Automatic voter registration is one step closer to becoming a reality for New Mexico residents after a bill was approved by state lawmakers this week, despite multiple Republican attempts to amend the proposal.Source: Automatic Voter Registration Moves Closer to Reality in Another State, Despite Repeated...
Yesterday was an emotional hearing of the North Carolina election board that generated a fair result, a new election for North Carolina’s ninth Congressional District as a result of ballot harvesting.Source: Ballot Harvesting Is Terrible; Will the Democrats Agree When It Benefits Them?...
Not since 1988, when the Republican ticket of George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle won Maine’s popular vote along with its four electoral votes, have this state’s GOP voters made one iota of difference in determining who becomes president.Source: It’s time for a national popular...
In her response to President Trump’s State of the Union address, Stacey Abrams went through some of the top issues for the Democratic Party. Health care. Climate change. Gun safety.Source: Ahead Of 2020 Election, Voting Rights Becomes A Key Issue For Democrats...
Utah State Senator Curtis Bramble (R-Provo) and Representative Patrice Arent (D-Salt Lake City) have introduced HB 259, which would repeal the straight-ticket device. Senator Bramble has been in the Utah Senate since 2000. Thanks to Steve Goodale for this news.Source: Utah Bill to Eliminate Straight-Ticket...
RALEIGH, N.C. — At about 4 a.m. on Aug. 23, federal agents rousted Jose Solano-Rodriguez from his bed in the suburbs of Raleigh. A couple of hours later, three agents knocked on Hyo Suk George's door as she fed her rabbits and chickens in rural...
As California prepared to launch its new Motor Voter program last year, top elections officials say they asked Secretary of State Alex Padilla to hold off on the roll-out.Source: Election officials said DMV wasn’t ready to launch Motor Voter. California went ahead anyway...
McConnell mocked H.R. 1, known as the For The People Act, by dubbing it the “Democrat Politician Protection Act” and said it doesn’t “pass the laugh test.”Source: Mitch McConnell: Democrats' Voting Rights Bill Just A 'Political Power Grab'...
PDF of Legislative Brief available here Analysis of H.R.Source: Analysis of H.R. 1 (Part One)...
