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Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin, where we track developments in election policy at the federal, state, and local levels. In this month’s issue:

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When will Democrats get serious about repealing federal pot prohibition?

Instead of building on Republican support for federalism, Democrats seem determined to alienate potential allies .

Chicago Sun-Times

GOP court slaps down Arizona voting ban

Even Arizona's Republican governor called his party's effort to outlaw early voting "poorly crafted"

Salon

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GOP holds COVID aid hostage over border

Democrats called out Republicans for holding much-need pandemic funds "hostage for an extraneous issue"

Salon

DNC chair calls GOP Sen. Tom Cotton a “little maggot-infested man”

More of this, please!

Mic

JD Vance accused of racism over new campaign ad in which he asks ‘Do you hate Mexicans?’

Ohio Republican Senate candidate says ‘media calls us racist for wanting to build Trump’s wall’

The Independent UK

After series of gaffes Marjorie Taylor Greene is ridiculed for calling Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘ignorant’

Georgia congresswoman labels GOP senators supporters of pedophilia for support of Biden’s SCOTUS nominee

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Florida’s feuding over education laws is in national spotlight. GOP seizes the moment

MIAMI — Amanda Silvestri, a mother of two elementary school children, traveled from Palm Beach County to Tallahassee in January to tell state lawmakers she was concerned about what her kids were being taught in school.

Miami Herald

Another House Republican facing a Trump-backed challenger retires

Six-term Rep. Bob Gibbs dropped his reelection bid a month before the primary, calling the state court battle over district maps a "circus."

Roll Call

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's support for "Don't Say Gay" law may be a sign of what's to come

What Texas' embrace of "Don't Say Gay" says about the business-wing of the GOP.

Axios

Editorial: DeSantis' war on Disney is how autocrats —and some Republicans — handle critics

Whatever people think of Florida’s new “Don’t say gay” law, a side debate should chill the spine of anyone who understands the dangers of abuse of government power in service to ideological fervor. Disney has had the audacity to oppose the law — to which Gov. Ron DeSantis has responded…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Stuart Rothenberg: From Schwarzenegger to Oz, GOP celebrities in politics

There is plenty of buzz these days about celebrities running for political office — and about former President Donald Trump’s affinity for athletes and entertainers.

Tribune News Service

California race to replace Nunes headed to June runoff - Roll Call

Republican Connie Conway advanced to a runoff in a California special primary to fill the remainder of former Rep. Devin Nunes' term.

Roll Call

GOP blocks Senate COVID bill, demands votes on immigration

Republicans have blocked a Democratic attempt to begin Senate debate on a $10 billion COVID-19 compromise that is just a day old

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Reason

When Will Democrats Get Serious About Repealing Pot Prohibition?

Instead of building on Republican support for federalism, they seem determined to alienate potential allies.

Los Angeles Times

‘Clearly ludicrous’ smears fly in Republican-on-Republican attacks

For the second time in two weeks, GOP lawmakers have found themselves the targets of outlandish, evidence-free attacks — lobbed by fellow Republicans.

Salon

The View calls GOP hypocrisy "pathetic"

"This [SCOTUS selection] process has become so political, which it should never have been"

Tribune News Service

Immigration, timing issues slow pandemic relief bill in Senate

WASHINGTON — Democrats in both chambers appear ready to pass a Senate-negotiated $10 billion COVID-19 supplemental for domestic preparedness efforts without international aid, but they have to eliminate GOP obstacles in the Senate first.

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Three Idaho secretary of state candidates competing in May 17 Republican primary

Phil McGrane, Dorothy Moon, and Mary Souza are running in the May 17 Republican Party primary for Idaho Secretary of State. Incumbent Lawerence Denney (R), first elected in 2014, did not file for re-election.

The Independent UK

Obama tells Democrats how to win midterms in first White House return in five years

The former president was on hand to commemorate the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act’s passage

Tribune News Service

Georgia Gov. Kemp ends legislative session with new fuel for reelection fight

ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp picked the right time to reach a meeting of minds with the Republican-controlled Legislature.

The Independent UK

Georgia legislature drifts right in 2022 election year

The 2022 session of the Georgia General assembly saw some bright moments of bipartisan cooperating, including a mental health overhaul

The Independent UK

After Trump backed her foe, SC's Mace says she raised $1M

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina raised more than $1 million in the first quarter of this year

The Independent UK

Analysis: 3 GOP senators buck party to back Biden court pick

Three Republican senators are breaking from their party to support Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's historic nomination to the Supreme Court

The Independent UK

Oklahoma state House approves bill to make abortion illegal

The Oklahoma House has given final legislative approval to a bill that would make performing an abortion a felony

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