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Associated Press: Some in GOP want ballots to be counted by hand, not machines
Albert and others said it’s unrealistic to think election officials can count millions of ballots by hand and report results quickly, given that ballots often include dozens of races. The partisan review last summer of the 2 million ballots cast in Maricopa County, Arizona,...
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VICE News: Looks Like Ron DeSantis Is Getting His Election Police Force
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Salon: Trump wants his fans to pay for new “Trump Force One” plane after emergency landing
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Los Angeles Times: A small-city mayor takes on big money and political propaganda
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Associated Press: Tennessee kickback scandal leaves GOP reps feeling betrayed
“It’s an example that in any group of people, including legislators, you’re going to have a few people that are wanting to game the system, one way or another, and be deceitful of, supposedly, their friends even,” Williams said.
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CNN: Florida lawmakers are poised to pass a bill that would create an election police force. What would it do?
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VIDEO LINK & QUOTES from Today’s Media Briefing: The Growing Movement for Citizen-Led, Independent Redistricting
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Reuters: U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs Republicans in electoral map disputes
"We're pleased that the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the legislative defendants' shameless attempt to impose their gerrymandered congressional map upon North Carolina," Phillips said.
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Inside Sources/Tribune News Service (Op-Ed): Elected Jailers and the Money Behind Their Campaigns
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HuffPost: Republicans Ask Supreme Court To Back A Radical Theory On Voting Rights
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Augusta Chronicle: Lincoln County provides open-records ‘runaround’ in polling closures fight
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USA Today: Texas primary tidbits: Greg Abbott, Beto O’Rourke, Donald Trump, party in-fighting
Calling for federal action, Gutierrez said it won't get any easier for Texas or other states: "These issues we’re seeing today will be far bigger problems in November when we have exponentially more people showing up to the polls."