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Appeals court sides with GOP on Miss. law that provides grace period for mail ballots
2 months ago

Appeals court sides with GOP on Miss. law that provides grace period for mail ballots

NPR  

Appeals court sides with GOP on Miss. In its ruling Friday, a panel of all Trump-appointed 5th Circuit judges reversed a lower court ruling and wrote that the acceptance of ballots ends on the “election day” designated by Congress. “Because Mississippi’s statute allows ballot receipt up to five days after the federal election day, it is preempted by federal law.” …

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'Be smart, Republicans': Trump calls to shut down government over GOP voting bill
3 months ago

'Be smart, Republicans': Trump calls to shut down government over GOP voting bill

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump called on Republicans to shut down the federal government unless a funding bill included a measure that would add an additional barrier to voter registration. "If Republicans don't get the SAVE Act, and every ounce of it, they should not agree to a Continuing Resolution in any way, shape, or form," the Republican nominee wrote on …

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Trump sues over 'noncitizen voting' claim that state GOP official debunked years earlier
3 months, 1 week ago

Trump sues over 'noncitizen voting' claim that state GOP official debunked years earlier

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump and Republican officials have filed a lawsuit against Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar, alleging that as many as 4,000 non-citizens may have voted in the 2020 presidential election, even though the previous Republican secretary of state investigated the claim — and dismissed it as likely a misunderstanding. “Nevada’s elections should be a reflection of its …

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Watchdog criticizes GOP fear mongering about noncitizen voting
3 months, 1 week ago

Watchdog criticizes GOP fear mongering about noncitizen voting

Raw Story  

On the debate stage Tuesday, former president Donald Trump reiterated the widely debunked claim that he won the 2020 election. pic.twitter.com/aSYQ5cfxuO — Jamie Dupree September 9, 2024 And the catch is even if Speaker Johnson could find the votes he did previously for the SAVE Act, and force the hand of the U.S. Senate where the measure was dead on …

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Trump pushes GOP to shut down government just weeks before 2024 election
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump pushes GOP to shut down government just weeks before 2024 election

Raw Story  

Speaking on Monica Crowley's podcast on Friday, former President Donald Trump went on a long rant about election integrity in the United States, which he once again claimed was rife with fraud. During his tirade, Trump demanded that House Republicans pass the so-called "SAVE Act" that's aimed at curtailing illegal voting -- and he said the GOP should "shut down …

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GOP thinks it's found secret sauce to convince Trump fans to vote by mail
8 months, 1 week ago

GOP thinks it's found secret sauce to convince Trump fans to vote by mail

Raw Story  

Republicans are hoping to persuade Donald Trump supporters to embrace mail-in voting without raising the ex-president's ire, and a source says they may have found a workaround. The former president believes mail-in voting is inherently fraudulent and has called for its abolishment, but sources told The Guardian that his own campaign knows that "banking" votes early is the most effective …

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How Republicans hatched a secret assault on the Voting Rights Act in Washington
9 months, 3 weeks ago

How Republicans hatched a secret assault on the Voting Rights Act in Washington

Raw Story  

Republican Paul Graves’ work was about to come undone. “I don’t read Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act to say one party gets to win over another,” Graves later testified. Graves believed that the state’s refusal to defend the map could lead the judge to render a judgment that would invalidate the map, which would have been “a disaster,” …

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Federal judge accepts redrawn Georgia congressional and legislative districts that will favor GOP
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Federal judge accepts redrawn Georgia congressional and legislative districts that will favor GOP

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A federal judge on Thursday accepted new Georgia congressional and legislative voting districts that protect Republican partisan advantages, saying the creation of new majority-Black voting districts solved the illegal minority vote dilution that led him to order maps to be redrawn. McBath said in a statement that she wouldn’t “allow an extremist few Republicans” to “decide when my …

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Kansas’ top court says a GOP election law is vague and revives a lawsuit against it
1 year ago

Kansas’ top court says a GOP election law is vague and revives a lawsuit against it

