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Redrawn Arizona congressional map drains Native American voting power
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For Native Americans in Arizona, the recently redistricted US House map will mean a loss of political power once protected by the Voting Rights Act of 1965, leaving the state’s solidly Democratic tribal areas with the...
Early Voting holds off hard-charging Epicenter to win Preakness Stakes
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Early Voting held off hard-charging favorite Epicenter to win the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, validating the decision to skip the Kentucky Derby and aim for the second leg of the Triple Crown. Early Voting stalked b...
Monique Ryan gaan regsuitdaging aanteken nadat AEC-anomalie duisende Covid-positiewe Australiërs verhoed om te stem
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'n Hoëprofiel onafhanklike kandidaat beplan regstappe nadat die Australiese Verkiesingskommissie toegegee het 'n anomalie beteken dat sommige mense - moontlik meer as 100,000 – isolasie met Covid kan dalk nie v...
Election preferences: do you need to think strategically before voting in the lower house?
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The increasing number of credible campaigns from independents in the federal election is making for some intriguing contests, and in some seats may raise questions for voters about where to place their preferences, soos ...
Filippyne verkiesing 2022: stemming begin om volgende president te besluit
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Stemme het Maandag in die Filippyne geopen toe die land sy volgende president besluit in 'n polariserende wedloop tussen die voorloper Ferdinand Marcos Jr., die seun van die oorlede diktator, en 'n menseregte-advokaat wat belowe het dat ...
CIA director urged Bolsonaro to stop doubting Brazil’s voting system – report
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The CIA director William Burns urged Jair Bolsonaro to stop questioning his country’s voting system, dit is beweer, amid growing fears the Brazilian president might refuse to accept defeat in this year’s electio...
‘Abstaining is the same as voting Le Pen’: young Parisians weigh up their options
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Stanley did not vote in the first round of the presidential election on 10 April, and he said he would not vote in the second round on 24 April either. The 27-year-old from Bobigny, north of Paris, stands by his decis...
Will prosecutors pursue a new trial against a Black woman jailed for a voting error?
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Hallo, and happy Thursday, On Monday morning, I’ll be in Memphis, where Pamela Moses is set to make her first court appearance since having her six-year prison sentence for trying to register to vote overturned. Moses...
MyPillow CEO sued for defamation by former Dominion Voting employee
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The CEO of bedding company MyPillow, Mike Lindell, has been sued for defamation by a former employee of Dominion Voting Systems. Eric Coomer, the former employee of the voting machines company that became embroiled in...
US supreme court blocks new Wisconsin voting maps in boost for Republicans
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The US supreme court threw out Wisconsin’s new state legislative maps on Wednesday, in a ruling that boosts Republicans and takes aim again at one of the last remaining provisions to protect voting discrimination. Die...
‘Preference whisperers’: Reforms to group voting tickets in Victoria likely to be delayed until after election
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An inquiry into Victoria’s “undemocratic” upper-house voting system is likely to be shelved until after the election. Victoria’s Legislative Council is the only jurisdiction in Australia where group voting tickets are...
The woman jailed for a voting mistake
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Pamela Moses, a Black Lives Matter activist , was sentenced to six years in prison for trying to register to vote. Sam Levine tells the remarkable story How to listen to pod...
What I learned from my interview with Pamela Moses, imprisoned for a voting error
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Hallo, and happy Thursday, Verlede week, I spoke on the phone with Pamela Moses, the Black Lives Matter activist who was sentenced to six years in prison for trying to register to vote. It was the first interview Moses h...
Voting rights advocates decry Florida’s new office for election crimes
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Florida has approved a measure that would create a statewide office to investigate election crimes – the first of its kind in the United States. Voter fraud is extremely rare both nationwide and in Florida. Nonetheles...
New Texas voting rules causing high number of ballot rejections
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Election supervisors in Texas have warned that new stricter voter ID requirements ahead of next month’s state governor’s primary have already resulted in an uncharacteristically high number of ballot rejections. Votin...
India’s biggest state begins voting in key test of Narendra Modi popularity
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India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, has begun voting in the first of a series of local elections that will be a test of the popularity of the prime minister, Narendra Modi, and his ruling party. With a populat...