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The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, May 19, 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.

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DeSantis meets New Hampshire lawmakers, greets voters ahead of expected 2024 announcement

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has met with Republican lawmakers in New Hampshire and stopped by a local diner, where he chatted with a mom whose young son was wearing a Mickey Mouse shirt

The Independent UK

Disillusioned Republicans return to polls after ’21 US Senate runoff

Turned off by the chaos that followed the 2020 presidential election, Republican voters who skipped Georgia’s runoffs for U.S. Senate are starting to come back.

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He voted in Florida for the first time in 2020. Then came the criminal charges

John Boyd Rivers says he was misled by an election official who urged him to vote for the first time in 2020. Now he’s been found guilty of voter fraud

The Guardian - US

2023 sees highest number of public-sector union bills in past five years

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‘Our vote counts’: Greek politicians court teenagers in tight election race

Voters as young as 16 will play a pivotal role as country goes to the polls on Sunday

The Guardian - UK

Thousands turned away at polling stations in Greater Manchester due to voter ID rules

Most people returned with ID and voted, but hundreds did not

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New voter ID rules saw 58 South Gloucestershire voters turned away at polls

Some voters returned later with accepted photo ID

Bristol Post

How Cherelle Parker won the primary: Black voters, a boost from labor, and a personal story of Philly grit

PHILADELPHIA —There were a lot of reasons Cherelle Parker's candidacy was never seen as a slam dunk.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

The number of Nottinghamshire voters turned away at elections over new ID rules

Councils have been releasing data following the recent elections

Nottingham Post

Inside the Biden campaign's plan to win back Latino voters

Democrats aim to build on the playbook they used with surprising success in last year's midterms.

Axios

House Judiciary Democrats call for investigation into DeSantis' use of Florida police force

They accused DeSantis of using the agency "to act in furtherance of his political agenda" and intimidate voters.

Axios

Dis Life: Voter ID tantamount to 'gerrymandering' – and biggest election losers? Disabled people

While many activists rail against Conservative policies, there are, as Jacob Rees-Mogg points out, many Disabled people who do still vote Tory

Daily Mirror

Hundreds of voters turned away in Liverpool after ID changes

Many returned to a polling station but hundreds did not have the correct ID earlier this month

Liverpool Echo

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Hundreds of voters turned away from Wirral polling stations

Voters were required to have photo ID with them for the first time

The Guardian - UK

Here’s what I want: a hung parliament. Let me tell you why

The Tories must be thrown out of office, but I am also concerned about what a Starmer-led majority would mean for the country, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The National (Scotland)

SNP slump 'could be mid-term wobble’ with supporters not switching to Labour yet

SCOTLAND could be more of an “obstacle than opportunity” for Labour, with SNP voters not yet switching to Keir Starmer’s party, according…

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer accused of flip-flopping again - this time on housing and EU voters

The Labour leader faced a furious backlash earlier this month after he announced that the party will abandon its commitment to free university…

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Omnibus election legislation in 2023 vs. 2022

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The Independent UK

Jacksonville voters elect Florida city's first female mayor

Voter’s in Jacksonville, Florida, have elected the city’s first female mayor

WEKU

Voters in central Kentucky brave stormy weather to cast ballots on Primary Election Day

What was already anticipated to be a low voter turnout Tuesday has included some stormy weather to boot.

Ballotpedia

Missouri voters to decide on ballot measure for property tax exemptions for childcare facilities

In Missouri, a constitutional amendment that would allow childcare establishments to be exempt from property taxes was certified for the Nov. 5, 2024, ballot.

Reuters

Turkey election results show Erdogan dominating in quake-hit region

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party came out on top in Sunday's elections in 10 of the 11 provinces hit by February's earthquakes, with analysts saying his vow to rebuild devastated cities had reassured voters in what are mostly AKP strongholds.

The Independent UK

Rees-Mogg’s ‘gerrymandering’ remarks need further investigation, ministers told

The Tory MP appeared to describe voter ID as an attempt to influence electoral outcomes, when speaking at the National Conservatism conference.

The Guardian - US

Republican who expanded Kentucky voting opportunities wins primary

Michael Adams, who defended his state’s election system from claims of fraud, goes on to face Buddy Wheatley in November

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