“Democracy is not just the right to vote; it is the right to live in dignity.” ~ Naomi Klein
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NEW: Trump Pushes Out Remaining Members of Bipartisan Election Commission Ahead of Midterms
President Donald Trump has fired Benjamin Hovland and Thomas Hicks, the Democrats on the federal Election Assistance Commission, while Christy McCormick, the Republican, was allowed to resign, sources tell ProPublica.
#News #Trump #Elections #Midterms #USPolitics #Vote #Voting #Election
A Noncitizen Says She Was Told She Could Vote. Then Customs Detained Her at the Airport and Threatened to Deport Her.
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The case, which hasn’t previously been reported, marks a new escalation in the Trump administration’s efforts to find and prosecute instances of noncitizen voting, despite evidence that it is rare.
https://www.propublica.org/article/noncitizen-voter-detained-airport-customs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Airport #Voting #Vote #Election #Fraud #CBP #Trump #Immigration #Law
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.
#News #NorthCarolina #Election #Voting #Law #SupremeCourt #Democracy
NEW: In a Newly Drawn District, Black Voters May Get a Representative Who Spent Years Undermining Their Interests
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Brent Taylor is the front-runner for one of Memphis’ congressional districts, recently redrawn from majority Black to majority white. As state senator, he repeatedly used his power to supersede local officials — and the will of the city’s voters.
https://www.propublica.org/article/brent-taylor-memphis-tennessee-preemption-laws?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Memphis #Tennessee #Vote #Voting #Election #Midterms #USPolitics
NEW: Conservative powerbroker Cleta Mitchell has raised a grassroots army to transform American voting systems and worked closely with the administration to enact her plans.
No one besides Trump himself has done more to overhaul elections.
https://www.propublica.org/article/cleta-mitchell-elections-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Politics #USPolitics #Law #Trump #Election #Vote #Voting #Midterms
The Conservative Researcher Being Linked to the FBI’s Seizure of Election Records in Georgia
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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.
https://www.propublica.org/article/kevin-moncla-election-researcher-fulton-county-georgia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Georgia #FBI #Election #Voting #Law #USPolitics #Vote
NEW on “Paper Trail”: President Trump claims hundreds of thousands of people who are not U.S. citizens have been illegally voting in our elections.
His own unprecedented efforts to root out these voters show otherwise, our investigation found.
Listen to our latest episode: https://www.propublica.org/podcast/homeland-security-investigations-noncitizen-voter-fraud-cases?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Elections #Vote #Voting #Midterms #USPolitics #Immigration #Immigrants
NEW: A ProPublica data analysis shows that delays resulting from USPS’ cost-cutting measures have endangered the validity of ballots mailed in rural areas.
Counties that voted for Trump in 2024 have been most affected.
https://www.propublica.org/article/mail-ballot-delays-postal-service-midterms?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Data #USPS #Vote #Voting #Election #Midterms #Rural #USPolitics
A Tarrant County resident who has worked as an election judge criticized the county’s move to cut more than 100 polling sites.
“You’re not saving money,” she said. “You’re sacrificing democracy to save a buck.”
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How Trump’s Unprecedented Effort to Prosecute Noncitizen Voters Fell Apart
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To prove the president’s claims of illegal voting, the government has harnessed the power of Homeland Security Investigations, a branch of DHS established to combat the worst cross-border crime. So far, the effort has produced meager results.
https://www.propublica.org/article/noncitizen-voting-trump-homeland-security-investigations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
NEW: Ahead of next week’s midterm elections, President Donald Trump has systematically demolished institutional guardrails that prevented him from overturning the 2020 presidential election.
Here’s what to know.
https://www.propublica.org/article/midterm-election-propublica-reporting-findings?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Elections #Midterms #Vote #Voting #Democracy #USPolitics #MidtermElections
NEW: What to Know About Mail-In Voting for the 2026 Midterms
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The Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration from imposing new rules on mail-in voting before the November midterm elections. That means nothing has changed for voters — and mail-in voting can proceed as planned.
https://www.propublica.org/article/mail-in-voting-rules-midterm-elections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #MailVoting #Election #Midterms #Vote #Voting #Democracy
After James Talarico accused Ken Paxton of committing voter fraud, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found that the Democratic Senate candidate may have voted in up to five elections using an address where he no longer lived.
https://www.propublica.org/article/james-talarico-texas-election-law-ken-paxton?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Washington is one of 14 states — along with Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia — that allow some form of late-arriving mail-in ballots.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/what-the-supreme-court-ruling-on-mail-in-voting-means-for-us-states-b993
#KUOW #News #Politics #SupremeCourt #TrumpAndTheNorthwest #Voting
Top USPS officials expressed concerns that new mail voting rules could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters for the upcoming midterms, but the rules moved forward anyway, ProPublica has learned.
https://www.propublica.org/article/mail-voting-usps-officials-concerns-disenfranchisement?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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A new audit by the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General found a lack of training for post office staff, deficiencies in how ballots were tracked and errors leading to delays.
Experts say it raises questions ahead of the midterms.
https://www.propublica.org/article/postal-service-audit-primary-election-ballots?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #USPS #Vote #Voting #Election #Midterms #Democracy #USPolitics
https://www.europesays.com/3263933/ United Russia dominates election after massive Ukraine drone attack #BusinessNews #Conflicts #DonaldJTrump #elections #ForeignPolicy #geopolitics #GovernmentAndPolitics #Kremlin #Moscow #NewYork #Politics #Russia #RussiaGovernment #Ukraine #UkraineGovernment #VladimirPutin #VolodymyrZelenskyy #voting
Michigan Republican Senate candidate calls for end of Iran war in campaign ad
Michigan Republican Senate candidate calls for end of Iran war in campaign ad – CBS News Watch CBS…
#EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Iran #Democrats #DonaldTrump #election #ElonMusk #jamestalarico #KenPaxton #Michigan #Politics #Republicans #Texas #UnitedStatesSenate #Voting
https://www.europesays.com/iran/301573/
in a system this evil, #voting is fucking performative, there, I said it. in a hyper #capital #fascist environment, voting is performative, and all the pressure people put on each other to do. It is displaced energy and perpetuates a non-real understanding of the situation which requires a power analysis. it makes people think they’ve done their part when our real part is to #defend ourselves by any means #necessary. (not sure if the qualifier, hyper, is necessary).
https://www.europesays.com/3271079/ Conservative podcasts are talking less about Trump, Wall Street Journal analysis finds #Alaska #business #Democrats #DonaldTrump #Economy #election #Iowa #Maine #markets #Michigan #OpinionPoll #Politics #Republicans #SusanCollins #TheNewYorkTimes #TheWallStreetJournal #UnitedStatesSenate #voting #WallStreet
Final results of Russia’s election show the Kremlin party won a record number of parliament seats https://www.byteseu.com/2397186/ #a #Elections #GeneralNews #Politics #Russia #RussiaParliamentElectionDumaPutinUkraine #voting #WorldNews
Carl Franck and Friend Register Voters at Porchfest
#photo #photography #groupportrait #politics #democracy #voting #porchfest #ithaca #activism
