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GOP now funds voting methods it trashed

"What they do is lie to try to steal elections, that has not stopped," says Colorado Sec. of State Jena Griswold

Salon

The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, July 21, 2023

Michigan accounted for seven of the eight election-related bills signed into law this week.

Ballotpedia

Petition in HC challenges Siddaramaiah’s election

High Court of Karnataka has posted the petition for hearing on July 28, filed by a voter from Varuna Assembly constituency challenging Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's election on grounds of corrupt practice by offering five guarantee schemes.

The Hindu

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Florida marijuana initiative estimated to generate between $200 and $430 million per year if approved by voters; state supreme court ruling still needed to get on ballot

The Florida Financial Impact Estimating Conference released a report on July 13 finding that approval of the marijuana initiative would generate between $195.6 and $431.3 million in annual state and local revenue if approved by voters.

Ballotpedia

6 ways AI can make political campaigns more deceptive than ever

Political campaign ads and donor solicitations have long been deceptive. In 2004, for example, U.S. presidential candidate John Kerry, a Democrat, aired an ad stating that Republican opponent George W. Bush “says sending jobs overseas ‘makes sense’ for America.”

The Conversation

‘Anyone but them’: True-blue Tory voters see red to hand Labour historic Selby by-election

New Labour MP vows ‘change’ as voters vent frustration at Boris Johnson ally he replaces

The Independent UK

Alabama GOP proposals for second Black district are unlikely to win court approval, experts warn

Experts say plans for a second congressional district in Alabama that gives a voice to Black voters are unlikely to win court approval

The Independent UK

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Texas is largest state to leave bipartisan national effort to prevent voter fraud

Texas is becoming the largest state to resign from a bipartisan, multistate effort to prevent voter fraud

The Independent UK

Early elections in Spain: The socialists' risky bet against the rising power of the right

Spanish voters are headed to the polls on July 23, in the midst of the summer holiday period.

The Conversation

BBMP to commence voter list revision

BBMP to carry out voter list revision; BLOs to visit houses, check for address changes in 28 assembly constituencies; exercise to end on Aug 20.

The Hindu

Door-to-door voter survey begins on Friday in NTR, Krishna districts

In Krishna and NTR districts, door-to-door voter survey for Special Summary Revision of electoral roll begins Fri. Political parties asked to cooperate by appointing booth-level agents and participating in survey. Aim is to verify existing voters, identify dead/aged/NTI voters. Survey closes Sep 30, draft electoral roll published Oct 17. Objections…

The Hindu

Georgia plans to cancel registrations of 191,000 inactive voters

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger plans to cancel the inactive voter registrations of 191,000 people who are scheduled to lose their ability to vote in Georgia next month.

Tribune News Service

Independence volunteers introduce QR code initiative to push voter turnout

A SCOTTISH independence network volunteer has come up with an idea to help promote voter registration at Yes stalls.

The National (Scotland)

Holy voter suppression, Batgirl! What comics reveal about gender and democracy

Each July, comics fans, professionals and scholars descend on San Diego, California, for Comic-Con International – a celebration of the art and business of the comics industry. Comic books used to be a niche genre of interest to a narrow subset of popular culture enthusiasts. Since the 1970s, however, they…

The Conversation

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WEKU

Illegal voting maps were used in some states in 2022. This legal idea allowed them

The U.S. Supreme Court has used an obscure legal idea to justify delaying the redrawing of voting maps, forcing some elections to use voting districts that lower courts found to be illegally drawn.

Zenger

Catalonia Braces For Far-right Challenge In Crucial Election

Catalan government urges massive voter turnout to counter far-right threat

The Independent UK

UK’s governing Conservatives face a reckoning with voters in 3 special elections

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party faces a trio of unwanted verdicts from voters this week

The Hindu

Names of over 6,000 Bru voters deleted from Mizoram's voters list

6,000 Bru voters' names deleted from Mizoram's voter list due to 2020 agreement. Deletion from nine assembly constituencies in three districts. 4,900 from Mamit, Dampa and Hachhek. 948 from Kolasib, Serlui and Tuirial. 334 from Lunglei South, Thorang and West Tuipui. Final figure to be ascertained on Aug 2, final…

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Democrats respond to ‘MAGA extremists’ with rival election bill - Roll Call

House and Senate Democrats on Tuesday reintroduced an election overhaul package, in a rebuke to Republicans’ own measure.

WEKU

Expanded alcohol sales application process begins in Madison County

Starting Tuesday, anyone interested in applying for a quota package liquor license in Madison County can do so. The opportunity comes following voter approval of countywide alcohol sales in May.

Ballotpedia

Ohio Proposal 1 is one of five bills or resolutions passed in 2023 that could make the initiative process more difficult

Ohio Issue 1 would make several changes to the state’s citizen-initiated constitutional amendment process, including enacting a 60% vote threshold and expanding the signature distribution requirement. Issue 1, as a constitutional amendment, is on the ballot for voters to decide on Aug. 8. The Ohio State Legislature referred Issue 1…

Reason

No Pseudonymity for Non-Citizen Challenging Law Limiting Non-Citizens' Participation in Voter Registration

From Chief Judge Mark Walker's opinion yesterday in Hispanic Federation v. Byrd (N.D. Fla.); the pseudonymous plaintiff is apparently a lawful permanent resident: {This case involves a constitutional challenge to a newly-enacted law regulating third-party voter registration organizations. Plaintiff Doe seeks to proceed anonymously to avoid retaliation or harassment considering…

The Hindu

SC to consider plea seeking cross verification of EVM vote count with VVPAT

SC asks petitioner NGO to serve ECI with copy of petition seeking to cross-verify EVM vote count with VVPAT. Petition seeks to ensure transparency & restore voter confidence. Petition notes lack of procedure to verify votes counted as recorded, an indispensable part of voter verifiability.

The Independent UK

Selby and Ainsty by-election voters say result ‘going to be tight’

Tory Nigel Adams secured a majority of more than 20,000 in 2019 but Labour is fighting hard to overturn it.

The Guardian - AU

Indigenous voice no campaign targets religious voters who opposed marriage equality

The no campaign plans to tap into the ‘unheard majority’ in Sydney, believing there is a bloc of socially conservative religious voters ripe for its messages

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