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Month: June 2024

Colorado Governor Signs Election Administration Bill with Amendment Neutralizing an Open Primary and RCV Initiative; Promises Future Action

June 9, 2024June 9, 2024
Colorado’s governor signed a bill June 6th implementing several election administration changes which local election officials supported.  But a late amendment may have neutralized an open primary and ranked choice voting initiative before the voters in November.
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Why Was Joe Biden’s Appearance on the Ohio Ballot in Question?  Partisan Politics, and Another Attempt to Derail Citizen Ballot Initiatives. 

June 6, 2024June 6, 2024
Ohio has an Aug. 7th deadline for November’s candidate certification.  Problem is, Joe Biden wasn’t going to be nominated until the Democratic convention beginning Aug. 19th.   What’s an Ohio legislature to do?  Try and stop citizen ballot initiatives, of course.
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Wisconsin AG Files Forgery Charges Against Three Trump Alleged Fake Elector Organizers; No Charges Yet Against Signers

June 5, 2024July 22, 2024
Wisconsin’s attorney general announced felony forgery charges against three Trump fake elector scheme organizers on June 4th.  Wisconsin is the fifth state to bring criminal charges in the scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election, though Wisconsin’s 10 fake electors have yet to be charged.
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After Raising the Bar to Prove Racial Gerrymandering in South Carolina Case, the U.S. Supreme Court Reopens a 2022 Arkansas Redistricting Case

June 4, 2024July 22, 2024
Is the U.S. Supreme Court aiming to take yet another chop at the 1965 Voting Rights Act?  An Arkansas redistricting case has been sent back to a lower court after last week’s new rules making it harder to prove racial gerrymandering. 
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Kansas Supreme Court Rules There is No Natural Right to Vote for Kansas Citizens, Only a Political Right Subject to the Legislature’s Restrictions

June 3, 2024June 3, 2024
The Kansas Supreme Court issued a contentious narrow decision Friday, determining that Kansas citizens do not have a “natural right” to vote.  Instead, the majority ruled that citizens have a “political right,” subject to qualification by its legislature.  
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