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Mali's military junta holds referendum expected to pave the way to elections

Malian voters cast ballots on a new draft constitution Sunday in a referendum that the country's coup leader says will pave the way toward holding new elections in 2024, but critics have called it a delay tactic to extend his time in power.

France 24

Lib Dems hope to capitalise on voter anger over 'absent' Nadine Dorries in by-election

Anger at Ms Dorries among her constituents had been bubbling long before her rage-quit over Mr Johnson’s honours list

Daily Mirror

Participants at Trump's Jan. 6 rally push false election claims in Virginia legislative campaigns

Most Republican candidates running for the Virginia legislature this year are centering their pitches to voters on issues such as education, the cost of living and gun rights

The Independent UK

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Editorial: Florida is slow-rolling public records about migrant flights. What’s DeSantis hiding?

Gov. Ron DeSantis must know he’s risking voter backlash over his reckless and irresponsible insistence on spending Florida taxpayers’ dollars to ferry migrants from other states around the country.

Tribune News Service

CEO interacts with IT associations to improve voter participation in elections

The Hindu

GOP donor, voter fraud activist is a finalist to run elections in Tarrant County

Karen Wiseman previously sued former election administrator Heider Garcia and participated in a right-wing group’s search for 2020 voter fraud. She’s one of the three finalists, none of whom have experience running elections.

The Texas Tribune

'Generational change in voting' passes the Michigan Senate

LANSING, Mich. — The state Senate on Wednesday approved a wide-ranging overhaul of the ways ballots are cast in Michigan, carrying out a constitutional amendment that voters put in place in November.

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Texas Set To Become Ninth State To Withdraw From ERIC

Texas lawmakers have positioned the state to become the eighth to withdraw from ERIC this year, and the ninth overall.

Zenger

Acronyms Abound…ICYMI—ERIC And State Legislatures

Eight states have withdrawn from ERIC, the Electronic Registration Information Center, since 2022

Zenger

Election legislation roundup: Texas State Legislature

As of June 11, members of the Texas State Legislature, which includes the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas State Senate, have passed 10 bills related to election administration since the beginning of the year. Of those 10 bills, legislators passed four during the week of June 5-11. This…

Ballotpedia

Biden's climate policy makes the left sweat 2024

Climate voters may be less motivated to be engaged with the campaign or vote for Biden given his approval of fossil fuel projects.

Axios

Louisiana voters will decide on eight constitutional amendments in 2023 – four in Oct., four in Nov.

The Louisiana State Legislature concluded its legislative session for 2023 on June 8. During this session, a total of seven constitutional amendments were passed, adding to the existing one that was referred to the 2023 ballot in the legislature’s 2022 session. Altogether, there will be eight amendments on the statewide…

Ballotpedia

Labour’s green pledge offers everything voters want: to delay it would be foolish

Swift investment would make any Labour government a climate and economic leader, says Rebecca Newsom, head of politics at Greenpeace

The Guardian - UK

ICYMI: Top stories of the week

Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. Here are the top stories from the week of June 5-June 9.

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The Conversation

Supreme Court rules in favor of Black voters in Alabama and protects landmark Voting Rights Act

In a surprising ruling on June 8, 2023, the conservative leaning U.S. Supreme Court threw out Republican-drawn congressional districts in Alabama that a lower court had ruled discriminated against Black voters and violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The National (Scotland)

Fury as Question Time set for Brexit special - with only Leave voters in the audience

A QUESTION Time Brexit special has prompted fury after Fiona Bruce announced that the programme would feature only Leave voters in the audience.

Ballotpedia

Acronyms abound…ICYMI—ERIC and state legislatures

Welcome to the Friday, June 9, Brew.

The Independent UK

GOP set to encourage early voting, mail balloting after years of opposite messaging to its voters

Top Republicans want the party to change course on early voting after years of criticizing mail voting and blaming so-called ballot harvesting for fraud in elections

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Chicago Sun-Times

The Republican-led attack on voter records system is an attack on democracy

Eight Republican-led states have pulled out of the nation’s bipartisan electronic system that checks voter registration records for accuracy. More states could choose to pull out. It’s a threat to the integrity of our elections.

Roll Call

House GOP signals plan at hearing to tighten DC voting laws

D.C.'s election laws are ripe for voter fraud, undermining Americans’ confidence in elections, according to House Republicans.

WEKU

The far right's growing influence and 4 other takeaways from NPR's ERIC investigation

Why are Republicans abandoning one of the best tools the government has to catch voter fraud? That question is the focus of a new NPR investigation. Here are five takeaways from the report.

The Independent UK

Opponents compete to square off against Venezuela's powerful leader

Leaders of Venezuela’s fractured opposition are shaking voters’ hands and promising — yet again — that they will defeat President Nicolás Maduro at the ballot box

The Independent UK

Supreme Court opened the door to states’ voting restrictions. Now a new ruling could widen them

A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart of the Voting Rights Act continues to reverberate across the country

Ballotpedia

Texas set to become ninth state to withdraw from ERIC, Arizona’s possible withdrawal vetoed by Gov. Hobbs (D)

Texas lawmakers sent SB1070 to Gov. Greg Abbot (R) on May 29, 2023, positioning the state to become the eighth to withdraw from ERIC this year, and the ninth overall. Elsewhere, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) vetoed SB1135 on May 26, a bill including provisions that would have effectively withdrawn…

The Independent UK

Supreme Court tossed out the heart of Voting Rights Act a decade ago. Next ruling could go further

A U.S. Supreme Court decision a decade ago that tossed out the heart of the Voting Rights Act still reverberates across the country

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