumbent Judge Lauren Reeder successfully removed challenger Kimberly McTorry from the ballot after a court found allegations of coercion, coordinated social-media pressure, and forged or invalid signatures.
fromNextgov.com
2 months agoAs Trump administration cries 'fraud,' experts worry it does more harm than good
President Trump's firing of IGs and removal of acting IGs, and then the subsequent appointment of some very political folks as IGs ... does raise the specter of a politicized inspector general community," one of those fired watchdogs, Mark Lee Greenblatt, told Nextgov/FCW.
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fromThe New Yorker
1 month agoHow to Protect the 2026 Elections from Donald Trump
The Washington Roundtable discusses Donald Trump's threats to "nationalize" elections in fifteen states, the recent F.B.I. raid to seize 2020 voting records at an election facility in Fulton County, Georgia, and the ways in which the Administration might meddle with a free and fair vote in 2026. Their guest, Richard Hasen, is the director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project at U.C.L.A.'s School of Law.
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