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Mail-In Voting Doesn't Violate Arizona Constitution's "Secrecy in Voting" Requirement

From Arizona Republican Party v. Fontes, decided today by the Arizona Court of Appeals (opinion by Judge Cynthia J. Bailey, joined by Presiding Judge Samuel A. Thumma and Vice Chief Judge David B. Gass): The Arizona Republican Party ("AZGOP") and its chairwoman Kelli Ward … filed this case against the…

Reason

Evers: Legislature should seek vote on abortion, not welfare

Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Democratic lawmakers are calling on Republicans to ask voters whether the state should ban abortions rather than seek their views on welfare eligibility

The Independent UK

Republicans have already filed dozens of bills to restrict voting in 2023

Measures in Texas would raise criminal penalties and create voting-focused law enforcement unit

The Guardian - US

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Biden’s remarks honouring MLK revive demands to protect voting rights after defeat in Congress

The president’s battle against far-right threats is at the centre of his ‘soul of America’ campaign

The Independent UK

Yet The Marcher Persisted: How Weather Constantly Impacted The Civil Rights Movement

During one of the most heated times in American history, weather played a significant, yet hardly recognized, role in the movement

Zenger

How to get free voter ID as new law comes into force ahead of May elections

Anyone hoping to vote in the upcoming local elections will have to provide a photo ID

Manchester Evening News

Editorial: Republicans’ trust in elections is up a little. But the next 2 years will be critical

If we are going to save democracy in this country — and make no mistake, that fight is being waged right this very minute — voters must have faith in the election system. And there’s a small piece of good news on that front.

Miami Herald

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Will the UK’s strict new voter ID laws damage democracy?

For the first time this year, voters will have to show photo ID before casting their ballot. These rules risk damaging the integrity of elections, not enhancing it

The Guardian - UK

First-time voters aged 16 ‘more likely to build voting habit than those aged 18’

A new study suggests lowering the voting age in Scotland to 16 has encouraged youngsters to vote into their twenties.

The Independent UK

ESPN’s Suzy Kolber Gives NFL MVP Vote to Bills Athletic Trainer

Denny Kellington, who performed CPR on safety Damar Hamlin, received a touching gesture from one MVP voter.

Sports Illustrated

Biden honors Martin Luther King at Atlanta church with nods to 2024 and voting rights

ATLANTA — Joe Biden, in a Sunday sermon at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, used the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic pulpit to build bridges with Black voters as he gears up for a reelection bid.

Tribune News Service

Younger voters declare independence

Americans were evenly between the two major political parties (28% each) — but a plurality (41%) now identifies as independent.

Axios

Live in Florida and prefer to vote by mail? Many are surprised that all must now reapply

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Whether it’s convenience for time-starved people, wanting to avoid haranguing by political activists outside polling places, or more time to study their choices — or a combination — Florida voters love casting their ballots from their couches or kitchen tables.

Tribune News Service

An Iowa official's wife is charged with 52 counts of voter fraud in congressional race

The wife of a county supervisor allegedly filled out and cast absentee ballots in her husband's unsuccessful race for a Republican nomination to run for Congress in 2020, federal prosecutors said.

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Salon

Wis. GOPer brags of suppressing voters

"While this is incredibly disturbing, we are not surprised," advocacy group says

Salon

Republican's wife voted 23 times: DOJ

Kim Taylor, the wife of Iowa GOP official Jeremy Taylor, was arrested on Thursday over alleged voter fraud scheme

The Independent UK

Wisconsin voting groups criticize GOP minority turnout email

Comments by a Republican state election commissioner applauding GOP strategies for helping depress Black and Hispanic turnout in Wisconsin’s largest city came as little surprise to groups seeking to organize minority voters there

Ballotpedia

2022 had second-highest midterm voter turnout in two decades

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Rightwing group pours millions in ‘dark money’ into US voter suppression bid

Tax filings reveal advocacy arm of Heritage Foundation spent $5m on lobbying in 2021 to block voting rights in battleground states

Tribune News Service

Elections might move faster with new Georgia registration system

ATLANTA — An upgraded Georgia voter registration system is finally ready to launch, an improvement officials say will speed up elections, make it easier for voters to change their addresses and ultimately reduce lines.

The Texas Tribune

Ken Paxton wants more power to prosecute election crimes. These bills in the Texas Legislature would give it to him.

Although no evidence of widespread voter fraud has been found, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been actively pursuing election-related crimes since he took office in 2015.

The Independent UK

Shocking video shows Florida man arrested at gunpoint under DeSantis’s ‘abominable’ voter fraud raids

People arrested in Florida for voter fraud say they didn’t know they were breaking the law

Ballotpedia

2022 elections see second-highest nationwide midterm voter turnout since 2002

The 2022 elections saw the second-highest midterm voter turnout since 2002, according to data compiled by the United States Election Project. The turnout rate in 2022 was 46.8%. Since 2002, the highest midterm turnout rate was in 2018, at 50.3%, and the lowest was in 2014, at 36.7%.

Tribune News Service

COUNTERPOINT: Education and crime drive Black voters to the GOP

As another Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday approaches, our nation has much to celebrate as we strive toward MLK’s dream of a colorblind society.

Manchester Evening News

Voter ID legislation labelled 'a democratic scandal' as new campaign launched

A huge communication and awareness plan is set to launch across Greater Manchester

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