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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.

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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

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…

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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 Independent UK

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.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Republicans face-off over Big Lie

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

Salon

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 Independent UK

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

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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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.

Tribune News Service

Thousands of Pa. Democrats are leaving for the Republican Party. No one seems sure why

PITTSBURGH — A significant number of voters in Western Pennsylvania are leaving the Democratic Party to become Republicans ahead of the 2022 midterms, a trend that's taken shape over several years and has both parties split on what the reason for the pattern is.

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Axios

Poll: Over half of U.S. voters say abortion is "very important" for midterms elections

55% of voters say abortion is a "very important" voting issue, up from 46% in February.

The Independent UK

Latest primaries feature deniers for state election posts

Republican primary voters in Arizona and Kansas on Tuesday are deciding whether to elevate loyalists to former President Donald Trump who support his false claims that he lost the 2020 election and send them to the general election

The Independent UK

Navajos to narrow list of 15 presidential hopefuls to 2

Navajo voters will decide Tuesday which two of 15 presidential hopefuls they want to advance to the general election

The Independent UK

Kansas first state to vote on abortion since Roe’s demise

Kansas is having the first test of voters’ feelings since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade

The Independent UK

Arizona AG says most alleged 2020 dead voters were alive

The Republican attorney general of Arizona says his investigators found just one dead voter after thoroughly reviewing findings from a partisan review of Arizona's 2020 election

The Independent UK

Abortion rights are on the ballot in Kansas, where voters will decide the state’s post-Roe future

Abortion providers and advocates prepare for America’s first referendum on abortion protections after the end of Roe v Wade, Alex Woodward reports

Ballotpedia

Election officials in Kansas expect higher voter turnout at Aug. 2 primary due to abortion amendment

On August 2, Kansans will vote on political parties’ nominees for federal and state offices, as well as an amendment to provide that the state constitution cannot be interpreted to create or secure a right to abortion.

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