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May 16 2023
News
Feds seek to drop all charges against disgraced FL Dem gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum
Federal prosecutors are seeking to dismiss all remaining corruption charges in the case against disgraced former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum after he was acquitted of lying to the FBI while embroiled in other scandals. The Justice Department made the request to Judge Allen Winsor on Monday to dismiss the charges against Gillum and Sharon Lettman-Hicks and it is expected to be granted. A
Bizpac Review
Jun 02 2023
News
Arizona election official targeted in right-wing lies says he won't seek re-election
An Arizona Republican election official targeted by conservative conspiracy theorists during the 2020 and 2022 election cycles announced he will not be running for a new term. Thursday's announcement from Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates adds to previous stories of election officials leaving their jobs after facing threats over baseless right-wing claims of stolen
MSNBC
May 30 2023
News
Video Does NOT Show Maricopa Officials Breaking Into Election Machines -- It Shows Routine Pre-Election Installation
Does a post show "new video evidence" of Maricopa County election officials breaking into sealed election machines? No, that's not true: The "new" video is a recording of a 2022 public live stream of the Maricopa County, Arizona, election headquarters where workers were installing new memory cards into the ballot tabulators prior to the November 2022 election, the spokesperson for the Maricopa
Lead Stories
May 31 2023
News
Texas Gov. Abbott appoints interim attorney general after Ken Paxton impeachment
AUSTIN – Gov. Greg Abbott named a Fort Worth attorney to fill in as Texas attorney general while Ken Paxton faces an impeachment trial. Abbott installed John Scott to the prominent post on Wednesday but made no comment about the GOP-led House decision to impeach the state’s top lawyer over alleged corruption. Scott served as the Texas Secretary of State during the 2022 election. He previously
The Dallas Morning News
May 27 2023
News
Texas House impeaches Ken Paxton for abuse of office
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Axios
Apr 18 2023
News
Another Texas Election Official Quits After Threats From Trump Supporters
Heider Garcia, the head of elections in Tarrant County, Texas, announced this week that he would resign after facing death threats, joining other beleaguered election officials across the nation who have quit under similar circumstances. Mr. Garcia oversees elections in a county where, in 2020, Donald J. Trump became only the second Republican presidential candidate to lose in more than 50
New York Times (News)
Apr 17 2023
News
‘Embarrassing for Texas.’ Tarrant election chief latest to leave over ‘integrity’ concerns
Tarrant County election administrator Heider Garcia is latest election administrator in Texas to step down over concerns about election integrity. Garcia resigned in an April 16 letter citing differences with county judge Tim O’Hare over how to administer a “quality, transparent election,” according to a letter obtained by the Star-Telegram. Michele Carew, who served as Hood County election
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Oct 24 2022
Opinion
2022 election: Houston Chronicle Editorial Board's endorsements
Early voting starts Oct. 24 and ends Nov. 4. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 8. Elections officials must receive your mail-in ballot by 7 p.m. on Election Day if the carrier envelope is not postmarked. If your ballot is postmarked by 7 p.m. on Election Day, the county can receive it until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9.
The Houston Chronicle Editorial Board interviewed candidates in more
Houston Chronicle
May 31 2023
News
Chicago City Council to spend $51M of budget surplus on Texas immigrants
Chicago will allocate over $50 million to create housing for immigrants arriving in the Windy City from Texas as immigration at the southern border continues to increase. Since August 2022, over 10,000 asylum-seekers have arrived in Chicago after Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) sent buses filled with immigrants to Illinois's largest city on Aug. 31. It was the third Democratic city to receive
Colorado Springs Gazette
Nov 08 2022
News
Meet the history-makers of the 2022 midterm elections
The race for control of Congress, as well as governorships and key statewide positions, has defined the 2022 midterms.
In Washington, Republicans have had their eyes on breaking the Democratic trifecta by winning one or both chambers of Congress. In battleground states, Democrats are looking to defend vulnerable governors and win crucial down-ballot contests that could prove pivotal in
CNN (Online News)