Young Republicans Leader Charged With ‘Sexual Torture’ | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
The leader of a local Young Republicans chapter in Alabama was arrested last week in connection with the death of another man, with charges against him including a count of “sexual torture.” On Thursday, deputies with the Madison County Sheriff’s Office discovered a dead body later identified as 54-year-old Derek Franklin Walls of Harvest, Alabama, […]
Read More
Katie Britt Accused of ‘Whopping Lie’ in SOTU Response | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Senator Katie Britt, an Alabama Republican, has been accused of making a “whopping lie” regarding a sex trafficking victim in her State of the Union rebuttal address. President Joe Biden on Thursday evening delivered the annual State of the Union address before Congress. After weathering months of recent criticism over his age and its effect […]
Read More
What to know about the state of voting rights ahead of 2024 | #elections | #alabama
CHICAGO –– In a pair of decisions this summer that surprised some voting rights advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court went against the trend of recent decisions weakening the Voting Rights Act of 1965. As the anniversary of the landmark civil-rights legislation approaches on August 6, Manoj Mate, an associate professor with DePaul University College of […]
Read More
A Radical Idea for Fixing Congress: Proportional Representation | #alaska | #politics
-
Google-News-Wire
- July 6, 2023
- America’s current system
- American democracy
- best way
- biggest victory yetThe changes
- Black representation
- black voters
- civil-rights era
- co-founder of Fix Our House
- congressional elections
- Congressman
- congressmen
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- council
- current winner-take
- Democratic Representative Don Beyer of Virginia
- democrats
- economy
- elections
- federal elections
- federal level
- frequently cited example of a multiparty system
- friends today
- frustrated election experts
- governor
- growing number of political-reform advocates
- house of representatives
- Katherine Gehl
- larger districts
- least hope
- Lee Drutman
- left-leaning New America Foundation
- mayor
- member of Congress
- moderate Democrat Mary Peltola
- Moderate Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski
- more representative government
- Multimember House districts
- multiparty democracy.Lee Drutman
- natural clustering of like-minded people
- new season of reform
- parties’ most ideological voters
- partisan gerrymandering
- partisan primaries
- policy advocate
- political scientist
- political-reform movement
- politics
- possible proposals
- president
- Proportional Representation
- radical change
- Ranked Choice Voting
- recent years
- republican
- Republican leaders
- senator
- senior fellow
- southern states
- support of some civil-rights activists
- U.S. Politics
- unachievable.Supporters of proportional representation
- vigorous competition of ideas
For most Americans, voting for a member of Congress is one of their simplest civic duties. Every two years, they pick the candidate they like best—usually the same one they chose last time—and whoever gets the most votes will represent them and a few hundred thousand of their neighbors in the House of Representatives. In […]
Read More
Baodong Liu and his role in landmark voting rights case | #elections | #alabama
Newswise — University of Utah political scientist Baodong Liu served as an expert witness in a consequential voting rights case decided on June 8 by the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision in Allen v. Milligan rejected Alabama’s congressional redistricting map because it disenfranchises African-American voters. In a surprise 5-4 ruling written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court […]
Read More
Baodong Liu and his role in landmark voting rights case | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Newswise — University of Utah political scientist Baodong Liu served as an expert witness in a consequential voting rights case decided on June 8 by the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision in Allen v. Milligan rejected Alabama’s congressional redistricting map because it disenfranchises African-American voters. In a surprise 5-4 ruling written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court […]
Read More
State-by-State Youth Voter Turnout Data and the Impact of Election Laws in 2022 | #elections | #alabama
-
Google-News-Wire
- May 4, 2023
- All Journal News
- Behavioral Science
- civil liberties
- Government/Law
- Newswise
- Top Hit Stories
- Tufts University
- Tufts University;Tisch College;tisch college of civic life;youth voting;Elections;2022 election;2022 midterms;youth voter turnout;election laws;voter laws;Circle;Civic youth;civic life
- U.S. Elections News
- U.S. Politics
Newswise — New estimates of youth voter turnout in the 2022 midterm elections highlight major variations and inequities in young people’s electoral participation across the country. Youth turnout ranged from as high as 37% in some states to as low as 13% in others. These new estimates are out today from the Center for Information […]
Read More