<p>“Democracy is not just the right to vote; it is the right to live in dignity.” ~ Naomi Klein</p><p><a href="/tags/quote/" rel="tag">#quote</a> <a href="/tags/voting/" rel="tag">#voting</a> <a href="/tags/wildfowers/" rel="tag">#wildfowers</a></p>
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<p>Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting on efforts by right-wing activists to disallow ballots in a key judicial election, North Carolina Democrats have introduced a bill designed to prevent votes from being tossed out based on postelection rule changes.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-supreme-court-election-discarded-votes-legislation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-supreme-court-election-discarded-votes-legislation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-carolina-supreme-court-election-discarded-votes-legislation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/voting/" rel="tag">#Voting</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a></p>
<p>A Tarrant County resident who has worked as an election judge criticized the county’s move to cut more than 100 polling sites.</p><p>“You’re not saving money,” she said. “You’re sacrificing democracy to save a buck.”</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tarrant-county-texas-polling-sites-early-voting-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tarrant-county-texas-polling-sites-early-voting-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tar</span><span class="invisible">rant-county-texas-polling-sites-early-voting-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/tarrantcounty/" rel="tag">#TarrantCounty</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a> <a href="/tags/elections/" rel="tag">#Elections</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a> <a href="/tags/voting/" rel="tag">#Voting</a></p>
<p>The Conservative Researcher Being Linked to the FBI’s Seizure of Election Records in Georgia<br>---</p><p>Kevin Moncla has tried repeatedly to prove that the 2020 vote in Fulton County, Georgia, was tainted by fraud. While state election overseers have rejected his claims, his work may be fueling the federal government’s ongoing investigations.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/kevin-moncla-election-researcher-fulton-county-georgia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/kevin-moncla-election-researcher-fulton-county-georgia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/kev</span><span class="invisible">in-moncla-election-researcher-fulton-county-georgia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/voting/" rel="tag">#Voting</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a></p>