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Freedom to Vote Act Represents Huge Step Forward
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ABC News: Biden stands by Newsom, warns the country’s future is on the ballot in California’s recall election
"There will inevitably be claims that the election is rigged because the purveyors of the 'big lie' need these local and state elections in between the major national elections to keep up their momentum; but all of their allegations in the November 2020 election fell flat," Stein said. "There's nothing new under the sun here. And we assume that...
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Sacramento Bee/Inside Sources (Op-Ed): Congress must make Constitution’s promise a reality
But from its inception, the Constitution denied democracy — at times violently — to whole swaths of people: indigenous people; enslaved people; Black people; women; the unhoused; immigrants; those who do not own property — the...
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Associated Press: Indiana Republicans may seek to bolster congressional hold
Legislative Republicans held nine public redistricting hearings around the state last month without any proposed maps for review. The only hearings planned with the maps in hand will start the day after they are released on Tuesday and will only be held on weekdays at the Statehouse in Indianapolis.
Vaughn and other activists have unsuccessfully pushed...
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CNN: 2013 Voting Rights Act ruling could make it easier for states to get away with extreme racial gerrymandering
"You would have to go to each county, and each county would give it to you in a slightly different format, and you have to figure out how that all could be put together," Feng said
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Sinclair Broadcast Group/KATV: The new Texas voting law: What it does and does not do
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Associated Press: Coalition presses for transparency in state redistricting
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Bloomberg Government: Beaches, Bears, Vineyards, and Pencils: Ballots & Boundaries
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Facebook & Twitter Backing Off Election Disinformation Enforcement
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Washington Post: New Texas voting bill deepens growing disparities in how Americans can cast their ballots
Turcer, of Common Cause Ohio, said voters’ confidence would grow if they understood the election rules already in place.
“The distrust of election officials and election administration has...
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Salon: Georgia GOP called “shameless” for trying to use new voting law to oust local election officials
"This would become a domino effect...
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Washington Post: Trump Tower’s key tenants have fallen behind on rent and moved out. But Trump has one reliable customer: His own PAC.