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Mar 01 2024
News
Kroger union proposing strike
CLARKSBURG, W.Va (WDTV) - Kroger stores across West Virginia may soon be going on strike. Kroger union members in West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky voted overwhelmingly to reject the company’s latest contract proposal. On top of that, 85% of the voters were in favor of authorizing a potential strike. If UFCW Local 400 follows through with a strike, that would impact 38 stores and more than 3,
WDTV 5Jun 22 2020
Fact Check
Trump Spreads Unfounded Claims About Voting By Mail
President Trump has made it clear that he does not support allowing all registered voters access to mail ballots this fall, even during a pandemic. But he keeps changing his story about why he's opposed.
Among his past claims, the president has said ballots would be stolen out of mailboxes, despite very little evidence of such fraud over the past 20 years. Trump has also said universal
NPR (Online News)Jun 22 2021
Opinion
Don’t Overthink Ranked-Choice Voting, New York City
Last month this board endorsed Kathryn Garcia for mayor of New York City and urged voters to cast a ballot for her in the June 22 Democratic primary. (Early voting begins June 12.)
Normally, that would be the end of it. But this year’s ballot looks different, for mayor and for other citywide races. Instead of having only one choice in each race, New York City voters have the opportunity
New York Times (Opinion)Mar 04 2024
News
Maine secretary of state withdraws Trump ballot ban
Maine’s secretary of state on Monday withdrew her determination that former President Trump should be blocked from the state’s ballot under the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause after the Supreme Court ruled in Trump’s favor.
“The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that individual states lack authority to enforce Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment with respect to federal offices,”
The HillJun 09 2022
News
House passes red flag gun legislation in mainly party-line vote
The House passed a bill on Thursday to nationalize red flag laws, which seek to keep guns away from individuals deemed a threat to themselves and others.
The legislation, dubbed the Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order, passed in a 224-202 vote. Two Republicans did not vote.
Five Republicans — Reps. Fred Upton (Mich.), Adam Kinzinger (Ill.), Anthony Gonzalez (Ohio), Brian
The HillJun 21 2021
Analysis
Split Votes Helped Biden Beat Trump in Arizona: Analysis
The relatively high number of Republican voters who opted to support Democrat Joe Biden for president helped lead to Biden’s win in the crucial swing state of Arizona in 2020, according to a new voting analysis.
The Epoch TimesMar 04 2024
Opinion
Forget the Supreme Court, Beat Trump at the Ballot
The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, ruled today that former President Donald Trump can appear on the ballot in Colorado for the upcoming presidential election.
The decision came after six Colorado voters filed a lawsuit against Trump and the Colorado secretary of state, arguing that when Trump on Jan. 6 led an insurrection to breach the Capitol as Congress certified the 2020
Daily BeastFeb 29 2024
News
NHL arena bill passes House of Representatives
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — With just 24 hours to go until the end of the legislative session, lawmakers have passed some key bills today, Feb. 29 — one of which would help build a National Hockey League arena in downtown Salt Lake City. The bill passed with a 50-20 vote in the House of Representatives, but will be sent back to the senate because it was amended. The bill is modified to create a “
ABC4 UtahJan 21 2022
News
After Democrats’ historic defeat on voting rights, what happens next?
For a little over a year, America has faced a democratic crisis unlike any it has seen in recent history.
As Republicans have spread lies about the 2020 presidential election, confidence in it remains staggeringly low and about 1 in 3 Americans now believe Joe Biden was not legitimately elected. Republicans who claim the election was stolen are trying to grab key election administration
The GuardianJun 17 2021
Analysis
Joe Manchin’s sweeping new voting rights proposal, explained
No voting rights bill will become law without Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) approval, at least in the current Congress. The conservative Democrat is the median vote in the Senate, and he’s a frequent source of frustration for other members of his party. Earlier this month, Manchin came out against the For the People Act, a comprehensive voting rights bill backed by Democratic leadership,
Vox