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Pennsylvania counties can help voters fix problems with their mail ballots, state court rules

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania counties can notify voters who submit mail ballots with mistakes such as missing dates or signatures and help those voters resolve the issues, a state judge ruled Thursday.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Election workers train for battle against conspiracy theories and misinformation before midterms

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — From his perch in an elementary school gym during last month's Michigan primary, Grand Rapids City Clerk Joel Hondorp oversaw the electronic book of eligible voters, while first-time election workers Kimberly and Shayne Becher helped check people in and explain how to fill out ballots.

Los Angeles Times

All candidates for Iowa Secretary of State complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Iowa Secretary of State —incumbent Paul Pate (R) and Joel Miller (D) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office.

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Nigerian presidential candidates pledge peaceful campaign

Nigerian presidential candidates signed a pledge on Thursday to ensure peaceful elections in February, after previous ballots were marred by violence, voter intimidation and vote rigging.

Reuters

California’s ‘racist’ Article 34 remains an obstacle to affordable housing

When voters in Oakland, Berkeley and South San Francisco, California, receive ballots in the mail next month, they’ll be asked whether their cities should be allowed to help build more desperately needed affordable housing.

Tribune News Service

Mark Z. Barabak: Trump isn't on the ballot. But you can thank him for high voter turnout, again

Four years after voters set a modern record for turnout in a midterm election, they seem poised to do so again.

Los Angeles Times

Democrats court a 2022 bloc: Mama

Abortion, guns, LGBTQ and immigration could united a bloc of mom voters and candidates, one PAC says.

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Election challenges and claims of fraud are an ongoing threat to our elections

Those issuing voter registration and ballot challenges say they are worried about election fraud. Right. If there’s a scam afoot, it’s the goodwill and concern they claim in the guise of “election integrity.”

Chicago Sun-Times

VIEWPOINT 1: Ranked choice voting is a reform whose time has come

Ranked choice voting (RCV) is having its biggest year ever. It’s growing in red, blue and purple states. It’s a nonpartisan reform that gives voters more choice and more voice and gives candidates incentives to run better campaigns. In short, it’s a better way to vote.

Tribune News Service

Georgia elections board evaluates Coffee County breach and precautions

ATLANTA — Georgia officials and the CEO of Dominion Voting Systems tried to reassure voters Wednesday that this year’s elections are secure amid a criminal investigation into election skeptics who copied data from voting equipment in Coffee County.

Tribune News Service

Labor has a ‘sequential’ plan to reach voters undecided on Indigenous voice, Linda Burney says

Minister says it’s important to modernise the ‘mechanics’ of how to hold a referendum before Australians are asked to vote in late 2023

The Guardian - AU

Lynn Schmidt: Disenfranchising real people with Missouri's new voter ID law

My adult daughter with a disability understands that most tasks are going to be harder for her to accomplish. Now she can add one more thing to her list: her fundamental right to vote.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

If Brazilian voters do reject Jair Bolsonaro, don’t expect him to go quietly

The macho incumbent may try to attempt a US Capitol-style coup if defeated, says James N Green, professor of Brazilian history and culture at Brown University

The Guardian - UK

Kansas race tests which matters more: Economy or abortion?

Kansas' only Democrat in Congress is hoping abortion-rights voters remain fired up enough to save her swing-district seat even if some of them blame her party for housing and grocery prices

The Independent UK

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Voting explainer: In many states, there's a process to fix an error with your ballot

Ballot rejections are often the result of relatively minor voter errors. That's why about half of states have a process in place to help voters fix their mail ballots if they do make a mistake.

Los Angeles Times

Jan. 6 still has the power to shock. But will it drive voters' decisions?

LOS ANGELES — In a competitive Los Angeles-area congressional district, the campaign playbooks are well-defined. Republican Rep. Mike Garcia is relying on voter discontent about the economy. His Democratic challenger, Christy Smith, wants abortion rights to be top of mind.

The Texas Tribune

As inflation skyrockets, local Texas governments ponder tax rate increases as they balance budgets

Local governments in Texas have spent the summer preparing their budgets for next year, wrestling with inflation and a law that prohibits them from raising property tax revenues beyond 3.5% without voter approval.

Ballotpedia

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Collective bargaining amendment brings national labor fight to Illinois ballot

Atop ballots throughout Illinois this fall, voters will be asked whether Illinois should enshrine into the state constitution the right of workers to unionize and collectively bargain, a proposal backed by organized labor to preempt future right-to-work laws but opposed by anti-union groups that contend it will raise taxes and…

France 24

Meloni's Italy: How far to the right will Rome go?

How far to the right will Italy go? The new face of European politics is called Georgia Meloni. Her fascist-rooted Brothers of Italy party has swept to power, overshadowing her hard-right coalition partners Matteo Salvini and Silvio Berlusconi and routing the centre-left, which finished under 20 percent. Why did voters…

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Young voters are the superheroes of democracy

The 2022 midterms are less than two months away and democracy itself is on the line. It may be our last chance to save democracy from the rise of right-wing authoritarianism.

The Guardian - UK

The Tories’ huge gamble offers a fabulous opportunity Keir Starmer’s party must seize

Labour has a better plan for growth than Kwasi Kwarteng’s sugar-rush of tax cuts. Now it needs to pitch it to voters

The Guardian - US

JD Vance playing defense in unexpectedly close Ohio Senate race

If Republicans cannot drag Vance across the finish line, it could spell doom for the party’s hopes of flipping the Senate

Reason

Why (Most) Citizens Are Not "Responsible for the Actions of their State"

A comment by Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas highlights a longstanding pernicious fallacy.

The Hindu

Naqvi bats for 'one nation, one voter list' as essential electoral reform

Naqvi said many significant electoral reforms took place in the year 2000 during the tenure of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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