Arkansas AG rejects proposed measure to conduct elections via hand-marked paper ballots
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin on Wednesday rejected two proposed constitutional amendments to remove voting machines from Arkansas’ election process. One proposal would require hand-marked, hand-counted paper ballots, while the other would create absentee ballot procedures. Griffin cited several reasons for rejecting the proposed popular name and ballot title of both initiatives, including a lengthy […]
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Arkansas attorney general rejects wording of ballot measure seeking to repeal state’s abortion ban
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin rejected on Tuesday the wording of a proposed ballot measure that, if approved, would repeal the state’s abortion ban and prohibit restriction of the procedure within 18 weeks after conception. Arkansans for Limited Government submitted the proposed popular name — The Arkansas Reproductive Healthcare Amendment […]
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Trump’s judges latest revolt against the Voting Rights Act | #elections | #alabama
The Supreme Court, after a long period of hostility toward any claim brought under the federal Voting Rights Act, recently signaled that this hostility has limits. Last June, the Court surprised nearly everyone who follows voting rights litigation by declaring Alabama’s racially gerrymandered maps illegal and ordering the state to draw a second majority-Black congressional […]
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Appeals court says Georgia may elect utility panel statewide, rejecting a ruling for district voting | #elections | #alabama
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save ATLANTA — A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that Georgia can keep statewide elections for its five-member commission regulating utilities, overturning a lower court judge who found statewide elections illegally diluted Black votes. The ruling is important beyond Georgia’s Public Service Commission because it […]
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Balance of state’s political power on the table when lawmakers gather for special session Nov. 29 | #elections | #alabama
When state lawmakers meet next week to redraw Georgia’s political maps, a national audience will follow the debate over the creation of an additional court-ordered majority Black district in west metro Atlanta. But Georgia political observers say the forced reworking of the state’s legislative maps could also prove consequential. Lawmakers have until Dec. 8 to […]
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Rank choice voting: A day of wins | #alaska | #politics
FairVote, a nonpartisan organization, recently announced that election day 2023 was an historic election year for ranked choice voting (RCV). Ranked choice voting is the fastest-growing nonpartisan voting reform in the nation; with recent ballot wins, it has won 27 city ballot measures in a row. Ranked choice voting, sometimes known as instant runoff voting, […]
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Voters’ angst prevails over America’s 2024 political landscape | #elections | #alabama
Steve Corbin is Professor Emeritus of Marketing, University of Northern Iowa Here we are – one year before the Nov. 5, 2024 election – and a recent Pew Research Center poll reveals 65% of Americans say they always or often feel exhausted when thinking about politics. Fifty-five percent feel angry, let alone disgusted. Furthermore, 63% […]
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City Hall to welcome two new City Council faces and retain two familiar ones | | #citycouncil
Voters chose to keep two incumbents on the Santa Fe City Council and selected a restaurant owner and a city planning commissioner to join the governing body, according to unofficial results from the Nov. 7 election. District 1 Restaurant owner Alma Castro emerged the winner from a field of four in District 1, the northernmost […]
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Biden, Trump qualify for Arkansas ballot as filing period for 2024 election kicks off
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump qualified for the Arkansas ballot on Monday as the filing period for next year’s election in the state kicked off. Dozens of candidates filled the state Capitol rotunda to make their bids official for the state’s primary and nonpartisan judicial elections, which […]
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Ranked-Choice Voting Makes a Joke of Alaska Politics | #alaska | #politics
Wasilla, Alaska Advocates of ranked-choice voting say it elevates centrist candidates, keeps campaigns positive, and promotes debate of important issues. That isn’t how it’s going in Alaska. The Last Frontier is in the middle of an experiment that has confused voters, popularized fringe candidates and could lead to unrepresentative outcomes. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & […]
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