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Category: Freedom to Vote

The Texas Legislature’s Session Ends May 29th with Democracy Bills Pending at the Deadline

May 25, 2023May 25, 2023
May 29th ends the Texas legislature’s term, and we have a little bit of good news, some bad news, and some hopeful news. On the upside, more funding for poll workers and improvements to mail-in voting. On the downside, withdrawal from ERIC, the voter registration crosscheck system.
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“Make All Votes Count DC Act” Ballot Initiative Proposes RCV & Open Primaries for Nation’s Capital City

May 22, 2023May 22, 2023
Residents of the District of Columbia may have a chance to implement ranked choice voting and open primaries by 2026. That is, IF they can overcome opposition from the Democratic party’s leadership.
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SCOTUS Hears Arguments on Dismissing Moore v. Harper; Democracy Advocates Divided

May 16, 2023May 16, 2023
Last month, the North Carolina Supreme Court reconsidered the case at the root of Moore v. Harper, overturning its own decision. Doing so may make Harper, now under consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court, moot. Last week, SCOTUS heard arguments for and against dismissing the case, intriguingly putting pro-Democracy groups on both sides of the fence.
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Rebroadcast from March 10, 2023: State Legislatures Attempting to Limit Voter Power by Making Citizen Ballot Initiatives Harder to Win

May 15, 2023May 15, 2023
Rebroadcast from March 10th: In our January 2023 predictions for state anti-voter legislation, we anticipated efforts to make citizen ballot initiatives harder, to keep voters from passing reforms that political parties & legislatures don’t like. Sorry to say, we were right.
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Eliminating College IDs Isn’t the Only Tactic to Stop Students from Voting.  Just Ask New Hampshire.

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023
Thousands of students move to New Hampshire and live nine months of the year attending school. Under the state constitution’s “domicile” rules, those students may choose to vote in the state, or vote absentee in their originating state. And for decades, a college ID and apartment or dormitory address have been acceptable proof to register to vote in New Hampshire. But since 2011, some anti-democracy legislators have tried to stop them.
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