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Election Legislation Weekly Digest: August 5, 2022

Here is our weekly round-up on election-related legislation. In it, you’ll find the following information:

Ballotpedia

New data sheds light on one method to combat election lies

Positive messaging about democratic values like freedom and unity seems to have a meaningful effect on whether voters say they trust voting results.

WEKU

Papua New Guinea PM says he can form a govt as vote counting continues

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape said his party has the numbers to form a coalition government, after a national poll plagued by violence, fraud allegations and large numbers of voters missing from the electoral roll.

Reuters

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Kenya presidential wildcard vows to erase debt with 'ganja solution'

Sexagenarian reggae aficionado and presidential candidate George Wajackoyah is convinced he has the right medicine for the ills troubling Kenya's voters: a dose of marijuana and some hyena testicles.

Reuters

How the 2022 midterms strategy could change after the Kansas abortion vote

Republican and Democratic strategists are recalibrating how much of an issue abortion rights will play in the midterm elections after a decisive vote by Kansans in favor of abortion rights.

WEKU

How abortion rights were won in conservative Kansas

For abortion rights activists, Kansas voters’ overwhelming rejection Tuesday of a ballot measure that would have allowed Republican lawmakers to restrict or outlaw the procedure is not just an unexpected victory in this conservative state.

Los Angeles Times

Dirty tricks in Kansas via text: Does yes actually mean no?

The day before Kansas voters rejected a ballot question that could have eroded abortion rights, many people in the state reported receiving anonymous text messages with misleading information about the vote

The Independent UK

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Arizona county hit with voting problems, officials vow fixes

Officials in an Arizona county are vowing to overhaul their election procedures after a shortage of some ballots at about two dozen voting sites led to some voters leaving before being able to cast their primary ballots

The Independent UK

The Defeat of a Kansas Ballot Initiative Shows That Red-State Voters Don't Necessarily Favor Abortion Bans

The amendment lost by a surprisingly wide margin in a state where Republicans far outnumber Democrats.

Reason

‘Better for democracy’: Two US cities offer Arabic voting ballots

Advocates say expanding language access to all voters improves the political process by enabling greater participation.

Al Jazeera

Conservative Kansas votes to protect abortion rights

Kansas voters have rejected a state constitutional amendment that would have declared there is no right to abortion, Edison Research projects.

The New Daily

The Ballot Bulletin: August 3, 2022

Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin, where we track developments in election policy at the federal, state, and local levels. In this month’s issue:

Ballotpedia

Trump pick ousts GOP impeachment voter

Rep. Peter Meijer's defeat comes after the DCCC painted his opponent as being “too conservative for West Michigan"

Salon

‘Reproductive freedom is a winning issue’: National abortion groups hail Kansas win

National abortion-rights advocates hailed the surprise results of the Kansas constitutional referendum Tuesday, arguing that the victory for their side proves that even red-state voters reject outright banning access to abortions.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

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Jonathan Bernstein: Democrats shouldn’t envy Fox News’ influence

Democrats sometimes refer to Fox News and other conservative media with envy, presuming that the influence of right-leaning news outlets gives the GOP a large advantage in electoral politics. Even if Democrats have an easier time making their case in “neutral” media — something both Republican voters and party actors…

The Independent UK

Takeaways: Abortion backlash in Kansas, Greitens' collapse

In one of the biggest days of this year's primary campaign season, red-state Kansas rejected a measure that would have made it easier to restrict abortion, and voters in Missouri repudiated a scandal-tarred former governor seeking a Senate seat

The Independent UK

Kansas voters protect abortion rights in America’s first post-Roe referendum

Voters overwhelmingly believe the state constitution protects the right to abortion, blocking anti-abortion state lawmakers from restricting access

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court upholds state’s mail voting law

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania’s mail voting law is constitutional, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, upholding the 2019 measure that allows any voter to use mail ballots and removing a cloud of uncertainty heading into the midterm elections.

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Salon

Republicans face-off over Big Lie

Mark Brnovich is fueling the fire of Trump's election conspiracies even while admitting no evidence of fraud

The Independent UK

Cyber Ninjas ‘dead voters’ claim debunked by Arizona attorney general: ‘Many were very surprised to learn they were allegedly deceased’

Now-defunct company was commissioned to investigate baseless claims of fraud in Arizona

The Independent UK

Arizona House speaker who rejected Trump pleas faces voters

Arizona's Republican House speaker is facing the anger of supporters of former President Donald Trump after he rejected pleas to help overturn the 2020 election results and testified before Congress about the efforts

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court upholds the state’s mail voting law

WEKU

Pennsylvania's mail-in voting law is upheld by the state's Supreme Court

All voters in the key swing state can continue casting ballots by mail now that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has upheld a law that was challenged by some GOP state lawmakers who helped pass it.

Reason

A Judge Sent Kris Kobach Back to Law School. Now He Wants To Be Kansas' Attorney General.

Kobach did such a poor job defending his state's immigration law, the judge sentenced him to remedial law courses.

WEKU

After an abortion shakeup Monday in Michigan, voters head to the polls Tuesday

Action in the Michigan courts Monday blurred the lines on abortion rights in the state. Tuesday, Republicans decide their nominee for governor who will face Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in November.

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