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Tallahassee Democrat/USA Today Florida Network: Judges to decide whether DeSantis intentionally hurt Black voters with North Florida map
They charge that DeSantis violated the U.S. Constitution's equal protection and voting rights protections with the Republican-heavy map that has left no Black member of Congress from North Florida for the first time in 30 years.
"Why did he care about this so much?" Diskant said, answering by...
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Denver Post: Colorado lawmakers often win seats with dozens of votes. Would a different process to fill vacancies be fairer?
“Even so,” she added, “we know that this process doesn’t meet the standards of an inclusive and representative democracy because vacancy committees entrust this (decision) to a fraction of district voters.”
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Newsweek: Ron DeSantis Poised for Huge Blow if Florida Election Map Redrawn
On the first day of trial, attorney Greg Baker, who is representing the plaintiff, accused DeSantis of having "pushed and pushed" to endorse the disputed congressional map which helped the Florida GOP pick up four House seats at last year's midterms elections.
"He pressed his argument by sound bite bullying," Baker...
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TODAY at 10:30am MST: Common Cause Arizona to Join President Biden in Tempe
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Common Cause Arizona Joined President Biden at Event Honoring Senator McCain in Arizona
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The Messenger: Elon Musk’s X Cuts Half of Election Integrity Team
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MSN/Public News Service: Progressives call push to change Constitution ‘risky’
"We would have no idea who's seeking to influence the members of the constitutional Convention," Stein pointed out. "What lobbying would be happening behind the scenes? Would there be public-records requirements? Would there be transparency requirements? We just have no idea."
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Ohio Capital Journal: Ohio Redistricting Commission adopts sixth version of Statehouse maps with bipartisan support
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CT Insider: CT’s absentee ballot boxes are under fire amid Bridgeport investigation. Here’s what to know
"This does not demonstrate a problem with the boxes," Quickmire said. "It demonstrates a problem with the local officials in Bridgeport."
In Quickmire's view, the boxes "absolutely are successful at giving voters an alternative way to submit their ballot."
Quickmire...
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Charlotte Observer: Redistricting has started in NC. Wait, again? Here’s what to know.
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Politico: DeSantis top aide grilled over map that dismantled seat held by Black Democrat
“There’s a lot of twisting and turning, there’s a lot of fabrication, there’s a lot of denial of history,” Feng said.
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Associated Press: DeSantis purposely dismantled a Black congressional district, attorney says as trial over map begins
Baker, who represents the three organizations along with 10 individual voters, told a three-judge panel that DeSantis’ goal was to dismantle the district then held by Democratic Rep. Al Lawson, who is Black, and disperse it among other conservative north Florida...