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Alabama

Alabama Secretary of State discusses Super Tuesday, election security and legislation | #elections | #alabama

Secretary of State Wes Allen said Alabama elections are safe and secure ahead of Tuesday’s primary election. Allen said a lot of work has been done stemming from the new congressional map. A panel of federal court judges selected Alabama’s congressional map last Fall after ruling state lawmakers did not remedy a likely Voting Rights […]

Alabama

Alabama Secretary of State discusses Super Tuesday, election security and legislation | #elections | #alabama

Alabama

Anti-democratic moves by state lawmakers raise fears for 2024 election | #elections | #alabama

In Wisconsin, Republican lawmakers are threatening to impeach both the state’s election administrator, who is highly regarded nationally, and a state Supreme Court justice despite a ruling by the state’s judicial commission that the justice had done nothing wrong — effectively nullifying a recent statewide election she won, Democrats say. In North Carolina, a bill […]

Alabama

‘Big Win for Democracy’ as SCOTUS OKs Redrawing of Rigged Louisiana Congressional Map | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Democracy defenders in Louisiana and beyond on Monday applauded the U.S. Supreme Court for allowing the redrawing of a racially gerrymandered congressional map—a move that will add a second majority-Black district in the Southern state where 1 in 3 residents are African-American. The Supreme Court rejectedArdoin v. Robinson, Republican Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin’s […]

Arkansas

Threats to Arkansas election officials aren’t common, but they happen

Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios While U.S. election officials are preparing for unprecedented efforts to disrupt the 2022 midterms, many who oversee the process in Arkansas say they’re not particularly concerned. What’s happening: “We’ve not had any reports in Arkansas regarding election-related threats, intimidation, subversion, ulterior motives or anything of the kind,” a spokesperson for Arkansas Secretary […]

Alabama

Alabama Republicans’ gerrymandering faces Supreme Court scrutiny – People’s World | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Hank Sanders, a former Alabama state senator, says there is a risk that Black voters could lose both districts in the next round of map-drawing. But Khadidah Stone, center, and Evan Milligan, right, believe the calculated risk is worth it. They are among the voters and advocacy groups who filed the lawsuit challenging the redistricting […]

Alabama

Poor People’s Campaign’s 400,000-strong network to mobilize 5 million voters – People’s World | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II leads a National Poor People’s Campaign rally in Raleigh, N.C. | Travis Long / The News & Observer via AP WASHINGTON—Seeking to build on success in 2020, the Poor People’s Campaign is undertaking a massive campaign across multiple states not just to register new poor and low-income/low-wealth people […]

Arkansas

Fingerprints not feasible for Arkansas voter rolls

Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios Lack of available technology and privacy concerns will prohibit the use of biometrics — like fingerprints or retinal scans — for state voter rolls, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports. Driving the news: With the midterms a few weeks away, unfounded claims of fraud in the 2020 election continue to contribute to a polarized […]

Alabama

Supreme Court Poised to Flush the Voting Rights Act | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

It’s grisly living in the USA these days. One has a sense of another impending asteroid, named SCOTUS-2, that is about to strike, and multiple times. With the November election looming, in which congressional majorities will be decided and the rules for administering fair elections are more contentious and disputed than ever, the next Bush […]