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  The Guardian

  

  Crystal Mason on a ruling that could change her life: 'I know this is not over’

  Guardian US - Sam Levine in New York

  Hello Fight to Vote readers, Every Tuesday night for the last year or so, Crystal Mason has had trouble sleeping. On Wednesday mornings, the Texas court of criminal appeals, the state’s highest criminal court, usually issues its ruling. And since March of last year, Mason has been waiting for a …

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  The Guardian

  

  Georgia sees first major test for a Republican defending democracy

  Guardian US - Sam Levine in Atlanta

  Hello, and Happy Thursday, I’m writing from Atlanta, where I’m spending this week reporting on the Republican primary for secretary of state. This race is perhaps the most important primary happening in America this year. Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s incumbent secretary of state, is in a really …

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  The Guardian

  

  My day with Pamela Moses after her charges were dropped

  Guardian US - Sam Levine in Memphis

  Hello, and Happy Thursday, I’ve been closely following the criminal case against Pamela Moses, who was sentenced to six years in prison for trying to register to vote, for the last few months. But on Monday I met her in person for the first time. We were meeting just days after prosecutors announced …

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  The Guardian

  

  Will prosecutors pursue a new trial against a Black woman jailed for a voting error?

  Guardian US - Sam Levine in New York

  Hello, and happy Thursday, On Monday morning, I’ll be in Memphis, where Pamela Moses is set to make her first court appearance since having her six-year prison sentence for trying to register to vote overturned. Moses, a 44-year-old Black Lives Matter activist, will probably find out whether …

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  The Guardian

  

  The Republican judge blocking her party from rigging electoral districts

  Guardian US - Sam Levine in New York

  In one of the final acts in a 24-year political career, the Republican chief justice of the Ohio supreme court is defying her party and refusing to let them distort electoral districts to their advantage, a move that has some fellow Republicans calling for her impeachment. Since January, Chief …

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  The Guardian

  

  At the Trump rally in Michigan, talk of a stolen election still holds sway

  Guardian US - Sam Levine in New York

  Hello, and happy Thursday, Last Saturday, I spent the day at Donald Trump’s rally in Washington, Michigan, a suburb about 45 minutes north of Detroit. The former president was in Michigan to rally for Kristina Karamo and Matthew DePerno, two little-known Republican candidates running for secretary of …