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Apr 15 2024
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Fighting for voting rights, making "good trouble' in John Lewis' name, now a partisan issue
WASHINGTON ‒ It frustrates John Suttles that Congress has yet to pass a bill named after fellow civil rights veteran John Lewis. “They mean well,‘’ Suttles, 76, said of members of Congress who reintroduced the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. “We’re not doing what we need to be doing to get it done once and for all.” One of Georgia Rep. John Lewis’ last wishes was for Congress to pass
"USA Today" ContributorApr 09 2024
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Effort to enshrine right to abortion in Maine Constitution comes up short in first votes
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — An effort to amend the Maine Constitution to enshrine the right to an abortion has come up short of the necessary threshold in initial votes, giving the resolution dim prospects moving forward. The Maine House voted 76-68 Tuesday in favor of the proposal but failed to reach the two-thirds majority that would be needed to send it to voters for ratification. The same thing
Associated PressApr 10 2024
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Tennessee bill to untangle gun and voting rights restoration is killed for the year
FILE - Rep. Antonio Parkinson, D-Memphis, stands in a House committee meeting during special session of the state legislature on public safety Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Tennessee could lift its requirement that people with a felony conviction must get their gun rights restored if they want the ability to vote again under a bipartisan bill that has begun progressing late in
Yahoo NewsApr 11 2024
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As early voting starts, Republican candidates for governor race to win voter approval
There's a certain comfort level on the debate stages now among Indiana's six Republicans vying for the nomination for governor in the May primary election. Gone is the awkward politeness of early-season forums where five or six of them amicably shared their platforms with little conflict and lots of crossover. Lately, familiar lines of attack have emerged ad nauseum, both on stage and over the
IndyStarApr 19 2024
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What Dripping Springs ISD voters should know about voting early in the May 4 election
Community ImpactApr 03 2024
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‘Uninstructed’: Biden protest vote in Wisconsin nets nearly 50K voters
Nearly 50,000 Democratic primary voters in Wisconsin voted for an “uninstructed” delegation on Tuesday, the latest progressive-led protest vote over President Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war. The “uninstructed” margin — 48,000 votes, or about 8 percent — was more than 10 times larger than it was in 2020 and surpassed the general election margin between Biden and former President Trump
The HillApr 12 2024
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House votes to reauthorize spying bill that enabled the FBI to violate Americans' rights. Only 59 Republicans voted 'no.'
The House voted 273 to 147 Friday in favor of reauthorizing the surveillance bill that has been exploited by the FBI hundreds of thousands of times to spy on American citizens. Only 59 Republicans reportedly voted against renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The bill is now headed to the Senate, where it will likely be passed before the April 19 deadline, to the
The BlazeApr 01 2024
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Minnesota Supreme Court to hear arguments Monday in challenge to felons' voting rights
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday over a challenge to the state's restoration of voting rights for felons. The law passed last year restored the voting rights of 55,000 Minnesotans on probation, supervision and work release. Before the change, they had to complete their probation before they could regain their eligibility to vote. An Anoka County judge
CBS News (Online)Apr 01 2024
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Florida voters will decide whether to protect abortion rights and legalize pot in November
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Court issued rulings Monday allowing the state’s voters to decide whether to protect abortion rights and legalize recreational use of marijuana, rejecting the state attorney general’s arguments that the measures should be kept off the November ballot. The proposed amendment would protect the right to an abortion after the state in back-to-back years
Washington PostApr 01 2024
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Florida top court lets abortion rights ballot measure go to voters
April 1 (Reuters) - Florida's top court on Monday cleared the way for voters to decide whether to amend the state's constitution to establish a right to abortion, rejecting a bid by the Republican state attorney general to keep the measure off the Nov. 5 ballot. The proposal's backers in January secured the required number of signatures to put it on the ballot. It would ban laws that "prohibit
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