To boost Trump, GOP attorneys general charge into battle over state election rules • Alabama Reflector | #elections | #alabama
With less than six months before voting begins, the legal jousting over the rules for the 2024 election is already underway. And former President Donald Trump’s campaign is getting support from allies who have stayed mostly under the national radar: red-state attorneys general. In court filings made in recent months, these chief state legal officers […]
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Convicted ex-New Orleans mayor has done his time. Now, can he get the right to carry a gun?
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, who was convicted on federal bribery, money laundering and other corruption charges in 2014, has completed his 10-year sentence and is asking a federal judge to restore his rights to carry a gun and vote. But prosecutors said Thursday that the New Orleans-based judge has […]
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Alabama Senate approves harsher penalties for some absentee ballot assistance • Alabama Reflector | #elections | #alabama
The Alabama Senate Tuesday approved a bill that would criminalize some forms of absentee voting assistance to have more aggressive penalties for “ballot-harvesting.” SB 1, sponsored by Sen. Garlan Gudger, R-Cullman, would make it illegal for someone to “knowingly” provide an absentee ballot application with pre-filled information, with exceptions for emergency medical care. “This is […]
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What if Alabama had never taken anyone’s vote away? | #elections | #alabama
There’s a chance — not a guarantee, but a better-than-average possibility — that two Black Alabamians will represent the state in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2025. A federal court created two new congressional districts for the state, one with a Black Voting Age Population (BVAP) of 51.9% and one with a BVAP of […]
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One year out: how a free and fair 2024 presidential election could be under threat | #elections | #alabama
A year from now, the nation’s voters will decide another presidential contest — likely one that pits the same two candidates against each other. Despite a slew of arrests and felony convictions stemming from the events of Jan. 6, 2021, there’s little sign that those who attacked democracy last time have significantly moderated their outlook. […]
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Federal appeals court dismisses Arkansas redistricting lawsuit | #elections | #alabama
This story was originally published on Arkansas Advocate. A federal appeals panel on Monday affirmed a lower court’s ruling and dismissed a case challenging Arkansas’ state redistricting map, asserting that only the United States attorney general can enforce the Voting Rights Act. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that […]
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Voting rights decision may curb push to diversify Georgia, Alabama utility commissions | #elections | #alabama
This story was produced by Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action. It also appeared on Georgia Recorder. Brionte´ McCorkle was “furious” when a federal appeals court ruled in late November that Georgia could keep its current method of electing its powerful utility regulators. She punched her kickboxing heavy bag so […]
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Britt moves to block illegal immigrants from voting — ‘It should not be controversial’ | #elections | #alabama
With the U.S. border being inundated with illegal migrants flowing through at record levels. U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) led a coalition of Republicans on the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration on Tuesday to introduce the Citizens Ballot Protection Act. The Act is a companion bill to H.R.4316 originally introduced by U.S. Rep. Gary […]
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Lawmakers Begin Redrawing Political Maps With More Majority Black Districts Today – Capital B News | #elections | #alabama
Georgia lawmakers are set to start redrawing the state’s political maps today to create a number of new majority-Black voting districts in conjunction with an Oct. 26 federal district court ruling. But their efforts could eventually be undermined by a more-recent federal appeals court decision barring individual voters and other private parties — including groups […]
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Why Kavanaugh and Roberts are up against the lower courts on voting rights. | #elections | #alabama
Last June, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh saved the Voting Rights Act in a surprise 5–4 decision. The Supreme Court’s ruling in Allen v. Milligan invalidated Alabama’s egregious racial gerrymander, affirming nonwhite Americans’ equal voting power, and overall, upheld the federal ban on racial discrimination in the electoral process. It should have […]
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