Red-state elections officials balk at voter registration outreach | #elections | #alabama
A day after taking office in January, Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen withdrew his state from the Electronic Registration Information Center, an interstate data-sharing compact aimed at helping states keep clean voter rolls. Asked about the move a few days later by a conservative radio host, Allen, a Republican, at first talked about privacy […]
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s Political Donations, How Billionaires Fared In The Elections | #alaska | #politics
Needless to say, there was a lot of news on the money-and-politics beat this week. The Billionaire Winners And Losers Of The 2022 Midterm Election “Billionaires may be considered paragons of success, but they aren’t all wise investors—especially when it comes to politics. After all, three vied for the presidency in 2020, and none of […]
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Career Prosecutor Defeats George Soros-backed Candidate in Arkansas Race
In the first contested race in decades to be the top prosecutor of Arkansas’ largest judicial district, career prosecutor Will Jones prevailed against George Soros-backed progressive opponent Alicia Walton. Jones on May 24 received 30,696 votes, or 53 percent of votes cast, compared to Walton’s 26,695 votes in the nonpartisan race, according to the unofficial […]
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Soros floods cash into Arkansas prosecutor race
A political group funded exclusively by liberal financier George Soros has dumped over $100,000 in support of a former public defender running to become a prosecuting attorney in Little Rock, Arkansas. Soros is the only contributor to the Arkansas Justice and Public Safety PAC, which was founded in mid-April around the same time the financier […]
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