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Rishi Sunak defends voter ID laws after Jacob Rees Mogg backlash

The Prime Minister’s remarks follow a former Cabinet minister’s suggestion that it was an attempt at gerrymandering.

The Independent UK

Sunak defends voter ID after Rees-Mogg says law backfired

Prime minister says he is ‘very comfortable’ with controversial rules despite former business secretary’s admission of gerrymandering

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak defends 'gerrymandering' voter ID law as 'entirely reasonable'

It comes just days after the ex-Cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg appeared to describe the law as an attempt at gerrymandering that backfired to suppress the Tory vote

Daily Mirror

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Congo security forces fire tear gas at anti-government protesters

Democratic Republic of Congo security forces fired tear gas and fought running battles in the streets of the capital Kinshasa with anti-government protesters demonstrating on Saturday over alleged irregularities in voter registration.

Reuters

NI Council Election: Mid Ulster results in full

"I'm really grateful for every single voter that came out and voted for Sinn Fein," said Michelle O'Neill

Belfast Live

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

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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.

Tribune News Service

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

Welcome to the Friday, May 19, Brew.

Ballotpedia

‘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

Manchester Evening News

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

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Nottingham Post

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

Councils have been releasing data following the recent elections

Axios

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.

Daily Mirror

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

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Liverpool Echo

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

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…

Ballotpedia

Omnibus election legislation in 2023 vs. 2022

Welcome to the Wednesday, May 17, Brew.

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

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