Discussion: Voting Rights and Election Law

[MagnarTheGreat]

NY Magazine - Millennials Will Not Age Into Voting Like Boomers

 

[squeekness]

NY Magazine - Millennials Will Not Age Into Voting Like Boomers

Awesome.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

AZ Mirror - Katie Hobbs vetoes GOP bills criminalizing homelessness, ranked-choice voting

Associated Press - Supreme Court tossed out heart of Voting Rights Act a decade ago, prompting wave of new voting rules

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

NBC News - Maine election officials say No Labels may be misleading voters in its third-party push

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

[Democratic] Governor [Lamont] signs early voting into law in Connecticut – NBC Connecticut

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

USA Today - Supreme Court rules against Alabama in battle over race, redistricting

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against Alabama in a challenge to its recently redrawn congressional districts, affirming a lower court decision that ruled the map likely denied Black voters in that state an additional member in the U.S. House of Representatives.

At issue are the congressional boundaries Alabama lawmakers drew following the 2020 census that include one district out of seven with a majority of Black voters. African Americans account for more than a quarter of the state's overall population.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the court's 5-4 opinion and was joined in part by Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett Kavanaugh. Four of the court's conservatives − Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett and Sam Alito − dissented.

 

[squeekness]

USA Today - Supreme Court rules against Alabama in battle over race, redistricting

Good! Can't keep getting away with this crap!

 

[Iceman]

These attempts at twisting the vote are very unscrupulous. Sad to see.

 

[squeekness]

It really is. Instead of cheating, try giving people what they actually want.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

[NY] City Council to Examine Low Voter Turnout, Moving Local Elections to Even Years

 

[Sithborg]

The SCOTUS ruling is very surprising. Wonder what got Roberts and Kavanaugh to go with it.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

SpotlighPA - ACLU sues PA county for rejecting primary 2023 ballots

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Democracy Docket: “UPDATE: Allen v. Milligan is already impacting other cases. A federal judge just asked parties in a lawsuit challenging Georgia's congressional and legislative maps to submit briefing on how the Supreme Court's decision in Allen affects the case: New Filing in Georgia State Conference of the NAACP v. Georgia” “Besides Alabama, Louisiana is immediately impacted by this decision. Last June, SCOTUS paused a lawsuit over Louisiana’s congressional map pending a decision in Allen. Now litigation will resume, creating an opportunity for fairer representation for the state’s Black voters.” “The U.S. Supreme Court's decision today will impact ongoing redistricting litigation in: Alabama Arkansas Georgia Kansas Louisiana Michigan Mississippi North Dakota Texas Washington”

 

[squeekness]

I just want the map to reflect what the voters who live there actually want, not cheating so a minority gets all the power.

 

[squeekness]

Democracy Docket: “UPDATE: Allen v. Milligan is already impacting other cases. A federal judge just asked parties in a lawsuit challenging Georgia's congressional and legislative maps to submit briefing on how the Supreme Court's decision in Allen affects the case: New Filing in Georgia State Conference of the NAACP v. Georgia” “Besides Alabama, Louisiana is immediately impacted by this decision. Last June, SCOTUS paused a lawsuit over Louisiana’s congressional map pending a decision in Allen. Now litigation will resume, creating an opportunity for fairer representation for the state’s Black voters.” “The U.S. Supreme Court's decision today will impact ongoing redistricting litigation in: Alabama Arkansas Georgia Kansas Louisiana Michigan Mississippi North Dakota Texas Washington”

This, exactly. Be fair.

 

[Iceman]

Democracy Docket: “UPDATE: Allen v. Milligan is already impacting other cases. A federal judge just asked parties in a lawsuit challenging Georgia's congressional and legislative maps to submit briefing on how the Supreme Court's decision in Allen affects the case: New Filing in Georgia State Conference of the NAACP v. Georgia” “Besides Alabama, Louisiana is immediately impacted by this decision. Last June, SCOTUS paused a lawsuit over Louisiana’s congressional map pending a decision in Allen. Now litigation will resume, creating an opportunity for fairer representation for the state’s Black voters.” “The U.S. Supreme Court's decision today will impact ongoing redistricting litigation in: Alabama Arkansas Georgia Kansas Louisiana Michigan Mississippi North Dakota Texas Washington”

Good to see the knock on effects too.

 

[Teelie]

The SCOTUS ruling is very surprising. Wonder what got Roberts and Kavanaugh to go with it.

And yet Thomas above all was for more legal discrimination.

 

[Sithborg]

And yet Thomas above all was for more legal discrimination.

I mean, he is going to vote to allow states to make his marriage illegal, so....

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

RedistrictNet: "Members of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and the Spirit Lake Tribe will head to court on Monday to argue North Dakota's legislative map violates Section 2 of the VRA."

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Miami Herald - U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Alabama redistricting case could affect Florida’s map

 

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Miami Herald - U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Alabama redistricting case could affect Florida’s map

I hope so. Voting should be fair.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Gizmodo - How AI Could Take Over Elections—And Undermine Democracy

 

[squeekness]

Gizmodo - How AI Could Take Over Elections—And Undermine Democracy

I don't like the idea of a computer trying to turn me Republican. I know it wouldn't be easy.....