Senate Republicans Tuesday blocked sweeping legislation on election and campaign finance reforms that Democrats said is crucial is ensuring voting rights and saving democracy but Republican blasted as a partisan federal takeover of elections.https://ift.tt/35MNZXc Source: Republicans block 'rotten' election reform bill in Senate as VP Harris presides over debate...

It’s been almost two decades since Californians ousted then-Gov. Gray Davis in a historic recall election. Critics of current Gov. Gavin Newsom hope to repeat the feat later this year. While the rules of the recall have stayed the same, much about the state has changed since the 2003 vote.https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Source: ‘A different California’: Recent seismic shifts could help Newsom...