Discussion: Voting Rights and Election Law

[MagnarTheGreat]

South Dakota GOP realizes people want abortion, panics

Gov. Kristi Noem's new "emergency" law is meant to kneecap a pro-choice referendum.

www.motherjones.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Unprecedented surge in ‘dark money’ floods 2024 elections - OpenSecrets News

The 2024 election cycle is on track for record contributions from “dark money” groups and shell companies.

www.opensecrets.org

 

[blueharvest]

Kari Lake Asks US Supreme Court to Outlaw All Electronic Voting

The failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate keeps getting her election lawsuits slapped down, but that isn’t stopping her.

www.vanityfair.com

 

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Mass Purges Are the New Voter Suppression

Election deniers are trying to get huge groups removed from voter rolls.

www.brennancenter.org

 

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Republicans' Election Riddled With Errors After Hand Counting Ballots

A GOP primary in Texas has sparked concerns over attempts to move away from electronic ballots.

www.newsweek.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

PA House Speaker McClinton proposes early voting and same-day voter registration reforms

Dozens of voting rights advocates joined House Speaker Joanna McClinton (D-Philadelphia) at the Pennsylvania State Capitol recently after the Speaker introduced legislation allowing Pennsylvania residents to vote in person two weeks prior to Election Day and to allow same-day voter registration...

keystonenewsroom.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Jury finds former Milwaukee election official guilty of obtaining fake absentee ballots

A jury has found a former Milwaukee election official accused of obtaining fake absentee ballots guilty of misconduct in office and fraud.

apnews.com

Zapata was serving as deputy director at the Milwaukee Election Commission in October 2022 when she used her work-issued laptop to obtain three military absentee ballots using fake names and Social Security numbers, according to a criminal complaint. She sent the ballots to Republican state Rep. Janel Brandtjen, an election conspiracy theorist, two weeks before the state’s gubernatorial and legislative elections.

 

[mclay18]

PA House Speaker McClinton proposes early voting and same-day voter registration reforms

Dozens of voting rights advocates joined House Speaker Joanna McClinton (D-Philadelphia) at the Pennsylvania State Capitol recently after the Speaker introduced legislation allowing Pennsylvania residents to vote in person two weeks prior to Election Day and to allow same-day voter registration...

keystonenewsroom.com

If Pennsylvania can flip to Democratic legislative control, Ds can pass a LOT of stuff on party line votes like Michigan and Minnesota. Ditto for Arizona.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Judge hears arguments on federal challenge to new voter registration requirements • Daily Montanan

A Montana assistant attorney general told a federal judge Wednesday afternoon that Montana needs the additional voter registration requirements signed into law by the governor last year in part because so many people, including Montanans, participated in the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol...

dailymontanan.com

 

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Jury finds former Milwaukee election official guilty of obtaining fake absentee ballots

A jury has found a former Milwaukee election official accused of obtaining fake absentee ballots guilty of misconduct in office and fraud.

apnews.com

Wow. It's so weird that the only party convicted of voter fraud is the Republican Party.

 

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Eligible voters are being swept up in conservative activists' efforts to purge voter rolls

An army of conservative activists is poring over state voter lists in search of registration errors that can be used to file what are known as voter challenges.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[mclay18]

I highly recommend people in states where the primaries are already done and you prefer to vote by mail to send in a request for Nov— provided you don’t live in a state with a permanent absentee list option or universal VBM.

That way your ballot will be among the first batches to get sent and you’re able to fill out the ballot and return it quickly.

We need to beat Republicans by sizeable margins and not by 100K votes spread across several states. The more people that vote early, the better.

 

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Federal judge tossed lawsuit challenging D.C.’s nonresident voting law

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., dismissed a lawsuit challenging a district law that allows noncitizens to vote in local elections, ruling the plaintiffs did not prove the law violates their ri…

thehill.com

 

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Trump ally, attorney Stephanie Lambert, turns herself in and faces voter machine charges

The indicted lawyer returned to Oakland County, Michigan following her arrest in a D.C. courtroom for an outstanding bench warrant

www.usatoday.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Evers takes action on election-related measures, including AI and poll closures • Wisconsin Examiner

Gov. Tony Evers signed several election-related measures, including one requiring political ads to disclose the use of AI.

wisconsinexaminer.com

 

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The 5th Circuit Is Rehearing Voting Decisions at an Alarming Rate

A troubling trend is emerging in the nation’s most conservative federal appeals court.

www.democracydocket.com

 

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US politicians exploit loophole to skirt campaign finance rules, study finds

‘Red-boxing’ allows candidates to coordinate with outside spending groups, Election Law Journal researchers say

www.theguardian.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Federal Judge Reviews New Jersey's Party Line Ballot System Amid Constitutional Complaint

TRENTON, N.J. — A federal judge expressed reservations on Monday regarding New Jersey's distinctive primary ballot system, amid a legal challenge that argues

www.shorenewsnetwork.com

 

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Less than 40 percent of young Black voters say they will vote this year: Poll

A new poll has found that less than 40 percent of young Black voters are motivated to vote in November’s election. The poll, conducted by In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reprod…

thehill.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

After Pennsylvania County Board Adopts Drop Off Locations, Republicans [led by Sam DeMarco] Withdraw Lawsuit

After Pennsylvania County Board Adopts Drop Off Locations, Republicans Withdraw Lawsuit

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

Sam DeMarco:

Trump’s fake electors: Here’s the full list • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

The scheme is reportedly under investigation by the FBI and the Justice Dept., which have issued subpoenas to several of the people involved.

penncapital-star.com

 

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US election officials face ‘new era’ of violent threats, taskforce chief warns

John Keller says workers facing onslaught for ‘dutifully and reliably doing their jobs’ as man given 30 months for threats

www.theguardian.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

House To Utilize Discharge Resolution Process to Advance Voter ID Amendment

GOP wants to move voter ID bill out of State Government Committee and onto floor for vote

www.politicspa.com

Republicans are till trying to get mail voting banned (the 2019 PA mail voting law was theirs before Trump told them to get rid of it after they passed it), this time by constitutional amendment.

3 Reasons Your Mail Ballot is Secure

Voting by mail has existed for many years in many other states, and it is a safe, secure and accessible way to cast your ballot here in PA.

www.dos.pa.gov

After Tammy Murphy drops from Senate race, attorney defending NJ county line sees an opening

Murphy met with party bosses and another attorney also helping defend the controversial ballot system before dropping out.

gothamist.com

 

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[MagnarTheGreat]

U.S. District Court Jettisons PA Freedom Caucus Lawsuit re: Automatic Voter Registration

Judge appointed by Donald Trump declares plaintiffs did not have standing to assert injuries raised.

www.politicspa.com