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The Guardian: Ohio purged 26,000 voters days before abortion referendum deadline
The last-minute removal of more than 26,000 voter registrations and the numerous recent changes to voting requirements, Turcer says, “can become really problematic” for voters.
“All of these little things combined create a situation...
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Texas Tribune: A Texas election worker’s heart attack highlights tensions between officials and poll watchers
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Las Vegas Review-Journal: ‘Appearance of impropriety’: Nevada pours millions into nonprofits tied to state lawmakers
“Almost all of them have at least one additional financial interest. It can be hard, I think, with so little oversight and capacity to do oversight to draw a clear line between what’s acceptable and what isn’t,” Belknap said.
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NPR Morning Edition: N.C. lawmakers approve redistricting maps boosting Republicans in Congress
ANN WEBB: We know that all voters deserve to have their vote count equally, and that is not what these maps do. And it is clear that that was not the intent of the legislative leadership.
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Associated Press: North Carolina Republicans put exclamation mark on pivotal annual session with redistricting maps
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ProPublica: Voters in at Least 10 States Are Trying to Protect Abortion Rights. GOP Officials Are Throwing Up Roadblocks.
“It’s not fair to the voters of Ohio who go to the polls expecting accurate, neutral information,” Turcer said.
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Houston Chronicle: Is my Harris County polling place ADA accessible? Flip a coin — nearly half are not
She said that these curbside voting issues were not necessarily the fault of the county but instead an issue of building and resource availability.
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Wisconsin State Journal: Divisive ‘Iowa-style’ redistricting bill receives first public hearing in Wisconsin
“A month ago, there was no even inkling that most Republican members of the Legislature were supportive of redistricting reform,” he said. “And so the matter of believability and trust, I think, really comes into play here as we begin this process.”
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Public News Service: Report: AZ Earns ‘B minus’ grade for redistricting practices
"The way the current Arizona redistricting commission works is in order to appoint commissioners, the first few have to be appointed by the Arizona state party leaders. That can make things a little tricky," she explained.
Guzman said that meant fewer "guardrails" to ensure all races were properly represented in the redistricting process. She says this negatively impacted Arizona.
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Source NM/States Newsroom: Boosted accessibility for voters in ongoing NM local election
There are only really benefits to that, said Mason Graham, policy director for Common Cause, a nonprofit that works to uphold voter rights. He said it started up with the COVID-19 pandemic. He said absentee ballots allow for more convenience in voting and can help people do more research on candidates.
Despite baseless misinformation around mail-in voting, it’s just as secure as in-person voting. Graham said there are extensive...
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Capitol Beat: Lawsuit challenging redrawing of Georgia’s congressional districts moving forward
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Common Cause Georgia, la Liga de Mujeres Votantes y la SPLC aplauden la decisión del Tribunal de avanzar en el caso de redistribución de distritos
¡Sí! ¡Patrocinaré a un voluntario y protegeré los derechos de los votantes!
En Common Cause, trabajamos todo el año para que nuestras elecciones sigan funcionando, lo que incluye el despliegue de equipos de protección electoral en estados de todo el país hasta el día de las elecciones de noviembre. ¿Considerarías hacer una contribución para ayudarnos a continuar con esta importante misión?