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Category: Election Law

April 2nd Wisconsin Ballot Measures Would Prohibit Outside Help & Funding, Hampering Small Town Elections

March 25, 2024March 25, 2024
While the candidates for President have already been decided, April 2nd, Wisconsin voters must still vote on two important ballot questions with roots in 2020 conspiracy theories.  One constitutionally bans outside private funding to support election administration, and another limits who can help run elections.
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Federal Court Releases Redistricting New WA Maps After Striking Down Districts Diluting Latino Voting Power

March 19, 2024March 19, 2024
A Washington State fight over Latino voting rights may still not be over, but March 15th, a federal judge approved new state house and senate maps for central Washington State.  The previous Washington State Redistricting Commission maps were thrown out as diluting Latino voting power.
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NH ‘Election Information Portal’ Funding Passes State Senate.  Will the Granite State Finally Enter the 21st Century?

March 18, 2024March 19, 2024
Former New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner famously quipped, “You can’t hack a pencil.”  Perhaps, but that mindset has set the Granite State decades behind in its election technology.  Now, there’s another proposal for a state “election information portal,” to finally offer online voter registration.
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NV Judge Upholds Discriminatory Voter ID Ballot Measure, While Striking Down Another Ballot Measure Establishing an Independent Redistricting Commission

March 12, 2024March 12, 2024
A Nevada circuit court judge issued a pair of eyebrow-raising orders March 6th on proposed citizen ballot measures. One order UPHELD a proposed strict and possibly discriminatory voter ID initiative, and the other STRUCK DOWN a measure proposing a pro-voter independent redistricting commission.
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Alabama Legislature Poised to Add More Barriers to Absentee Voting, Claiming ‘Ballot Harvesting’, Despite No Evidence

March 11, 2024March 11, 2024
The Alabama legislature is poised to further restrict absentee voting, claiming it is protecting elections from “ballot harvesting.” Democracy advocates point to little evidence of abuse, and claim it’s another round of voter suppression of vulnerable citizens.
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