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Ginni Thomas appears before House panel probing Jan. 6 attack

WASHINGTON — Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, appeared for a voluntary interview Thursday before the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, which sought information about her involvement in the effort to overturn President Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election.

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Ginni Thomas appears before House panel probing Jan. 6 attack - Roll Call

Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, appeared for a voluntary interview Thursday before the committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Roll Call

American Elections Are a Mess, and They Always Have Been

The long, weird history of partisan electoral shenanigans

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In a big Jan. 6 case, Oath Keepers go on trial for seditious conspiracy

The founder of the Oath Keepers and four others individuals linked to the far-right, anti-government group go on trial Tuesday on seditious conspiracy and other charges stemming from the Jan. 6 riot.

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Toomey is backing a bill to change how Electoral College votes are counted — and avoid the chaos of 2020

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., will cosponsor a bipartisan bill to reform how Electoral College votes are certified, adding more Republican weight to the push to avoid a repeat of the attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

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SC appoints ex-judge Justice L Nageswara Rao for amending constitution of IOA

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Thursday appointed former apex court judge Justice L Nageswara Rao for amending constitution of Indian Olympic Association and preparing electoral college.

The Times of India

Liz Cheney introduces electoral vote bill to avoid repeat of Jan. 6

Republican Representative Liz Cheney introduced a bill Monday that would change how Congress counts presidential electors to reduce the chances of another effort to overturn election results like that mounted by former President Donald Trump last year.

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How are votes counted?

The process of counting votes and certifying election results differs from state to state.

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Electoral college is an "accident waiting to happen," Rep. Jamie Raskin says

"The electoral college is an accident waiting to happen and we have to deal with that at some point in American history, and why not now?"

Axios

Proud Boys Hawaii leader, friend plead guilty in Jan. 6 riot

The founder of the Hawaii Proud Boys chapter and a Texas man who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and posed for a picture in front a door on which one of them had written “Murder the Media” each pleaded guilty Friday to a felony charge in connection with…

The Independent UK

Claims of voter fraud, old as the republic, still work as weapons for Trump

The prevalence or importance of voter fraud seems less a matter of fact than of faith. Those who accept Trump's claims are exercising their beliefs to push back against experts, courts and academics.

WEKU

Congress president’s election mired in controversy as leaders question voters’ list

NEW DELHI: The election to the Congress president’s post is getting mired in one controversy or the other with each passing day. In the latest row, senior party leaders have questioned the constitutionality of the voters’ list.

The Times of India

Congress president election | Manish Tewari seeks transparency in process

Shashi Tharoor, Karti Chidambaram support Manish Tewari saying every election requires a well defined electoral college

The Hindu

Hockey Karnataka electoral college tampered with, says Ballal

BENGALURU: Former India player Ashish Ballal alleged that the Hockey Karnataka electoral college for

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4 reasons why abortion laws often clash with the majority's preferences in the US, from constitutional design to low voter turnout

Kansas voters opted against overturning a state constitutional right to an abortion on Aug. 2, 2022. A few days later, Indiana lawmakers banned nearly all abortions.

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'Eminent Players' showed many truths in short life

NEW DELHI: Were the eminent Indian footballers on the All India Football Federation's electoral college more clued in with FIFA regulations and statutes than the Committee of Administrators (CoA) gave them credit for?

The Times of India

FIFA ban: Eminent players could face short end of the stick

NEW DELHI: In the current crisis involving the FIFA ban and the holding of elections in the All India Football Federation and save the Under-17 women's World Cup, it is India's eminent footballer that could end up as being the most dispensable.

The Hindu

FIFA bans AIFF | Why it happened and what it means for Indian football

Here is a timeline of events that led to FIFA banning AIFF, its consequences on Indian football, and more

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FIFA bans AIFF: Timeline of how Indian football faced ultimate embarrassment

NEW DELHI: It all started to go from bad to worse as controversial former AIFF president Praful Patel, whose third term in office ended in December 2020, stayed in office citing a pending Supreme Court case.

The Times of India

CoA had agreed to conduct AIFF elections without 'eminent players' as per FIFA's wish: Sources

NEW DELHI: Hours before the FIFA ban, the Committee of Administrators (CoA) running football in India had agreed to hold AIFF's elections without giving voting rights to 'eminent' players as per the world body's wish.

The Independent UK

Support for electing president through popular vote rises among both Democrats and Republicans

More Americans than ever support abolishing Electoral College

The Times of India

Centre moves SC for modification of order on elections to AIFF executive committee

NEW DELHI: The Centre has moved the Supreme Court seeking modification of its August 3 order passed concerning elections for the executive committee of All India Football Federation and inclusion of ex-players in the electoral college saying FIFA and Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have "strong reservations in the member structure…

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Editorial: Protect democracy, pass electoral reform

The proposed Electoral Count Reform Act, which would make explicit the process for certifying the Electoral College vote that determines the outcome of a presidential election, should never have been necessary.

The Times of India

SC directs election to be held expeditiously in AIFF, allows ex-players in management of sport

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Wednesday directed for holding of elections expeditiously to the executive committee of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) as per the schedule proposed by the Committee of Administrators (CoA).

The Independent UK

Emails reveal Trump campaign efforts to subvert Electoral College certification: ‘We would just be sending fake electoral votes’

Emails reviewed by The New York Times show a frantic effort to organise “fake” electors

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