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More voters prefer Ron DeSantis to Donald Trump as 2024 GOP nominee: Poll

41% of voters said they would prefer neither DeSantis nor Trump be the Republican nominee.

Axios · Nov 13, 2022

Election Day saw few major problems, despite new voting laws

Heading into this year’s midterms, voting rights groups were concerned that restrictions in Republican-leaning states triggered by false claims surrounding the 2020 election might jeopardize access to the ballot box for scores of voters

The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2022

Unsuccessful City of Adelaide lord mayoral candidate Rex Patrick raises concerns over suspected illegal voter activity

Rex Patrick, who narrowly lost the election to Jane Lomax-Smith, says he has raised concerns with the electoral commission about allegations of illegal voter activity.

ABC News · Nov 13, 2022

Africa’s largest democracy goes to the polls amid rising insecurity

Africa’s biggest election will be held in February 2023 in Nigeria. It’s the seventh successive general election in the country’s 23 years of unbroken democratic government.

The Conversation · Nov 11, 2022

Texas avoided election violence. Advocates say voters still need more protection.

Citing thousands of complaints received throughout the midterm cycle, voter advocacy groups want the Texas Legislature to bolster voter protection and education measures, and revisit recently passed laws that empowered partisan poll watchers.

The Texas Tribune · Nov 11, 2022

Commentary: Why book bans and voter suppression go hand in hand

In the lead-up to the midterm elections, mainstream media attention focused some — though not enough — on voter suppression efforts, but too little attention was paid to the book bans that are metastasizing in states across the country. The same factions that have tried to gerrymander their way into…

Los Angeles Times · Nov 11, 2022

Climate maps let UK voters see impact of crisis in their area

UCL interactive maps show rise in temperatures over last century, predicted rise by 2080, and future flooding risks

The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2022

South Dakota voters approved Medicaid expansion, but implementation may not be easy

RAPID CITY, S.D. — South Dakotans voted Tuesday to expand the state’s Medicaid program to cover thousands of additional low-income residents, becoming the seventh state to approve expansion via the ballot box.

Tribune News Service · Nov 11, 2022

Why it could take weeks to get final LA election results. ‘We aren’t sitting on ballots’

LOS ANGELES — An adage known as the election administrator’s prayer goes something like this: “Dear Lord, let this election not be close.”

Los Angeles Times · Nov 10, 2022

Delay UK voter ID checks or face election result challenges, officials warn

Exclusive: Lack of time to implement photo ID rules ‘may prevent voting’ in English local elections in May

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2022