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Not Counting Undated Absentee Ballots May Have Determined Outcome in PA House Race

November 21, 2022November 21, 2022

We’re zooming in on Bucks County, Pennsylvania today, where the initial margin in a race for Pennsylvania’s 142nd state house district was just 53 votes. But this wasn’t just any race; this was a race which would determine control of the Pennsylvania legislature.

Citizen Initiative Protecting Voting Rights Passes in Michigan

November 15, 2022November 15, 2022

Legislatures in several states worked diligently since the 2020 election to make it harder to vote. Citizens in some of those states, like Michigan, have had enough and passed a citizens’ initiative to guarantee the freedom to vote.

Ohio’s Scary Congressional Gerrymandering Maps Appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court

October 18, 2022October 18, 2022

Remember the scene in the movie Halloween, where Michael Meyers gets poked in the eye, falls out a window, then gets up to fight another day? Ohio’s gerrymandered Congressional maps are just as scary.

What Constitutes Political Corruption? An Upcoming Supreme Court Case May Define it, and Not in a Good Way

October 11, 2022October 11, 2022

What constitutes political corruption? Short of receiving a briefcase of cash in exchange for a vote, there’s not much that will convince the U.S. Supreme Court that it IS corruption. An upcoming case may even do away with that red line.

A New Tactic to Sow Doubt in Elections: Question the Partisan Affiliations of Poll Workers

October 10, 2022January 18, 2023

The effort to sow doubt in American elections has a new front: Questioning the partisan affiliation of poll workers. Republican National Committee lawsuits just filed in Arizona, Michigan, and Nevada – all battleground states – claim that Republicans are underrepresented as poll workers. Chief election officials are calling it disinformation.

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Category: Courts

Not Counting Undated Absentee Ballots May Have Determined Outcome in PA House Race

Citizen Initiative Protecting Voting Rights Passes in Michigan

Ohio’s Scary Congressional Gerrymandering Maps Appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court

What Constitutes Political Corruption? An Upcoming Supreme Court Case May Define it, and Not in a Good Way

A New Tactic to Sow Doubt in Elections: Question the Partisan Affiliations of Poll Workers