Discussion: Voting Rights and Election Law

[blueharvest]

Vote.org planning its largest voter-registration campaign ever

Vote.org is launching its largest-ever voter registration campaign, aimed at adding 8 million voters for the 2024 cycle, the nonpartisan voter engagement organization announced on Friday. “Wi…

thehill.com

 

[blueharvest]

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton can be disciplined for suit to overturn 2020 election, court says

A Texas appeals court has ruled that Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton can face discipline from the state bar association over his failed effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

apnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Here’s a Clever Way to Uncover America’s Voting Deserts

Mathematicians are using topological abstractions to find places poorly served by polling stations.

www.wired.com

 

[blueharvest]

State law takes US a step closer to popular vote deciding presidential elections

A Maine state law brought the U.S. closer toward having the popular vote determine the winner of the presidential elections.

abcnews.go.com

 

[blueharvest]

Supreme Court declines to hear Kari Lake voting machine lawsuit

The Supreme Court declined Monday to take up a case brought by Republicans Kari Lake and Mark Finchem over the use of voting machines in Arizona elections, the latest blow to the duo of GOP candida…

thehill.com

 

[squeekness]

State law takes US a step closer to popular vote deciding presidential elections

A Maine state law brought the U.S. closer toward having the popular vote determine the winner of the presidential elections.

abcnews.go.com

As it should be.

 

[blueharvest]

As it should be.

Yeah, we should have been deciding Presidential elections using just the popular vote for the past several decades.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Federal election monitors will observe Luzerne County primary election

Observers from the U.S. Department of Justice will monitor Luzerne County's primary election on Tuesday, county Manager Romilda Crocamo announced Monday.

www.citizensvoice.com

Observers from the U.S. Department of Justice will monitor Luzerne County’s primary election on Tuesday, county Manager Romilda Crocamo announced Monday.

The Justice Department also assigned observers to monitor the county’s general election in November 2022, which was marred by a shortage of ballot paper.

As in the 2022 election, county officials will not grant permission for federal monitors to be stationed inside polling places, Crocamo said.

The observers will remain outside polling sites, she said.

“Denial for interior access stemmed from concerns raised by multiple county officials that the presence of monitors inside could be disruptive or create the appearance of intimidation,” Crocamo wrote in an email to county council and election officials.

 

[blueharvest]

Judge in fake electors case warns social media posts during court could rise to criminal charges • Michigan Advance

Michigan Judge Kristen Simmons, while presiding over the case against several individuals facing felony charges for submitting false electoral votes for former President Donald Trump in 2020, began court Tuesday with a warning: Cut the social media posts. Simmons said at no time should photos be...

michiganadvance.com

 

[blueharvest]

Pennsylvania Court Rejects County GOP’s Request To Exclude Mail-in Ballots

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The WA GOP put it in writing that they’re not into democracy

Some Republicans have been defensive that the party has a strong anti-democratic bent. But the state GOP convention embraced it, putting it right in the party platform.

www.seattletimes.com

 

[blueharvest]

The WA GOP put it in writing that they’re not into democracy

Some Republicans have been defensive that the party has a strong anti-democratic bent. But the state GOP convention embraced it, putting it right in the party platform.

www.seattletimes.com

I think the GQP in all 50 states aren't a big fan of democracy.

 

[blueharvest]

Churches don't have to be accessible. That's a voting rights problem.

In 2024, millions of people will vote at religious sites. What if you're disabled?

www.motherjones.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Crystal Mason: Texas woman sentenced to five years over voting error acquitted

Appeals court rules Mason, now 49, did not know she was ineligible when she voted in 2016 and throws out conviction

www.theguardian.com

Tarrant County DA wants Crystal Mason’s illegal voting conviction reinstated

A Texas appeals court recently overturned Mason’s five-year prison sentence for casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 election while on supervised release for federal tax evasion.

www.texastribune.org

 

[blueharvest]

Charges against Trump's 2020 'fake electors' are expected to deter a repeat this year

An Arizona grand jury’s indictment of 18 people who either posed as or helped organize a slate of electors falsely claiming that former President Donald Trump won the state in 2020 could help shape the landscape of challenges to the 2024 election.

apnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Trump and the Trumpies have been demanding Nebraska change how its electoral votes are allocated to stop Biden from winning one again in Nebraska.

 

[blueharvest]

Trump and the Trumpies have been demanding Nebraska change how its electoral votes are allocated to stop Biden from winning one again in Nebraska.

If Republicans are now in favor of winner-take-all, why not just get rid of the Electoral College altogether?

 

[blueharvest]

Federal judge blocks Montana law on changing voter registrations

A federal judge has blocked Montana from enforcing one section of a 2023 law that established requirements for voters changing their registration.

www.ktvh.com