Voters in Alaska head to the polls Tuesday to weigh in on several primary contests, including Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s (R) bid to keep her seat after voting to convict former President Trump in his second impeachment trial. The state is rolling out changes this year to how its residents vote in primary and general elections…Source: How Alaska’s new voting system...
Is it getting harder or easier for a woman to run for office? Ali Vitali would say both. Vitali, Capitol Hill correspondent at NBC News, covered the 2020 campaign for the network and is the author of a new book,Electable: Why America Hasn’t Put a Woman in the White House … Yet.Source: How it’s getting harder for women to run...
Alaska’s ranked-choice voting special election on Aug. 16th to fill its vacant, single seat in the US House is generating two issues I want to flag. First, in recently campaigning in a tele-rally for Sarah Palin, Donald Trump reportedly told Palin voters “to pick only one” candidate.Source: Trump, Palin, and Alaska’s RCV Special Election Aug. 16th....
In the weeks after President Donald J. Trump lost the 2020 election, the Fox Business host Lou Dobbs claimed to have “tremendous evidence” that voter fraud was to blame.Source: Defamation Suit About Election Falsehoods Puts Fox on Its Heels....
Lawmakers in both parties are eager to act after former President Donald J. Trump and his allies sought to exploit a 135-year-old law to overturn the 2020 election. WASHINGTON — Determined to prevent a repeat of the Jan.Source: Momentum Builds for Overhaul of Rules Governing the Electoral Count....
Get ready for Facebook versus the researchers: Round 2.Source: Fight over online political ads heats up ahead of midterms....
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday dismissed a second lawsuit seeking to force members of Virginia’s Republican-controlled House of Delegates to hold an unscheduled election this year. U.S.Source: Court tosses second lawsuit seeking new Virginia elections....
The state Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in October involving North Carolina’s disputed election maps. With a split 4-3 party-line vote, the court’s Democratic majority issued an order Thursday setting arguments as early as Oct. 3.Source: N.C. Supreme Court issues 4-3 party-line split on hearing redistricting arguments in October....
Last December, the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC) made changes to the legislative map that saved two Republican senators from being drawn into heavily Democratic districts.Source: Records shed little light on who influenced Arizona's redistricting changes....
A lawsuit challenging the state Senate redistricting map being used for Tuesday’s primaries alleges it violates the Missouri Constitution because it “packs” Black residents into two St. Louis area districts and splits Buchanan County without good cause.Source: Lawsuit alleges Missouri Senate map hurt minority voters, splits too many counties....
