🇺🇸 Discussion: Voting Rights, Electoral College, Ranked Choice Voting, and Election Law

[blueharvest]

I still waiting for them to indict Trump.

I'd like for that to happen, too.

 

[blueharvest]

Charges revealed against former Trump chief of staff in Arizona fake elector case

Mark Meadows, former president Donald Trump's chief of staff, faces the same conspiracy, fraud and forgery charges as the other named defendants in Arizona's fake electors case, the state attorney general's office says.

apnews.com

 

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Wyoming voids 28% of its voter registrations in mandatory purge - WyoFile

While it’s not unusual for voter rolls to fluctuate, local election officials want residents to know that anyone who didn’t vote in the 2022 general election must register again to vote in 2024.

wyofile.com

 

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Republicans file lawsuit to block count of Nevada mail ballots received after Election Day

The Republican National Committee is suing to stop Nevada from being able to count mail ballots received in election offices after Election Day.

apnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Musing That Racism Isn’t As Bad As It Was, 5th Circuit Mulls Further Neutering Voting Rights Act

Conservatives on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals occasionally sounded like Fox News talking heads Tuesday as they weighed whether coalitions composed of multiple minority groups are protected under the Voting Rights Act.

talkingpointsmemo.com

 

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Musing That Racism Isn’t As Bad As It Was, 5th Circuit Mulls Further Neutering Voting Rights Act

Conservatives on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals occasionally sounded like Fox News talking heads Tuesday as they weighed whether coalitions composed of multiple minority groups are protected under the Voting Rights Act.

talkingpointsmemo.com

It wouldn't be the Republican Party unless they were trying to disenfranchise millions of voters.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Supreme Court orders Louisiana to use congressional map with additional Black district in 2024 vote

The Supreme Court has ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that called the map an illegal racial gerrymander.

apnews.com

 

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[MagnarTheGreat]

Arkansas Supreme Court overturns ruling challenging state election laws • Arkansas Advocate

The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a lower court’s ruling and dismissed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of four election-related laws approved by the state Legislature in 2021.

arkansasadvocate.com

 

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Republicans vow a robust 'ballot harvesting' operation after years of protest and fraud claims

Following Democrats’ success in recent elections collecting and delivering other voters’ ballots, Republicans are changing their tune on the practice for 2024.

www.nbcnews.com

 

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[MagnarTheGreat]

Pennsylvania lags in electing women to political office

In a state where half of the 12.9 million residents are women, there still is an imbalance — 68% of the positions in the Legislature, for example, are filled by men.

www.pennlive.com

In recent years, women have been making history more often in Pennsylvania, with progress being made in bringing the number of elected officials into closer alignment with the state’s demographics. Yet in a state where half of the 12.9 million residents are women, there still is an imbalance — 68% of the positions in the Legislature, for example, are filled by men.

For some candidates — and voters — it’s not a focal point.

But advocates from Republican, Democrat and nonpartisan projects created in the past few years with the goal of boosting the percentages of women in office argue that it does make a difference.

“Parity in numbers is one measure and one indicator of women’s political influence and their power in the political system,” said Kelly Dittmar, a political science professor at Rutgers-Camden and director of research at the Center for American Women in Politics.

Among the 50 states, Pennsylvania ranks 26, the center says, in terms of female representation in politics, which includes members of state legislatures and Congress.

It’s a marked improvement from where the state was just a few years ago. In 2016, Pennsylvania was ranked 40.

Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments | IPU Parline: global data on national parliaments

 

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Pennsylvania lags in electing women to political office

In a state where half of the 12.9 million residents are women, there still is an imbalance — 68% of the positions in the Legislature, for example, are filled by men.

www.pennlive.com

Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments | IPU Parline: global data on national parliaments

You'd think that number would be higher, since Pennsylvania is a Blue State.

 

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California GOP convention: Lara Trump doubles down on election rigging claims

Lara Trump speaks in broad strokes about the economy, fentanyl crisis and other issues.

www.mercurynews.com

 

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Only 5% of voters in Georgia have participated in early voting

With the May 21 primary approaching, early voting numbers across Georgia have been notably low.

www.fox5atlanta.com

 

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[MagnarTheGreat]

US Supreme Court Rejects Right-Wing Attempt To Upend Oregon’s Mail-In Voting System

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

 

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Minnesota Governor Signs Pro-Voting Package

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Fact-checking Mike Johnson’s claim about noncitizen voting

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson is promoting a bill that he says will ensure only U.S. citizens can vote. He says that a

www.politifact.com

Musk and porno dad can’t stop making **** up about immigrants.

 

[blueharvest]

Fact-checking Mike Johnson’s claim about noncitizen voting

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson is promoting a bill that he says will ensure only U.S. citizens can vote. He says that a

www.politifact.com

Musk and porno dad can’t stop making **** up about immigrants.

They know it will make Republican voters mad, which all they care about.

 

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[squeekness]

Hopefully nothing will happen and some of these fears can just fade away.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Political consultant who admitted deepfaking Biden's voice is indicted, fined $6 million

Steve Kramer, whom NBC News first linked to a misleading robocall impersonating the president, is now facing 26 criminal charges and a $6 million fine.

www.nbcnews.com

 

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[squeekness]

Hope she wins!