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Final approval given to bill allocating $1.5 billion to broadband expansion in Texas

Voters will be asked to approve a state constitutional amendment to create the Broadband Infrastructure Fund.

The Texas Tribune

Turkey’s Erdogan reelected president with 52.1% of vote

The head of Turkey's election commission has declared Recep Tayyip Erdogan president again after voters took to the ballot box for a historic runoff on Sunday. With more than 99% of the ballot counted, Erdogan holds a near five percent lead over opponent Kemal Kilicdaroglu. Read FRANCE 24’s live coverage…

France 24

Turkey: Erdogan is president for five more years after defeating Kilicdaroglu in presidential run-off

Rishi Sunak congratulates President Erdogan who won a new term with 52.14% of the vote

Evening Standard

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Spain's conservative PP elbows Socialists out in regional elections

Spain's ruling Socialists suffered heavy losses to opposition conservatives in Sunday's local election, with around 95% of the votes counted, showing their electoral vulnerability ahead of an end-of-year general election.

Reuters

How will defunct ‘kingmaker’ alliance affect Turkey’s election?

Big question a day before the run-off vote is what effect a recent split in a potential kingmaker coalition will have?

Al Jazeera

The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, May 26, 2023

Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration. Every Friday, we deliver the latest updates on election policy around the country, including legislative activity, nationwide trends, and recent news. In each issue, you’ll find updates on legislative activity and recent news.

Ballotpedia

‘This was an election that decided the future of this country’

“This was not a normal election, it was an election that decided the future of this country,” said academic-turned-political activist Yogendra Yadav, participating in a felicitation programme organised by Eddelu Karnataka (Wake up Karnataka), a civil society collective, on Friday to mark the death anniversary of freedom fighter H.S. Doreswamy…

The Hindu

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‘He works hard’: Voters in Turkey’s quake zone backing Erdoğan in runoff

Despite criticism of his response to February’s earthquakes, Erdoğan is increasingly popular in the rural provinces most affected

The Guardian - UK

Voters want compromise in Congress -- so why the brinkmanship over the debt ceiling?

There’s progress on the debt limit. There’s no progress. Conservatives have revolted. Liberal Democrats are angry. Negotiators actually ate a meal together. That’s a good sign. No it isn’t. Who’s up? Who’s down?

The Conversation

Voter fraud allegations mark last day of election campaigning in Spain

Allegations of voter fraud in small towns and an unprecedented case of kidnapping marked the last day of campaigning before local and regional elections in Spain on Sunday.

Reuters

Not all political comedy is equal – how comics can either depress turnout or activate voters in 2024

Biden is old. Trump has weird hair. Biden mangles the English language. Trump barely seems to understand it.

The Conversation

More than 13,000 people denied vote in Tory Voter ID crackdown at local elections

Voters were left in tears after seeing people turned away at polling stations for not having the correct ID as rules were enforced for the first time at this month's local elections in England

Daily Mirror

Analysis-More than 13,000 people in England denied vote due to new ID law - Reuters survey

More than 13,000 people were denied a vote in English local elections this month because of the government's new identification law, with those in poorer areas most impacted, according to a Reuters survey of local authorities.

Reuters

Mark Z. Barabak: Lawmakers in states are handcuffing voters and ignoring election results

Earlier this month, a group of Oregon lawmakers walked off the job, bringing the state Senate to a halt.

Los Angeles Times

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A majority of Californians say Feinstein is no longer fit for office, a new poll finds

WASHINGTON — A substantial majority of Californians feel that Sen. Dianne Feinstein is no longer fit for the job because of her recent declining health, and more voters believe she should resign than support her staying in office, according to a new UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll co-sponsored…

The Independent UK

Tories warn of voter anger as net migration hits new record of 606,000

Rishi Sunak said the numbers were “too high” and “I want to bring them down”.

WEKU

Ohio election officials scramble ahead of August vote on state constitution changes

Ohio Republicans set up an August special election to decide whether to make it harder to amend the state constitution, before voters might see an amendment on abortion access.

Manchester Evening News

Hundreds of voters were turned away from Bolton’s polling stations through lack of photo-ID

Hundreds of voters across Bolton were turned away from polling stations because of the new ID requirements at the local elections earlier this month. The new rule requiring that people voting at polling stations present an accepted form of photo iden

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Why Republican-led states keep leaving a group that verifies voter rolls

Eight Republican-led states this year left an interstate cooperative that seeks to maintain accurate voter registration rolls, and three more may join them — a move that election security experts say is fueled by conspiracy theories.

Reuters

Palestinian student elections provide rare test of voter mood

Candidates linked to the Islamist group Hamas won the largest share of seats on a university student council on Wednesday, in a ballot that offered a rare test of voter sentiment for Palestinians, who had their last parliamentary elections almost two decades ago.

The Guardian - UK

Postal ballot ID may lead some voters to ‘give up’, says Age UK

Charity says quietly-announced ‘sledgehammer to crack a nut’ policy will not receive scrutiny from MPs

The Independent UK

Texas governor sent bill abolishing position of Harris County elections chief

The Texas Legislature has approved abolishing a position Democrats in the state's largest county created to oversee more than 2 million voters around Houston

Ballotpedia

Election legislation roundup: New York State Assembly

As of May 21, Ballotpedia has tracked 171 election-related bills in the New York State Assembly since the beginning of the year. Of the 171, Ballotpedia tracked 12 from May 15-21. Democrats sponsored 10, while a bipartisan group of legislators sponsored two. Five of 12 bills are below:

Tribune News Service

Texas likely to leave voter fraud program under bill headed to governor for final approval

AUSTIN — Texas is likely to leave a voter fraud protection program that has been beset by conspiracy theories under a bill headed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.

Daily Mirror

Tories plan to force ID checks for postal and proxy votes in future elections

Despite calls to suspend the controversial in-person voter ID - after thousands were turned away at the May election - the Government has announced new measures

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