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The RNC wants Republicans to embrace early voting. Trump's rhetoric makes it tough

Republican officials want GOP voters to embrace the habit of early voting. But the Republican Party needs its voters to overcome a stigma created by Republicans.

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Ohio voted to protect abortion rights. Republicans are scheming to undo it

Twenty-seven GOP members emphasized in a letter after the 7 November vote they would work to prevent its implementation

The Guardian - US

Challenging the Electoral Bond Scheme

The challenge to the constitutionality of electoral bonds is now approaching denouement

The Hindu

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A 25-year-old from a small town leads North Carolina's Democratic Party toward 2024

Anderson Clayton is the youngest — and only Gen Z — state party chair in the country. She wants to help President Biden win over young and rural voters in her state next November.

WEKU

North Carolina voting rights ‘still in five-alarm fire’ despite supreme court ruling

Republicans failed to defend a fringe legal theory, but they are already pushing through new state election legislation

The Guardian - US

POINT: State of the republic — precarious

The state of the republic is precarious, but I am hopeful that democracy will prevail because it is resilient. We the people have faced serious threats in the past, including even a Civil War, and we have overcome them. We must continue to pass laws to strengthen our democracy in…

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Alabama ruling could bring good news to Florida Democrats

Ten years ago, a lawsuit led to the redrawing of Florida congressional maps that were criticized as blatantly gerrymandered.

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Why Standard General’s Proposed Tegna Merger Hurts Our Democracy (Guest Blog)

Hedge funds’ bottom-line mindset leads to less-robust local news operations, Common Cause VP says

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Is drawing a voting map that helps a political party illegal? Only in some states

A North Carolina court's unusual ruling has highlighted the fact that some states allow voting districts to be drawn in ways that make elections less competitive and help one political party win.

WEKU

Eliminating countywide voting in Texas would make the process harder on voters, cost more money, election leaders say

Currently, more than 80% of Texas voters can vote anywhere in their home county, a model that originated in Lubbock County. If lawmakers approve new legislation, that would change.

The Texas Tribune

Fla. GOP approves voter suppression bill

The Miami Herald called out Republicans' intent to "impose barriers and confuse voters"

Salon

Illegal voting in Texas likely to be a felony again after state House vote

The Texas Senate has passed similar legislation. But a key policy separates the two chambers.

The Texas Tribune

Swiss billionaire's fund helped push against 'dark money'

A fund controlled by a Swiss billionaire and top Democratic megadonor has contributed as much as $50,000 to the nonpartisan group Common Cause

The Independent UK

Voting to raise their own pay puts state lawmakers in a bind

Persistently low salaries discourage everyday citizens from serving in state legislatures, say legislators who face an uphill battle to raise pay.

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Asking Clarence Thomas to testify in Senate could spark a showdown

WASHINGTON — Advocacy groups have urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to call Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to testify about his relationship with a billionaire GOP donor, a move experts say would escalate conflict between two branches of government and could lead to a separation-of-powers showdown.

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Asking Clarence Thomas to testify in Senate could spark a showdown - Roll Call

Advocacy groups have urged the Senate to ask Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to testify on his relationship with a wealthy GOP donor.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: No American is above the law, not even former presidents

No American is above the law — not even former presidents. After a monthslong investigation, a New York grand jury indicted former president Donald J. Trump on charges related to hush-money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in the lead-up to the 2016 election.

Salon

GOP flips NC court — targets voting

"Just because a court changes composition, the law should not change," attorney says

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As Musk is learning, content moderation is a messy job

As Elon Musk is finding out, running a global social media platform requires more than a few good algorithms

The Texas Tribune

Texas avoided election violence. Advocates say voters still need more protection.

Citing thousands of complaints received throughout the midterm cycle, voter advocacy groups want the Texas Legislature to bolster voter protection and education measures, and revisit recently passed laws that empowered partisan poll watchers.

WEKU

How documentary-style films turn conspiracy theories into a call to action

A conspiratorial film claiming liberal activists are stuffing ballot drop boxes with fraudulent votes has been repeatedly debunked, but some Republicans are mobilizing around its false claims.

Salon

Texas GOP embraces debunked "2000 Mules"

Watchdog groups fear the film will fuel chaos in the upcoming midterm elections

The Texas Tribune

How the debunked conspiracy film “2000 Mules” became Texas Republican orthodoxy

Watchdog groups fear the film will fuel chaos in the upcoming midterm elections and could be a pretext for more restrictive voting laws in the future.

WEKU

Voting explainer: In many states, there's a process to fix an error with your ballot

Ballot rejections are often the result of relatively minor voter errors. That's why about half of states have a process in place to help voters fix their mail ballots if they do make a mistake.

Salon

GOP plots drastic Constitutional changes

Republicans are trying to force a convention that would "put all of our constitutional rights up for grabs"

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