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New York Times: Georgia Faith Leaders Urge Boycott of Home Depot Over Voting Law
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Roll Call: Ohio Rep. Steve Stivers to leave Congress next month
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Chicago Tribune: Democrats may use population estimates for redistricting, raising questions about fairness of maps
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The Hill (Op-Ed): The For the People Act is the bold legislative action we need to fight election disinformation
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Salon: Big corporate donors claim to support racial justice — but fund Republicans pushing voting limits
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The Atlantic: Why Is Voting So Hard in Blue States?
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Roll Call: As some states rush to redistrict, gerrymandering fight moves to back burner
Young and others say that route is rife with potential legal challenges. It also undercuts the investment the state made financially and in outreach to underserved communities to get a good census count.
Change Illinois, Common Cause and other groups nationwide have pushed legislatures to engage the public in the redistricting process.
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New York Times: Wall Street Is Donating to This D.A. Candidate. Is That a Problem?
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Associated Press: Wake County won’t pursue criminal complaint of Louis DeJoy
“We filed our complaint with the State Board of Elections in light of a fundraising scheme allegedly perpetrated by Mr. DeJoy that has the appearance of illicitly bypassing North Carolina’s campaign finance limits,” Bob Phillips of Common Cause said in an email statement Monday.
“We have full confidence that the State Board of Elections will conduct a thorough investigation into these serious...
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Stateline/Tampa Bay Times: Nation has Georgia on its mind, but many states are making voting easier
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NBC News: Texas GOP recruiting ‘army’ to fight voter fraud in largely minority areas of Houston
“The impetus for releasing right now is there are some bills in the legislature that seek to empower poll watchers in some really scary ways, and also at the same time, take away the power of the presiding judge at the poll site from being able to remove a disruptive poll watcher,” said Anthony Gutierrez, executive director of Common Cause Texas. The group blurred out the Republican official's name...
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The Fulcrum (Op-Ed): Are health care and a living wage too much for congressional candidates to ask?
Islam ran for Congress in Georgia last year without a living wage or medical insurance.