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Feb 26 2024
News
Delaware Court Decision Sparks Debate and Action on Voting Rights
DOVER, Del.- In a recent decision that has sent shockwaves through Delaware’s political landscape, the Superior Court ruled against the state’s early voting and permanent absentee voting laws, citing violations of the state Constitution. The ruling has ignited a flurry of responses from various political factions, underscoring the deep-seated divisions surrounding voting rights in the state.
WRDEOct 09 2012
News
Voter fraud or voter suppression?
Will new election laws aimed at reducing voter fraud suppress the minority vote this November? CNN's Joe Johns reports
CNN (Online News)Apr 09 2024
News
Proposed right to abortion falls short of two-thirds support in House, but more votes ahead
AUGUSTA — An amendment to Maine’s state constitution that would protect the right to an abortion fell short of winning enough votes in the Maine House Tuesday to send it to a statewide referendum, but did get enough support to force final attempts in the House and Senate in the coming days. The House vote of 76-68 in favor of the amendment came after the Senate voted 20-13 in support of the
Portland Press HeraldAug 30 2023
News
Alabama lawmaker arrested on voter fraud charge
An Alabama legislator was arrested Tuesday on felony voter fraud charges accusing him of voting in a district where he did not live.
Republican Rep. David Cole of Huntsville was arrested on charges of voting in an unauthorized location, according to Madison County Jail records. The details of the charge were not immediately available in court records, but the arrest comes after
Associated PressMar 21 2024
News
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 TribuneApr 16 2024
News
Poll: Majority of Pinellas County voters want Rays stadium deal, would vote against officials who reject it
A majority of Pinellas County voters want the city of St. Petersburg and Pinellas County to work with the Tampa Bay Rays on a stadium deal to ensure the Major League Baseball team stays put, and that majority is willing to vote against any elected official who takes action to the contrary. A polling memo obtained by Florida Politics shows that 65% of voters surveyed favor city and county
Florida PoliticsApr 17 2024
News
Voting tech company Smartmatic, targeted by bogus 2020 election fraud claims, settles defamation suit against One America News Network
A voting technology company targeted by bogus fraud claims related to the 2020 presidential election settled a defamation lawsuit Tuesday against a conservative news outlet. The settlement between Florida-based Smartmatic and One America News Network is the latest development in a larger legal pushback by voting equipment companies that became ensnared in wild conspiracy theories falsely
FortuneMar 12 2024
News
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 WMDTNov 08 2016
Opinion
The Real Voter Fraud
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The casting of a ballot is the most fundamentally American act that any of us takes. It connects us to the Enlightenment ideals of the country’s founding — the once-radical notion that human beings should think for themselves, rather than merely obey kings and priests. “Dare to know!” Immanuel Kant wrote, offering a motto for the Enlightenment. “Have the courage to use your
New York Times (News)