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Election deniers now hold posts on local US election boards, raising concerns for midterms

‘Election integrity’ activists have found way to positions of power, raising red flags about potential partisan meddling

The Guardian - US

White House restores spending database it sought to keep secret - Roll Call

The White House has restored a website that shows how spending authority is parceled out to federal agencies throughout the year.

Roll Call

Beware the blizzard of lies: US advice on how to handle Farage’s Trump tactics

Pro-democracy campaigners suggest ‘pre-buttal’ is more powerful than factchecking in fighting falsehoods

The Guardian - UK

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A bigger House? First of all, where would everyone sit? - Roll Call

A new report from Protect Democracy and POPVOX probes the theoretical realms of a world with 150 extra U.S. representatives.

Roll Call

Election deniers use Trump victory to sow more doubt over 2020 result

Close races in states where counting is still underway called in to question as claims of fraud in presidential vote quieten

The Guardian - US

When will we know who is the next US president?

Calling the Harris-Trump race could take days – here’s what to know about the presidential and congressional races

The Guardian - US

Trump and Republicans are preparing their excuse for why they lost the election

While Trump promotes a baseless idea that non-citizens are illegally casting ballots to rig the election against him, voting-eligible citizens are being swept up in Republican-led purges across the country, Alex Woodward reports

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Republicans file lawsuits to challenge overseas ballots — including those coming from military personnel

GOP members of Congress and the RNC are suing to stop states from counting ballots from voters overseas

The Independent UK

Pro-Trump election meddling may backfire

"The threat of disruption looms large in this year’s election" — but anti-certification efforts likely to backfire

Salon

Kari Lake won’t contest claims she defamed Arizona election official

Republican sued last year by Stephen Richer, top Maricopa county official, after she lost her gubernatorial bid and lied about him

The Guardian - US

‘It has to be done’: can Reconstruction-era laws hold Trump and allies accountable?

Rarely used but relevant laws could be key to removing Trump from the ballot for his stoking of the January 6 Capitol attack

The Guardian - US

Groups increasingly use defamation law to ward off US election subversion

Rudy Giuliani and MyPillow’s Mike Lindell are among election deniers sued for defamatory statements regarding 2020 election

The Guardian - US

New Lawsuit Against Florida Public School Library Book Bans

Allegations include violations of the First and Fourteenth Amendments

Reason

Fox settlement part of flurry of lawsuits over election lies

Fox News’ nearly $800 million settlement of a voting machine company’s defamation lawsuit marks the first milestone in a larger legal strategy designed to combat the false claims and conspiracy theories about elections that have rippled through the U.S. for nearly three years

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How a fringe legal theory at the Supreme Court could blowtorch American elections

Right-wing legal groups and Republican lawmakers put the so-called ‘independent state legislature’ theory at the centre of one of the most important tests for democracy in front of the US Supreme Court, Alex Woodward reports

The Guardian - US

‘We’re watching you’: incidents of voter intimidation rise as midterm elections near

Drop box watchers, threatening letters and harassment – voters and election officials alike report increase in occurrences

The Guardian - US

Democracy, poisoned: America’s elections are being attacked at every level

In the first of a new series, we look at how November’s midterm elections could be an inflection point as election deniers seek to take control of the vote counting process

Tribune News Service

Florida's 'Stop Woke Act' for workplaces blocked by federal judge

A Florida law restricting workplace bias or diversity training violates the First Amendment and can’t be enforced, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

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