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Commentary: Democracy won in 2022. Now, we have to set the bar higher

For many reasons, 2022 was a resounding victory for democracy. Voters in several more cities across the country passed ranked-choice voting and other powerful anti-corruption laws. Election liars failed to seize control of voting in the states that will decide the 2024 election. The violence and mayhem that many predicted…

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Voters in South Gloucestershire will need to show ID at upcoming council elections

The next local elections in South Gloucestershire are on May 4

Bristol Post

Congo voter registration marred by early kit shortages

Voter registration kicked off in Democratic Republic of Congo over the weekend, as the country prepares the for December 2023 general election.

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Omanis Elect Municipal Councils

Omanis accessed their smartphones to elect members of the municipal councils for the third term. Just before polls closed, turnout was just over 40 percent, as 288,460 of the 731,767 eligible voters chose 126 representatives from the 696 candidates. The Minister of Interior, Hammoud Faisal al-Busaidi, met the committee for…

Asharq Al-Awsat

GOP stumbles with independents contributed to midterm woes

A sweeping national survey of the electorate, AP VoteCast, shows that Republican House candidates nationwide won the support of 38% of independent voters during last month's midterm elections

The Independent UK

Reporters Without Orders Ep 251: Karnataka voter data theft, Delhi road safety

This week, host Akanksha Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Alenjith K Johny and Prajwal Bhat from The News Minute.

Newslaundry

A Weakened Saied Spells Trouble for Tunisia

Saturday’s poor voter turnout has cost President Kais Saied political capital at home and abroad.

Foreign Policy

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Election Legislation Weekly Digest: December 23, 2022

Note: This digest will be taking a break next week for the holidays. We’ll be back in your inbox on January 6, 2023.

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Final Jan. 6 report details Trump’s ‘reckless’ attempt to overturn Georgia vote

ATLANTA — Former President Donald Trump “recklessly” promoted lies about voter fraud at a ballot counting center in Atlanta despite being told at least four times his claims were false, according to the final report of the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Tribune News Service

Kari Lake’s claims of voter disenfranchisement are baseless, expert tells Arizona court

An expert testifying at Republican Kari Lake’s trial challenging her defeat in Arizona governor’s race said her claims about Election Day lines and voter disenfranchisement on the outcome of the race weren't backed by evidence

The Independent UK

These young Republicans want the GOP to invest in Gen Z, but it's an uphill battle

Young conservative leaders are demanding changes from their party after a majority of Millennial and Generation Z voters turned out for Democrats in the midterm elections.

WEKU

Donald Trump engaged in 'multi-part conspiracy' to overturn lawful 2020 presidential election result

A 814-page report released by House investigators found that DonaldTrump ‘provoked his supporters to violence’ at the Capitol with false claims of widespread voter fraud

Evening Standard

Key takeaways from the January 6 committee's final report on the attack on the US Capitol

After nine public hearings, the US House committee investigating the attack on the Capitol releases its long-awaited final report, concluding "none of the events of January 6th would have happened without" Donald Trump.

ABC News

Trial: Expert disputes Lake’s claim over her gov’s race loss

The Independent UK

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In Voices of Us, Tim Dunlop considers the outsiders re-energising politics – and takes aim at dumbed-down media and do-nothing politicians

Did Bill Shorten lose the unlosable election in 2019 because he was too frank about franking credits? Was John Howard’s defeat in 2007 a voter reaction against WorkChoices?

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US Rep. Drew Ferguson voted in Georgia county where he no longer lives, records show

ATLANTA — U.S. Rep. Drew Ferguson, a Republican from west Georgia who has raised concerns in the past about election fraud, voted three times this year in Troup County. But Ferguson no longer lives at the address where he’s registered to vote after he sold his house in April and…

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 panel prepares to unveil final report on insurrection

An 800-page report set to be released by House investigators will conclude that then-President Donald Trump criminally plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat and “provoked his supporters to violence” at the Capitol with false claims of voter fraud

Tribune News Service

Why Medicaid expansion ballots may hit a dead end after a fleeting victory in South Dakota

Republican-led legislatures have repeatedly thwarted Medicaid expansion in a dozen conservative states, despite high numbers of uninsured residents. In recent years, supporters of expansion have found success with another strategy: letting voters decide.

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WEKU

Florida's effort to charge 20 people with voter fraud has hit some roadblocks

Months after the controversial arrests, one case ended with a plea deal and at least three have been dismissed. And attorneys say Florida's cases face a tough road — even if they make it to trial.

The Texas Tribune

Texas elections secure despite COVID-related “irregularities” in 2020, audit finds

Four Texas counties were evaluated in a 359-page audit released by Secretary of State John Scott on Monday, two weeks before he steps down as chief election official.

Tribune News Service

A North Carolina poll worker told voters a candidate had died. Now an election must be redone

RALEIGH, N.C. — A Western North Carolina town must have a new election after a poll worker told voters on Election Day that a candidate in the contest had died, which may have skewed results.

Reason

Biden Is Set To Sign $858 Billion Pentagon Budget—One of the Biggest Ever

Plus: North Carolina strikes down voter ID law, more turmoil at Twitter, and more...

Tribune News Service

As he preps for 2024, Biden has finally found his footing as president

A week before the midterm election, President Joe Biden pitched senior advisers on his closing argument to American voters — a sweeping address in which he’d once again insist that democracy itself was on the ballot.

Reuters

U.S. urges Tunisia to expand political participation

The low voter turnout in Tunisia's parliamentary elections reinforces the need for the North African nation to further expand political participation in the coming months, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Sunday.

The Independent UK

Tunisian president urged to resign after election debacle

Tunisian opposition figures have called for the president’s resignation after disastrous parliamentary elections in which less than 9% of voters cast ballots

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