Midterms briefing

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  Republicans are quietly rigging election maps to ensure permanent rule

  The Guardian - David Pepper

  The past decade in Ohio shows how bad it can get – and how quickly. Despite the state’s voters often swinging Democratic, 75% of its congressional delegates are Republican The long-term health of American democracy is in peril, to a degree far worse than people imagine. But not where most people are …

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  The Guardian

  

  Republicans in Arizona push measures to curtail citizen-led initiatives

  Guardian US - US News

  In November, voters in Arizona will decide whether to limit citizens’ ability to get measures on the ballot, a change that could severely curtail direct democracy. Three upcoming measures, referred to the ballot by Republican state lawmakers, would require a supermajority to approve any taxes on the …

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  The Guardian

  

  Kamala Harris says ‘everything on the line’ in midterm elections

  Guardian US - Ed Pilkington in New York

  Vice-president warns that the elections will determine whether ‘age-old sanctity’ of right to vote would be protected Kamala Harris warned on Sunday that the midterm elections in November would determine whether the “age-old sanctity” of the right to vote would be protected in the US or whether …

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  The Guardian

  

  New Mexico official first politician removed over January 6 attack

  Guardian US - Sam Levine in New York

  This marks the first time since 1869 that a court removed an official for participating in an insurrection A New Mexico official was removed from elected office on Tuesday for his role in the January 6 siege on the US capitol, marking the first time a politician has lost their job for their …

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  The Guardian

  

  ‘The US could lose the right to vote’: top official’s democracy warning

  Guardian US - US News

  Colorado’s secretary of state, Jena Griswold, is warning anyone who will listen that the fate of free and fair elections in the United States hangs in the balance in this November’s midterm contests. In many of the most competitive races for offices with authority over US elections, Republicans …

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  The Guardian

  

  He challenged his all-white city council in Alabama. Now he’s on it

  Guardian US - Sam Levine

  A few years ago, Eric Calhoun felt out of touch with his city council in Pleasant Grove, a small Alabama city of just under 10,000 people outside of Birmingham. Calhoun, who is 71 and has lived in the city for nearly three decades, couldn’t find contact information for any of the five council …