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The Guardian: US redistricting: are Republicans trying to rig the maps?
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Washington Post: Maryland’s lone Republican congressman could be ousted under one proposed map offered by legislative commission
“We’re happy. … We thought it might be just one map,” she said. “Giving the public and advocates different options to weigh in on is helpful.”
She said advocacy groups will offer feedback in the remaining three...
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Salon: Coalition demands AT&T sever ties with pro-Trump “propaganda channel” OANN
"AT&T must be held accountable for its role in building and bankrolling OANN," Getachew added, "and DirecTV must no longer carry this dangerous disinformation network."
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Roll Call: 2022 races will put election integrity to the test
Groups, such as Spaulding’s, are gearing up for big efforts ahead of the midterms to combat election disinformation. They plan to dispatch nonpartisan poll monitors and scrub social media of inaccurate information, especially about dates, places...
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The Fulcrum: Report suggests plan for limiting election disinformation
The Common Cause Education Fund, an affiliate of the democracy reform advocacy group Common Cause, issued a report in late October reviewing the state of disinformation campaigns and a series of recommendations...
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Major Civil-Rights, Human-Rights and Media-Justice Groups Demand AT&T and DIRECTV Sever Ties to One America News
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Common Cause Applauds House Vote on Infrastructure Bill With Significant Investments for Broadband Connectivity
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San Antonio Express-News (Op-Ed): Texas needs an independent redistricting commission
Without reform, we're bound to repeat this flawed process in another 10 years. It's time to put an end to a process that allows the politicians to choose which Texans they want to represent.
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The Guardian: They had a plan to unrig US elections. Things are not going as expected
Over the last few decades, Ohioans repeatedly voted down redistricting reform...
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Associated Press: Hawaii’s top court rules against ‘gut and replace’ bills
Bills became law without lawmakers and the public having sufficient opportunity to understand and debate their contents when the Legislature used “gut and replace,” Ma said.
The ruling will restore trust in the legislative process because sometimes people think...
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CNN: North Carolina GOP-controlled legislature approves congressional map
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NPR (AUDIO): In the wake of 2020, election officials are beleaguered
ANTHONY GUTIERREZ: You know, it really can go both ways. I mean, you see some election administrators who do a really good job because they're professionals who stay in that job for decades in some cases.
LOPEZ: But, Gutierrez says, sometimes appointments can be pretty political. For example, he says, Governor Greg Abbott recently appointed a new elections chief for the state who was part of President Trump's legal team...