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Rolling Stone: The Trouble With MeidasTouch
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Washington Post: Video shows Texas GOP official seeking ‘army’ of volunteers to monitor polls in mostly Black and Hispanic Houston precincts
“It’s very clear that we’re talking about recruiting people from the predominantly Anglo parts of town to go to Black and Brown neighborhoods,” Anthony Gutierrez, the group’s executive director, told The Washington Post.
“This is a role that’s supposed to do nothing but stand at a poll...
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New York Times: Why Kentucky Just Became the Only Red State to Expand Voting Rights
She said that Kentucky did not fall into the category of true expansion, because its new law will provide fewer options than the emergency orders of 2020. “This might be a political calculation made by Democrats in the state, so that Republicans don’t go even further in suppressing the vote like other states...
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Washington Post: NRCC warns donors Trump will find out if they opt out of monthly donations
“While it should be easy for supporters of an organization to make recurring donations, people shouldn’t be tricked or bullied into making donations,” Ryan said. “NRCC and Trump solicitations seem to have crossed this line.”
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Common Cause, CWA, and Over 20 Organizations File Letter Outlining Public Interest Harms With Proposed Verizon/TracFone Merger
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The Guardian: How Republicans are trying to prevent people from voting after ‘stop the steal’
“These bills are shameless, partisan efforts to silence us,” Albert said in a media briefing last week. “And it’s not a coincidence that these bills are being introduced after a free and fair and secure election with record turnout. Americans exercised their right to vote and, in response, these politicians are saying, ‘actually, we didn’t really want...
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Austin American-Statesman: Political fight over GOP election bills intensifies in Texas with economic effects debated
It also would allow poll watchers to shoot video of disabled voters getting help casting a ballot, change mail-in ballot drop-off rules and ban local officials from sending a vote-by-mail application unless requested by voters, he said.
"SB 7 is over 30 pages of substantive and discriminatory...
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Seattle Times (Editorial): FCC, restore limits to media ownership
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TIME: Marc Elias Fought Trump’s 2020 Election Lawsuits. Can He Win The Battle Over Voting Rights?
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The Guardian: The next Georgia: Texas and Arizona emerge as voting rights battlegrounds
“A lot of us are thinking that Texas is the next Georgia, but I think the big...
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Bloomberg: Trump Keeps History at Bay by Putting Off Presidential Library
He could legally accept money in unlimited amounts from sources including foreign...
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HuffPost: John Lewis’s Final Fight For Voting Rights