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Longer waits impact Black, Latino voters

Long waits are concentrated in poorer neighborhoods with a higher percentage of nonwhite voters

Salon

Abortion bans are motivating midterm voters, poll shows

Half of voters say the Supreme Court’s decision overturning the constitutional right to an abortion has made them more motivated to vote in next month’s midterm elections, with enthusiasm growing especially among Democrats and those living in states with abortion bans, according to a new poll from KFF.

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It's taking more time to cast a ballot in US elections – and even longer for Black and Hispanic voters

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the November 2020 election brought out about 155 million voters. That represented 67% of Americans over 18, and it was the highest voter turnout of any modern election.

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Election integrity, voter turnout among top priorities for California secretary of state candidates

LOS ANGELES — In the November race for California secretary of state, the candidates — Republican business executive Robert Bernosky and incumbent Shirley Weber, a Democratic former lawmaker — seem to agree on one thing: the need to boost voter registration and turnout at the polls.

Los Angeles Times

Living costs top worry for Israeli voters stuck in election treadmill

Israelis are as fed-up with soaring prices as they are with the country's seemingly never ending elections. In the Nov. 1 ballot - a fifth in less than four years - steep living costs, exacerbated by record inflation, are top priority for voters.

Reuters

Pulse of the Heartland: Belmont Cragin voters keep their heads down, say they wish pols would occasionally show their faces

It should be a neighborhood with more clout considering its size and its being home to the largest Hispanic population in Chicago. But adding to the confusion for residents, Belmont Cragin is divided among multiple wards and state representative districts, meaning residents living near one another…

Chicago Sun-Times

Thousands of Georgia voters’ eligibility challenged before election

ATLANTA — While working for the U.S. Navy in California, Gamaliel Turner learned that his right to vote in Georgia had been challenged by the chairman of his home county’s Republican Party.

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GOP voter challenges have ugly history

Trump and GOP are urging supporters to challenge voters' eligibility ahead of the 2022 midterms

Salon

Abortion is key motivator for Democratic-leaning voters in US midterms, poll finds

More than half claim they are more motivated to vote than in previous elections, with 50% of those people citing abortion

The Guardian - US

Parties cry foul over rule change allowing new residents to vote in disputed Kashmir

A new rule that allows new residents of the contested Jammu and Kashmir region to register as voters has angered political parties who say it is an attempt by India to change the demographics of the Muslim-majority region.

Reuters

Challenges to voters are growing before the midterms -- and have a long history as a way of keeping down the Black vote

Voters who want to cast their ballot on Election Day this November may be in for an unpleasant surprise – the very real possibility that they will be unable to vote.

The Conversation

Partisan election officials sow distrust

The U.S. is one of few democracies in which partisans run the election administration system

Salon

Early and absentee voting begins across New Mexico

Early voting is underway across New Mexico on a limited scale at county clerk’s offices, as election regulators began mailing absentee ballots by request to registered voters

The Independent UK

Absentee ballot numbers in Michigan show high voter turnout

Some 1.6 million voters in Michigan have requested absentee ballots and 150,000 have cast ballots for the general election, which is less than a month away

The Independent UK

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Voters in some key swing states to decide on voting access

Voters in some battleground states will be deciding ballot proposals this November that could reshape the way they vote in the 2024 presidential election

Ballotpedia

Delaware Supreme Court ends no-excuse mail ballots, same-day voter registration

On Oct. 7, 2022, the Delaware Supreme Court issued a ruling in Albence v. Biggin and Mennella, finding that a state law permitting no-excuse mail-in voting and same-day voter registration was unconstitutional. Voters may now only receive mail ballots under certain conditions and the deadline to register to vote in…

The Hindu

EC to deploy voter turnout App for Munugode bypoll

App developed by ECI enables capture of data and trend in real time

The Conversation

Good faith and the honor of partisan election officials used to be enough to ensure trust in voting results – but not anymore

As the U.S. moves closer to the 2022 midterm elections, a sizable number of Americans express a lack of confidence in the accuracy of the vote count.

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‘Be like North Carolina’: rightwing election efforts signal growing US movement

The state is only one of several where more and more people believe there is widespread voter fraud – and their efforts are gaining resources

WEKU

Republicans outpace Democrats in Kentucky voter rolls less than a month before the election

The Independent UK

Fight for Black voters intensifies in close Pa. Senate race

Pennsylvania Senate candidates Dr. Mehmet Oz and John Fetterman are fighting hard for Black voters who might make the difference in their close race

Chicago Sun-Times

This November, unite to defend the right to vote for Black Americans

The far right is waging a war on Black voters, and disinformation is among its favorite weapons.

The Guardian - AU

Push to scrap Australia privacy exemptions for political parties due to risk of data breaches

Digital Rights Watch says cyber-attacks on political parties in 2019 narrowly avoided a breach that would have caused ‘unimaginable damage’

Ballotpedia

Measures to repeal constitutional language on slavery and indentured servitude as criminal punishments are on the ballot in five states this November

On November 8, 2022, voters in five states—Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont—will decide on amending their state constitutions to repeal language regarding the use of slavery or indentured servitude as punishment for a crime, or, in the case of Vermont, for the payments of debts, damages, fines, costs.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

‘Not talking about it.’ Why Raphael Warnock avoids discussing abortion during Senate race

WASHINGTON — Across the country, most Democratic candidates have hung their electoral fortunes on the threat to abortion rights, elevating it as the issue in which to disqualify their Republican opponents in a majority of voters’ minds.

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