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Apr 11 2024
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Federal judge rejects GOP lawmakers' lawsuit challenging new voting rights in Michigan
A federal district judge has thrown out a lawsuit challenging the validity of two separate voting rights constitutional amendments adopted by state voters in 2018 and 2022, finding the lawmakers who brought the case did not have proper standing. The lawsuit, filed in October 2023 by 11 Michigan Republican lawmakers, argued the policies ushered in under Proposal 3 of 2018 and Proposal 2 of 2022
Detroit NewsApr 06 2024
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Maine a Step Closer to Tying Electoral Votes to National Popular Vote
Maine could become the 17th member of an interstate coalition whose electors back whoever wins the national popular vote. Maine’s legislature has approved a bill that would award its four electoral college votes for U.S. president to whoever wins the majority of the national votes. The Democrat-backed bill was narrowly pushed through the Maine House on Tuesday by a 73–72 margin over the fierce
The Epoch TimesApr 23 2020
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Democrats sue to ease absentee voting in Pennsylvania and S.C.
Democrats continued their aggressive legal strategy to make voting easier on Wednesday, filing lawsuits seeking to expand mail-in balloting this year in both reliably red South Carolina and premier battleground Pennsylvania.
The suits are the latest in the party's multimillion-dollar campaign against a wide range of laws and regulations it alleges are illegally and unconstitutionally
The FulcrumFeb 12 2024
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Wisconsin election clerks advised to accept absentee ballots missing parts of witness addresses
MADISON – Ahead of the 2024 election cycle, Wisconsin election clerks have been advised to accept absentee ballots even when they are missing parts of witnesses' addresses as long as the clerks can discern how to reach the witness. The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted 5-1 last week to comply with a recent court ruling ordering election officials to accept absentee ballots with missing
Milwaukee Journal SentinelApr 16 2024
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Tennessee VW workers voting on unionization this week
Employees at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tennessee, plant will vote on whether to unionize this week in the first test of the United Auto Workers’ new organization drive. The more than 4,000 workers at the Chattanooga plant will begin voting Wednesday and continue until 8 p.m. Friday. The pro-union push needs a simple majority to succeed. The countdown to a vote began last month, when the UAW
Washington TimesApr 15 2024
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Maine joins interstate popular vote compact
• Maine is joining an interstate compact to delegate its presidential electors to the winner of the national popular vote. • 16 states and Washington, D.C. have already joined the proposed pact. • "The person who wins the most votes should become the president," Democratic Gov. Janet Mills said. "To do otherwise seemingly runs counter to the democratic foundations of our country." Maine will
Fox News (Online News)Apr 15 2024
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Iowa lawmakers vote to regulate traffic cameras
After years of trying, lawmakers send bill to Reynolds to sign DES MOINES — Automated traffic enforcement cameras would not be banned in Iowa but they would be regulated and their use limited under legislation receiving final approval from lawmakers Monday. The legislation, which requires local authorities to receive a permit from the state to place a traffic camera and stipulates how local
Cedar Rapids GazetteApr 12 2024
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Switzerland to Vote on Country’s Neutrality Policy
Armed with some 130,000 certified signatures, Swiss activists submitted a petition in Bern on Thursday that would pave the way for a national vote in the coming months on proposed constitutional amendments to enshrine Switzerland’s longstanding policy of neutrality in international affairs. An initiative needs 100,000 signatures to get on the ballot. Debate about Switzerland’s neutrality
Time MagazineApr 17 2024
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Senate votes to dismiss impeachment charges against Mayorkas
Breaking news: The Senate, on party line votes, moved to dismiss both impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Senate Democrats voted quickly to dismiss two articles of impeachment against Mayorkas that alleged he mismanaged an influx of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. This story will be updated. The Senate voted to dismiss two articles of impeachment
Washington PostOct 26 2023
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Important absentee deadlines for Mississippi’s General Election
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – As absentee ballots have been available for nearly one month in Mississippi, the window for voting early soon closes as the general election approaches. As of Monday, October 23, the Statewide Election Management System (SEMS) reported a total of 23,321 absentee ballots requested, 22,697 absentee ballots sent, and 15,858 absentee ballots received. • October 28 – Circuit
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