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Mar 12 2024
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ACLU-DE announces constitutional amendment agenda to expand voting rights in Delaware
DOVER, Del. – Following a Delaware Supreme Court decision that struck down the expansion of absentee voting, the Delaware ACLU has announced a legislative agenda for passing a Constitutional amendment in the state to allow a new slate of voter legislation to move forward. “When you take rights away from people, as we’ve seen recently, they don’t like it, and I think you’re going to see a
ABC 47 WMDTMar 21 2024
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A new law restores voting rights to felony offenders. Minnesota is spreading the word in prisons.
Behind a 22-foot-high granite wall and layers of metal security gates, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon ran through the state's voter registration rules and how to cast a ballot absentee before Election Day. His audience: more than a dozen people incarcerated at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in St. Cloud who will soon be released and can vote in the November election under a new
Star TribuneNov 22 2023
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Iowa congressional candidate’s wife convicted in 2020 voter fraud scheme
An Iowa woman whose husband ran for Congress and lost the GOP primary in 2020 was convicted by a federal jury Tuesday of a voter fraud scheme during the primary and general elections. Kim Phuong Taylor, 49, of Sioux City, was convicted of 23 counts of fraudulent voting and 26 counts of providing false information in registering and voting as well as three counts of fraudulent registration,
CNN (Online News)May 11 2024
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Biden campaign steps up efforts to convince older voters to abandon Trump
President Joe Biden’s campaign is escalating its outreach to senior citizens in a maneuver to flip a voting group that usually votes Republican. Those outreach efforts include bingo games organized by volunteers in swing states and running ads during shows favored by older voters like the Price is Right. Voters 65 and older have historically supported Republicans in the last two election
Washington ExaminerApr 13 2024
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'Basic human rights': Flagstaff protesters say abortion ruling should spur people to vote
FLAGSTAFF — Three days after the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a 160-year-old law that bans abortions and punishes doctors who provide them, a large crowd gathered outside of Flagstaff City Hall on Friday evening to protest the decision. With an Arizona state flag waving alongside them, the protesters spanned genders and generations. Many displayed signs expressing support for reproductive
AZ CentralMay 10 2024
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Judge orders ‘pink slime’ publications to remove voters’ personal information
A Lake County judge has given the company that publishes far-right websites and flyers designed to look like newspapers until 5 p.m. Monday to remove some personally identifiable voter information it publicly posted earlier this year in apparent violation of state law. In an order issued Thursday in response to a complaint from Democratic Attorney General Kwame Raoul, the publishers of the so-
Chicago TribuneMay 13 2024
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Judge Rejects Democrat Lawsuit Challenging Wisconsin Absentee Voting Requirements
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming that Wisconsin’s requirement for witnesses to sign for absentee voters clashes with federal law. The claims by plaintiffs, four voters represented by Democrat firm Elias Law Group, are based on faulty interpretations of the law, according to U.S. District Court Judge James Peterson. The challengers said that the Voting Rights Act unilaterally
The Epoch TimesMay 14 2024
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Waverly voters appear to reject largest bond issue in school history
Voters living within the bounds of the Waverly school district appeared certain to reject what would have been the largest bond issue in school history on Tuesday during the primary election. As of 10:25 p.m. Tuesday night, the measure faced a steep uphill battle, with opposition votes coming in at a margin of more than 2-to-1. A majority of District 145 is located within Lancaster County,
Lincoln Journal StarOct 25 2023
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Mendez faces new charges in Paterson voter fraud case
Paterson City Council President Alex Mendez has been indicted on additional charges of election fraud from his 2020 campaign, Attorney General Matt Platkin announced today. Mendez is accused of personally collecting vote-by-mail ballots and supervising a VBM operation that allegedly stole ballots from local mailboxes – due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the entire election was conducted by mail –
New Jersey GlobeMay 13 2024
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Nebraska Secretary of State predicts 35% voter turnout for Tuesday's primary
Nebraska's Secretary of State predicted Monday that 35% of the state's registered voters will participate in Tuesday's primary election, which will mark the first in Nebraska in which voters are required to present a photo ID to cast a ballot. The county election offices sent out 155,110 early ballots to voters who had requested them, a figure that doesn't include ballots automatically sent to
Lincoln Journal Star