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

[blueharvest]

Republican lawsuits target rules for overseas voters, but those ballots are already sent

The latest method of voting to fall into the political crosshairs is the way overseas voters cast their ballots – including members of the military stationed abroad.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Georgia judge rules county officials must certify election results

ATLANTA�— A Georgia judge has ruled county election officials must certify election results by the deadline set in law and cannot exclude any group of votes from certification even if they ...

www.dailykos.com

I won't be comfortable until Inauguration Day, when, hopefully, Kamala Harris will be sworn in, but it's great to see that at least one part of the Republican Party's plan to cheat or stage another coup won't work in Georgia. Hopefully.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[blueharvest]

More than 600,000 Vote-by-Mail ballots received in Florida elections offices

Florida voters have cast more than 526,000 mail-in ballots for the November elections, with Democrats holding an edge over Republicans.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Republicans challenge over 63,000 Georgia voters, with little success

From Georgia's mountains to its Atlantic shore, challenges to the qualifications of voters have rolled in this summer and fall, part of a � wide-ranging national effort � coordinated by � Donald ...

www.dailykos.com

**** off with that.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Alabama must stop removing voters from active rolls ahead of presidential election, judge rules

Judge Anna M. Manasco, a Trump appointee, said that Alabama must stop moving voters from active to “inactive” status, as the presidential election is just three weeks away.

www.al.com

 

[blueharvest]

‘Malicious’ texts sent to Wisconsin youths to discourage them from voting

Justice department urged to investigate messages amid Republican attempt to clamp down on student voting

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Inside the Republican legal blitz to sow election doubt: ‘The claims are garbage’

From 2023 until September 2024, the Republican National Committee and affiliates have filed or are involved in 72 cases – and what stands out is their subject matter

www.theguardian.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Ohio Supreme Court upholds limits on who can put ballots in drop boxes

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that voters with disabilities cannot have their designees deliver their ballots to drop boxes.

www.dispatch.com

A divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled that individuals can't use drop boxes when delivering ballots for voters with disabilities. Instead, they must go inside the county board of elections and fill out a form.

 

[blueharvest]

Republicans challenge more than 63,000 voters in Georgia, but few removed, AP finds

An Associated Press survey finds that more than 63,000 Georgia voters have had their qualifications challenged since July 1.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

More than 672K Michigan voters have returned absentee ballots ahead of Nov. 5 election

As of Oct. 15, around 31% of voters who requested an absentee ballots have returned it so far, according to the Michigan Secretary of State's Office.

www.freep.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Georgia judge declares 7 new election rules passed by Trump-backed state board ‘illegal, unconstitutional and void’

Trump narrowly lost Georgia to Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election but claimed without proof that widespread fraud cost him victory in the state.

fortune.com

 

[blueharvest]

Republicans challenge more than 63,000 voters in Georgia, but few removed, AP finds

An Associated Press survey finds that more than 63,000 Georgia voters have had their qualifications challenged since July 1.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

A Top GOP Election Lawyer Just Made Alarming Comments About 'Cleansing' The U.S.

A top Republican Party election lawyer hopes “we can clean out the filth.”

www.huffpost.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Scripps News exclusive: US Capitol Police chief confident agency is prepared for potential election violence

In a Scripps News exclusive, the U.S. Capitol Police chief said he's confident the agency is prepared for potential election violence.

www.scrippsnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Election deniers will return as Trump’s official electors in key states

In battleground states that could determine the outcome of the election, multiple election deniers or people involved in ‘fake elector’ schemes are serving as official Republican electors

www.independent.co.uk

 

[blueharvest]

How 2024 early voting in battleground states compares to 2020

Significantly less votes been cast for the 2024 presidential election with 20 days before polling day than the 2020 election.

www.newsweek.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Leaked chats reveal right-wing militia's coordinated efforts to watch AZ ballot boxes

Leaked chats from the American Patriots Three Percent militia reveal how they organized their efforts to monitor ballot drop boxes in Arizona.

azmirror.com

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

I must say, it's ridiculous that my daughter has to struggle to vote because she has non-stop college classes including on November 5th..

Voting Day really needs to be a federal holiday.

 

[Lily Adler]

I must say, it's ridiculous that my daughter has to struggle to vote because she has non-stop college classes including on November 5th..

Voting Day really needs to be a federal holiday.

Commie.

 

[squeekness]

I must say, it's ridiculous that my daughter has to struggle to vote because she has non-stop college classes including on November 5th..

Voting Day really needs to be a federal holiday.

I agree. I guess they get around it by having early voting, but still.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

JD Vance Campaign Event With Christian Right Leaders May Have Violated Tax and Election Laws, Experts Say

Ziklag and the Courage Tour, the far-right groups that hosted the Republican vice-presidential nominee, are charities that can’t legally intervene in political campaigns.

www.propublica.org

 

[blueharvest]

Jimmy Carter voted thanks to the GOP's least favorite law

The Voting Rights Act says Georgia can't deny Carter—or anyone—the help they need to vote.

www.motherjones.com

 

[squeekness]

JD Vance Campaign Event With Christian Right Leaders May Have Violated Tax and Election Laws, Experts Say

Ziklag and the Courage Tour, the far-right groups that hosted the Republican vice-presidential nominee, are charities that can’t legally intervene in political campaigns.

www.propublica.org

Oops! Hope they get fined for it, lol.