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U.S. Politics
This Democrat thinks voting rights should be one of the House’s first big priorities in January
Vox - Ella Nilsen
Rep. Terri Sewell is introducing a bill to restore the Voting Rights Act. Collective anger about restrictive voter ID laws is reaching a fever pitch. In state after state during the 2018 midterms, voters
MSNBC
Native Americans
Voter I.D. law contradicts reality of Native American life in ND
MSNBC - Rachel Maddow
Tim Purdon, former U.S. attorney representing the Spirit Lake Tribe in challenging North Dakota's new voter ID law, talks with Rachel Maddow about …
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Elections
Thousands Of Florida Mail-In Ballots Were Never Counted, Even Though They Were Sent Before Election Day
The Inquisitr - Nathan Francis
Thousands of Florida voters who sent in their ballots ahead of Election Day never had their votes counted, the state’s board of election revealed …
USA TODAY
Opinion
Republican 'democracy' means handcuff successors and deny people what they voted for
USA TODAY - Jason Sattler
Republicans have given up on voters. America's future depends on whether Democrats can expand voting rights faster than the GOP can restrict them. This is the month the Republican Party all but gave up
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U.S. Politics
The 2018 midterms had the highest turnout since before World War I
Vox - Ella Nilsen
How Trump made political engagement great again. Americans are more civically engaged than they have been in more than 100 years. The two years between President Donald Trump’s win in 2016 and the 2018
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Madhya Pradesh
Raman Singh: His development agenda will fight three tenures of voter fatigue
indianexpress.com
Chhattisgarh went to polls in 2008 soon after the inception of the anti-insurgency operation carried out by state-sponsored Salwa Judum against the …
Right To Vote
Sign the petition to Congress: Restore democracy with voting rights laws
dailykos.com - www.dailykos.com
Democrats have taken a majority of the U.S. House, thanks to a blue wave of voter disgust at the Trump Administration's assault on health care, the …
Armed Robbery
Amendment 4 in danger of becoming poll tax
orlandosentinel.com - Scott Greenberg
In a civil rights victory, Florida overwhelmingly voted this November to restore voting rights to more than 1 million people with a felony record …
North Carolina
As the GOP’s supermajority ends, bring back democracy to North Carolina
newsobserver.com - www.newsobserver.com
In its own sad way, it’s fitting that the last acts of the General Assembly’s Republican supermajority will be votes to make it harder for citizens …
African-American News
Rep. Maxine Waters Statement on Republican Voter Fraud in North Carolina
blackpressusa.com - Congresswoman Maxine Waters
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) issued a statement on voter fraud allegations in the 2018 midterm election for North Carolina’s 9th …
U.S. Politics
The House Democrats’ blueprint for taking on Trump and Republicans
pbs.org - Jessica Yarvin
House Democrats’ first order of business in the next Congress will be a wide-ranging reforms package aimed at increasing access to the ballot box, …
Conservative View
Scott Speaks Out, Defends Opposition To Trump Judicial Nominees
dailycaller.com - Kevin Daley | Supreme Court Reporter
8:08 PM 12/07/2018 | Politics GOP Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina defended his decision to oppose one of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees …
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Right To Vote
Here’s what Louisiana’s Secretary of State candidates say about voter ID, ex-felons voting and other issues |
nola.com
Louisiana voters will select a secretary of state in the runoff election held Saturday (Dec. 6). Interim Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin, a …
Title IX
Friday, Dec. 7, 2018 letters: Trump talked tower in Russia, Title IX, Uber, TABOR
denverpost.com - DP Opinion
Trump talked tower in RussiaRe: “Cohen admits lies about Russian real estate deal,” Nov. 30 news storyDonald says that there was nothing illegal …
Liberal View
Many states expanded voting rights at the ballot box in 2018. These states could be next
dailykos.com - Stephen Wolf
