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Kansas Voters Reject Constitutional Amendment to Elect the State Supreme Court; North Carolina Governor Vetoes Anti-Voter Bill

August 18, 2026August 18, 2026

We have updates from Kansas and North Carolina today. August 4th, Kansas voters rejected a measure to elect state supreme court justices, and August 17th, North Carolina’s governor vetoed an anti-voter bill which would have shortened early primary voting among other restrictions.

Bullied Indiana Senators Not Only Defeat the State’s Trump-Demanded Congressional Gerrymandering Plan, The Vote Wasn’t Even Close

December 15, 2025December 15, 2025

After weeks of bomb threats and “swatting” calls, tenacious Republican Indiana senators bucked pressure from the governor and the White House and joined Democrats to defeat a gerrymandered congressional map. The map would have given the GOP a 9-0 congressional delegation, but the vote wasn’t close.

Maine Voters Defeat Initiative to Further Limit Voter ID Options and Restrict Voting by Mail

November 6, 2025November 6, 2025

Maine voters soundly defeated Question 1 November 4th, which would have made the state’s voter ID rules the most restrictive in the country, and tightened rules for voting by mail. It was pitched as an “election integrity” measure, despite almost non-existent voter fraud in Maine.

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Kansas Voters Reject Constitutional Amendment to Elect the State Supreme Court; North Carolina Governor Vetoes Anti-Voter Bill

Bullied Indiana Senators Not Only Defeat the State’s Trump-Demanded Congressional Gerrymandering Plan, The Vote Wasn’t Even Close