State Election Officials Have Their January 6th Moment | #elections | #alabama
Few voters used to pay much attention to the fragile architecture behind planning and running elections. Complex details like counting ballots happens out of view except for during political shocks like the election of 2000, when mispunched ballots landed the impossibly close presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore before the Supreme Court. […]
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Biden’s pot pardons could boost states’ legalization drives
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — There are few surprises expected on Election Day in solidly Republican Arkansas, where Donald Trump’s former press secretary is heavily favored in the race for governor and other GOP candidates are considered locks. But one big exception is the campaign to make Arkansas the first state in the South to […]
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Trump rescinds Brooks endorsement in Senate race in Alabama | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday rescinded his endorsement of U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks in Alabama’s Republican primary for Senate, dealing a major blow to the congressman’s campaign. In a statement, Trump cited Brooks’ languishing performance in the race and his attempt to move Republicans beyond Trump’s false 2020 election fraud […]
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Conspiracies complicate voting machine debate in Louisiana | #elections | #alabama
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The need for Louisiana to replace its voting machines is not in dispute. They are badly outdated — deployed in 2006, the year after Hurricane Katrina struck — and do not produce paper ballots that are critical to ensuring election results are accurate. What to do about them is another […]
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Dixon wins Michigan GOP governor primary, to face Whitmer | #elections | #alabama
Businesswoman and conservative commentator Tudor Dixon won the Republican primary for Michigan governor on Tuesday, setting up a tough race against Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as anger and division within the state GOP threaten the party’s efforts in the battleground state this fall. Dixon, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump last week, defeated […]
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Sen. Warnock cites ‘bipartisanship,’ avoids Biden in Georgia | #elections | #alabama
ATLANTA (AP) — Democrats in Georgia predict dire outcomes should Sen. Raphael Warnock lose to challenger Herschel Walker this fall and Republicans regain control of Capitol Hill. “They’re going to take away our democratic rights one after another,” longtime state lawmaker Nan Orrock warned partisans at a birthday party for the senator, who turned 53 […]
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Trump to rally for Palin, Dunleavy, Tshibaka in Alaska | #alaska | #politics
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Former President Donald Trump plans to attend a rally in Alaska next week for candidates he has endorsed in the state, including Sarah Palin, who is running for the Alaska’s only U.S. House seat. A statement from a Trump political action committee said the event will take place July 9 in […]
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Hawley, Cruz escape Jan. 6 probe, have no regrets over role | #elections | #alabama
WASHINGTON (AP) — The week before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, Missouri’s Josh Hawley became the first Republican senator to announce he would object to the certification of the 2020 election. Texas’ Ted Cruz came next, dashing off his own plan on a flight from Houston to Washington days before the […]
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GOP Colorado governor hopeful puts election denier on ticket | #elections | #alabama
DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s Republican nominee for governor, Heidi Ganahl, on Monday selected as her running mate a Navy veteran who has claimed President Joe Biden was not legitimately elected president in 2020. Danny Moore lost a previous position due to his stance on the presidential election. His fellow commissioners on the state’s independent congressional […]
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No major problems with ballot drop boxes in 2020, AP finds | #elections | #alabama
ATLANTA (AP) — The expanded use of drop boxes for mailed ballots during the 2020 election did not lead to any widespread problems, according to an Associated Press survey of state election officials across the U.S. that revealed no cases of fraud, vandalism or theft that could have affected the results. The findings from both […]
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