Oak Grove, Minnesota, has petitioned the state Supreme Court to settle a dispute with Anoka County over which of the two jurisdictions can designate the use of electronic voter rosters — as opposed to paper rosters — in county, state and federal elections held at Oak Grove’s polling places. Anoka County has mandated all precincts in […]
Matt Dunlap is getting a boost from national Democrats, indicating they think Maine’s 2nd Congressional District race remains close. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced Thursday that Dunlap has been added to its “Red to Blue” program, which provides candidates with strategic guidance, staff resources, training, and fundraising support. “Matt Dunlap has spent his career […]
The city of Columbus has joined a lawsuit challenging a Trump administration policy conditioning anti-terrorism funding on changes to local election administration. The Trump administration wants to impose new proof of citizenship requirements, broader post-election audits, and a shift to hand-marked paper ballots. Those changes align with provisions in the Save America Act and the […]
Ohio Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Carey’s constituents are speaking out against Congress’s cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Medicaid, and education. More than a dozen people recently protested outside Carey’s Columbus office as part of the Center for Popular Democracy’s national “Care Over Cruelty” August Recess Month of Action. The event was also hosted […]
A proposal to limit the legislature’s power to alter or repeal measures passed by initiative should not be on Missouri’s November ballot because it “impermissibly constricts” the legislative freedom to make new laws reflecting new views, a Cole County judge ruled Wednesday. The proposal, which would be Amendment 6 on the Nov. 3 ballot if […]
Lewis and Clark District Court Judge Christopher Abbott on Wednesday ruled that two Republican lawmakers will be allowed to stay on November’s ballot, halting a new opinion last week by the attorney general that would have booted them. Rep. Llew Jones, Republican nominee for Senate District 9, and Rep. Steve Fitzpatrick, Republican nominee for House […]
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled against a Trump-aligned law firm that wanted to force the Democratic secretary of state to rewrite a ballot description of a proposed constitutional amendment that makes sweeping changes to how elections are conducted. In a split decision, the majority of the justices agreed with the trial court that the three […]
If seeing is believing, the single foundation shaft resting on the bank of the Seekonk River below an open sky where the westbound Washington Bridge once loomed offers little reassurance. Nor does Gov. Dan McKee’s repeated promise that the replacement highway construction is progressing well, even ahead of schedule. Enter animation. The 2 minute and […]
After a flurry of cases were decided Tuesday by the Arizona Supreme Court, the November ballot is set and voters will be deciding the fate of eight different ballot measures. One result of the expedited appeals that the high court decided this week is that voters won’t have any direct say over how Arizona’s universal […]
On Wednesday, a state district judge ruled in favor of Republican state lawmakers who are fighting to stay on the ballot this fall. The lawsuit follows Attorney General Austin Knudsen's opinion on term limits in Montana.
