Missoula
The first rule of politics, they say, is to show up. I spent last weekend obeying that rule.
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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 […]
Oregon
Some Oregon lawmakers said it would be up to voters to decide if Rep. Greg Smith should continue serving after ethics violations.
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In a November 2023 event at the Reagan Library’s “Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away” exhibition, 95-year-old Holocaust survivor David Lenga spoke with Ariel Ein-Gal, an Israeli who had survived the October 7 Hamas attack just seven weeks earlier. Lenga spoke of his childhood in Poland, followed by the horrors of Nazi labor and concentration camps that he endured. Ein-Gal, who had been camping with friends in the early hours of October 7, described waking up on Zikim Beach to the sounds of explosions, gunfire, and bullets hitting the sand around them like in the movies. They fled for their lives, and a close friend did not survive the attack.
Ohio
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 […]
Oregon
Karma Clarke, a Douglas County mother, thought marijuana was harmless in 2014 when she voted in favor of the ballot measure legalizing recreational cannabis in Oregon. She believed that until six years later, when her then-20-year-old son began smoking marijuana regularly. He had played sports and maintained good grades in college, but when he returned […]
New Jersey
Gov. Mikie Sherrill said Wednesday her administration is committed to conducting “strong and fair elections.” A state review found thousands of noncitizens may have been registered to vote.
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