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas law that makes it a felony to impersonate an elections official is vague enough that voting rights advocates can pursue a legal challenge, the state’s highest court ruled Friday, reviving a lawsuit that a lower court dismissed. “Here is the Supreme Court of the state saying, ‘Yeah, you should be scared.’” But Kansas Attorney General …

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House GOP seeks tighter voting rules in DC, which Democrats warn is model for national restrictions
1 year, 6 months ago

House GOP seeks tighter voting rules in DC, which Democrats warn is model for national restrictions

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Wednesday made a pitch to overhaul how elections are run in the District of Columbia, employing a conservative playbook to tighten voting rules that has been used in Georgia, Texas and other GOP-controlled states. Democrats characterized the effort as an abuse of the authority Congress has over the District and a first step in imposing …

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Wisconsin voting groups criticize GOP minority turnout email
1 year, 11 months ago

Wisconsin voting groups criticize GOP minority turnout email

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Black and Hispanic voters in Wisconsin’s largest city say a Republican election commissioner publicly applauding GOP strategies he credits with depressing minority turnout are a public admission of a conservative strategy in place for years. Spindell, a former Milwaukee election official, said in an email newsletter that Republicans “can be especially proud” of lowered turnout in Milwaukee …

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Incoming Pa. governor taps GOP ex-official for election post
1 year, 11 months ago

Incoming Pa. governor taps GOP ex-official for election post

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A former Philadelphia election official who has told of enduring death threats for defending the city’s 2020 vote-counting against former President Donald Trump’s lies will be nominated for the top election administration post in Pennsylvania by the incoming Democratic governor, Josh Shapiro. Protecting elections and voting rights was central to Shapiro’s campaign, as he emphasized his intention …

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GOP voters told to hold onto mail ballots until Election Day
2 years, 2 months ago

GOP voters told to hold onto mail ballots until Election Day

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Republican activists who believe the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump have crafted a plan that, in their telling, will thwart cheating in this year’s midterm elections. Trump also has weighed in, saying at a recent rally that voting on Election Day was best because “it’s much harder for them to cheat that way.” The …

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GOP sues 2 Vermont cities for noncitizen voting
3 years, 2 months ago

GOP sues 2 Vermont cities for noncitizen voting

Associated Press  

MONTPELIER, Vt. — The Republican National Committee is suing two Vermont cities for allowing noncitizens to vote on local issues in their communities. Earlier this year the Vermont Legislature approved changes to the charters of the two communities allowing noncitizen voting. In his June veto message, Scott said noncitizen voting was an important issue that deserved further consideration but said …

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As Texas Democrats mull return, GOP voting bill still awaits
3 years, 4 months ago

As Texas Democrats mull return, GOP voting bill still awaits

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Twenty-six days into refusing to come home, Texas Democrats who have twice now blocked a GOP voting bill face a choice: whether to go for Round 3. Setting up camp in a Washington hotel, Texas Democrats spent nearly a month meeting with congressional leaders, raised hundreds of thousands of dollars and torpedoed new voting laws back home …

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As GOP makes it harder to vote, few Republicans dissent
3 years, 9 months ago

As GOP makes it harder to vote, few Republicans dissent

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — In Arizona, a Republican state senator worried aloud that his party’s proposed voter identification requirements might be too “cumbersome.” But he voted for the bill anyway. The bills are fueled by former President Donald Trump’s false claims of widespread voter fraud and many are “It’s appalling what’s happening,” said former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele, who condemned …

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Judge upholds GOP law making absentee voting harder in Iowa
4 years, 2 months ago

Judge upholds GOP law making absentee voting harder in Iowa

Associated Press  

IOWA CITY, Iowa — A judge is refusing to block a new Republican-backed Iowa law that makes it harder for county officials to process absentee ballot applications and more likely that incomplete requests won’t be fulfilled. The Trump campaign and Republican Party groups have already invalidated tens of thousands of absentee ballot applications returned by voters in three counties. At …

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