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“Rep. Granger’s Hill absence, revelation of ‘dementia issues’ reignite age debate”
WaPo reports.
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“This company rates news sites’ credibility. The right wants it stopped.”
WaPo: When veteran newsmen L. Gordon Crovitz and Steven Brill started their news site rating company, they were prepared for the inevitable cries of bias from both sides. What they didn’t anticipate ...
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“Protracted GOP speaker fight could complicate Electoral College count”
Lingering ill will among House Republicans after another messy spending fight could complicate Speaker Mike Johnson’s bid to retain the House gavel — and potentially the Jan. 6 formalizing of Donald ...
Election Law Blog8h
“Stein and Cooper go to court to challenge GOP shift of elections power to NC auditor”
Incoming Gov. Josh Stein and Gov. Roy Cooper sought to expand a lawsuit on Monday to challenge a new wide-ranging law passed by the GOP-led legislature earlier this month that removes power from ...
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“Here’s why business leaders are spending big on Trump’s inaugural committee”
CNBC: Top CEOs and their companies are pledging to donate millions of dollars to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural committee, as they seek to get on his good side and make inroads before he ...
Election Law Blog1h
Rick’s Opeds and Commentaries, 2024
Voting in the U.S. Shouldn’t Be This Hard, MSNBC Opinion, Nov. 5, 2024 Thousands of Pennsylvania Ballots Will Be Tossed on a Technicality. Thanks SCOTUS, Slate, Nov. 4, 2024 Why the “Blue Shift” ...
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“A North Carolina Supreme Court Candidate’s Bid to Overturn His Loss Is Based on Theory Election Deniers Deemed Extreme”
ProPublica: Months before voters went to the polls in November, a group of election skeptics based in North Carolina gathered on a call and discussed what actions to take if they doubted any of the ...
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“Racial Turnout Gap Grew in Georgia — Again”
Over the past 15 years, the racial turnout gap in the United States has grown dramatically. A good deal of the widening gap — but by no means all of it — can be attributed to restrictive state voting ...
Election Law Blog1d
“A Pro-Trump Group’s Risky Bet on Infrequent Voters Seems to Have Paid Off”
NYT: Heading into the 2024 election, the conservative group Turning Point Action made a risky and expensive bet as it tried to fix Republicans’ early-voting problem: It zeroed in on infrequent voters ...
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Pennsylvania: “Delaware County prosecutors allege paid canvasser tried to register dead people to vote in the 2024 election”
Delaware County prosecutors announced charges Thursday against a Collingdale woman who they say repeatedly tried to submit voter registration forms for dead people and against an elderly man who cast ...
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“Can Trump pull a Nixon?: The new president can help end the outdated Electoral College”
It hasn’t been reported how Donald Trump celebrated his official election this week, but I have an idea how he should mark the occasion. He should take a leaf out of President Richard Nixon’s … ...
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“Trump signals plans to use all levers of power against the media”
WaPo: For many years, Donald Trump repeatedly threatened to sue the press but often didn’t follow through. When he did, he almost always lost. But Trump’s recent settlement with ABC News and a cascade ...