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Local elections 2022: The UK's most unusual polling stations

A windmill, a dog training centre, and a laundrette are among the more bizarre places to vote

Wales Online · May 5, 2022

Editorial: Republican lawmakers now are looking for ways to punish election officials

It’s no secret that Republican state legislatures are working overtime to alter election laws in ways to twist American democracy to their favor. Having imposed rules that make it harder to vote and to discourage those who can’t vote in person, the newest point of attack is to threaten election…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · May 5, 2022

Democrats promise votes on abortion rights despite vanishingly small odds of success

With the Supreme Court seemingly poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, Democrats look to legislation to keep abortion legal.

WEKU · May 5, 2022

Should the FCC Block Elon Musk from Buying Twitter?

Last week, the Open Markets Institute called on the FCC, the FTC, and the DOJ to block Musk from buying Twitter: Yesterday Twitter's board agreed to sell the corporation to Elon Musk, the owner of Tesla and SpaceX. The Open Markets Institute believes the deal poses a number of immediate…

Reason · May 4, 2022

DiCaprio, Ruffalo urge Brazilians to vote, irking Bolsonaro

Hollywood stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo have joined other celebrities making a final push for voters in Brazil to register before the Wednesday deadline

The Independent UK · May 4, 2022

Striking down Roe v. Wade is the latest example of minority rule

This is what eroding democracy looks like.

Mic · May 4, 2022

You don’t have to be pro-choice to oppose overturning Roe

I am pro-life. I hate abortion, and wish desperately that women confronting that difficult and awful choice felt they had alternatives to ending the life of an unborn child. But I also believe deeply in democracy.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 4, 2022

Why COVID-19 gaslighting by politicians is so dangerous for democracy

In the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, uprising at the United States Capitol building, the Republican Party faced a crucial moral test: whether to reject the baseless conspiracy theory that the 2020 general election had been “stolen” from Donald Trump or to embrace that dangerous falsehood as official party…

The Conversation · May 4, 2022

He may be a political scientist, but Rep. David Price doesn’t have a ‘magic key’  - Roll Call

“Congressional reform is considerably oversold,” says the longtime Democrat from North Carolina, who will retire at the end of the term.

Roll Call · May 4, 2022

Review: 'The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis De Tocqueville,' by Olivier Zunz

NONFICTION: An informative biography of Alexis De Tocqueville, whose analysis of liberty, equality and democracy has remained influential for almost 200 years.

Tribune News Service · May 4, 2022