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Ohio SOS Under Fire Again, This Time for Sabotaging the Ballot Measure Description for a Citizen-Led Redistricting Commission

August 21, 2024August 21, 2024

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is again under fire, this time for attempting to undercut a citizen-run redistricting commission ballot initiative which threatens to undo politician-drawn gerrymandered maps. Initiative organizers challenged the action in the Ohio Supreme Court August 19th.

Following Three Chaotic Years of Politician-Run Redistricting, Ohio Organizers Submit Ballot Measure Signatures for Citizen-Led Commission

July 4, 2024July 4, 2024

After three chaotic years with a politician-led commission and an anti-voter legislature failing to produce Ohio redistricting maps without gerrymandering, a ballot measure proposing a citizen-led redistricting commission will likely be put to the voters in November.

North Carolina Senate Sends ‘Citizen-Voting-Only’ Ballot Measure to Voters, Fails Measure to Repeal Jim Crow-Era Literacy Test

July 1, 2024July 1, 2024

The North Carolina Senate endorsed a ballot measure June 25th prohibiting noncitizens from voting - for which there is already existing law. And the Senate declined another measure repealing a racist Jim Crow-era literacy test to vote, still enshrined in the state’s constitution.

Arizona Legislator and 2020 Fake Elector Proposes the State Legislature – Not the Voters – Should Pick the State’s Presidential Electors

February 8, 2024February 8, 2024

An Arizona State Senator has introduced a resolution to take the state’s voters out of the U.S. Presidential election process. Not surprisingly, the Senator is also under investigation as one of Arizona’s 2020 fake electors.

Is Voting a Fundamental Right? The Kansas Supreme Court Hears a Case Where the State Argues It’s Not.

November 7, 2023November 13, 2023

In defense of two restrictive voting laws, the State of Kansas argued to the Kansas Supreme Court Friday that voting is NOT a fundamental state constitutional right, as an appeals court had ruled.

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Ohio SOS Under Fire Again, This Time for Sabotaging the Ballot Measure Description for a Citizen-Led Redistricting Commission

Following Three Chaotic Years of Politician-Run Redistricting, Ohio Organizers Submit Ballot Measure Signatures for Citizen-Led Commission

North Carolina Senate Sends ‘Citizen-Voting-Only’ Ballot Measure to Voters, Fails Measure to Repeal Jim Crow-Era Literacy Test

Arizona Legislator and 2020 Fake Elector Proposes the State Legislature – Not the Voters – Should Pick the State’s Presidential Electors

Is Voting a Fundamental Right? The Kansas Supreme Court Hears a Case Where the State Argues It’s Not.