The 2018 elections saw a slew of victories at the ballot box to make voting easier, more accessible, and more secure. Now numerous states are in a …
Right To Vote
Rod Watson: End voter suppression? New York is a good place to start
buffalonews.com - Rod Watson
After watching recent voter suppression efforts in other states, residents in "progressive" New York probably feel pretty smug. After all, Georgia …
New Hampshire
Lawmakers re-elect guardian of New Hampshire primary
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — With loud cheers and applause, New Hampshire lawmakers on Wednesday re-elected their veteran secretary of state and guardian of …
Catholicism
Irish lawmakers pass bill allowing abortion following landmark voter repeal
thehill.com - Morgan Gstalter
Lawmakers in Ireland late Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to pass a bill introducing free and legal abortion in the Catholic nation, a move that comes …
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Opinion
North Carolina election probe exposes GOP hypocrisy
CNN - By Jill Filipovic
(CNN) — What a pathetic moment. Republicans have spent years warning us that voter fraud is rampant. Despite no evidence that this is the case -- election fraud in the United States is in fact rare --
The Washington Post
Electoral Fraud
We finally found election fraud
The Washington Post - By Jennifer Rubin
President Trump and his kangaroo court — the Advisory Commission on Voter Integrity — never found evidence of widespread voter fraud, the sort of fraud by impersonation that the Republican Party’s voter-ID
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Right To Vote
John Barrow, Who Inspired No One, Loses In GA Secretary of State Runoff
New York Magazine - Zak Cheney-Rice
Democrat John Barrow campaigns outside a Georgia football game. Nobody in Georgia who voted for Stacey Abrams on November 6 could have predicted that …
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Women of Color
Black People In The South Deserve Better Than Being Your Political Scapegoats
Essence - Clarkisha Kent
As I’ve gotten older, my patience with the media coverage around elections in this country as well as with the political armchair analysts on social …
Elite Daily
North Carolina
Is There Voter Fraud In North Carolina? These Reports Are Complicated
Elite Daily - Hannah Golden
President Donald Trump has routinely claimed, without much evidence, that voter fraud is a big problem in the United States, but now it appears that …
Vox
Right To Vote
Georgia secretary of state live results: Barrow vs. Raffensperger - Vox
Vox - P.R. Lockhart
The Tuesday runoff between John Barrow and Brad Raffensperger has become a referendum on the future of voting rights in the state. It’s been one month since Georgia’s high-profile governor race between
Long-form Journalism
How One Alabama Sherriff Worked Openly to Oppress People of Color
longreads.com - Aaron Gilbreath
In Wilcox County, Alabama, in one of the country’s poorest counties, a supposedly unarmed sheriff dispensed justice for thirty years using his …
Natural Gas
Georgia Republicans win races for secretary of state and PSC
ajc.com - Mark Niesse
Republican candidates appeared to hold onto two powerful Georgia offices in runoffs Tuesday, but ballots were still being counted for secretary of …
Right To Vote
Florida Halts Effort to Restore Voting Rights to Felons
politicalwire.com
“Florida voters spoke clearly four weeks ago: They restored the right to vote to most convicted felons who complete their sentences,” the Tampa Bay …
Conservative View
Republican Wins Georgia Secretary Of State Runoff
dailycaller.com - Jason Hopkins | Energy Investigator
10:37 PM 12/04/2018 | Politics Georgia Republican state Rep. Brad Raffensperger won the runoff election to become the next Georgia secretary of state, …
Liberal View
Georgia Voters Lose Out on a Secretary of State Who Would Have Protected Their Voting Rights
thenation.com - Joan Walsh
In the end, a race that might have slightly helped ease the pain of Stacey Abrams narrowly losing her race for Georgia governor last month fell …
Income Tax
Presidential Candidates Would Need To Disclose Tax Returns To Get On CA Primary Ballot
cbslocal.com - News – CBS Sacramento
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A candidate running for President of the United States wouldn’t get his or her name on a California primary ballot unless he or …