The Michigan Legislature gave Final Approvals, Thursday Sept. 24th, to a Bill that would give Local Clerks 10 hours Extra before the Election to begin Processing Absentee Ballots, a nod to t… Read More
Michigan Governor, Gretchen Whitmer (D), on Tuesday Oct. 6th, Signed into Law a Bill that gives Clerks in Larger Cities of the Battleground State an Extra 10 Hours to Open and Sort, but Not… Read More
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Federal Legislation: A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill to ease a major financial burden on the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) by eliminating a requirement th… Read More
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Federal Legislation: Congresswoman Grace Meng is reintroducing legislation in the House of Representatives to lower the voting age in America to 16. Since 16- and 17-yea… Read More
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Alabama: House Bill 397, introduced by state Rep. Jeremy Gray (D-Opelika), and co-sponsored by 21 House Democrats, was first read on Feb. 10 and would eliminate straight… Read More
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Federal Legislation: Reps Andy Kim (D-NJ) and Donald Norcross (D-NJ) introduced the Alice Paul Voter Protection Act, which will protect a citizen’s access to vote… Read More
The $900 Billion Relief Package Congress Passed, December 2020, included extra $300 Weekly Unemployment Benefits through March 13th 2021, and Democrats are now calling for that Benefit to be… Read More
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Alabama: A House committee Wednesday approved legislation that would explicitly ban curbside voting in Alabama. HB 285, sponsored by Rep. Wes Allen, R-Troy, would forbid… Read More
Alabama: The Senate has approved Senate Bill 45 that would authorize an audit of the election results in three Alabama counties immediately following the 2022 election. The purpose of the li… Read More
After New York City's Ranked-Choice Voting (RCV) in Special Elections for Empty Seats on the City Council, New York City Residents will use RCV for the First Time June Citywide Primary. They… Read More
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D), said Tuesday, that he has Restored the Voting Rights of 69,000 People Convicted of Felonies under a Policy Change that Speeds-Up the Process, No longer Requi… Read More
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Alabama: The Constitution, Campaigns and Elections committee approved legislation from Rep. Danny Garrett (R-Trussville), that would allow county absentee election manag… Read More
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Federal Legislation: House Democrats have introduced legislation that would allow residents of federally subsidized housing to register to vote when they fill out their… Read More
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Alaska: The Alaska Legislature is considering an unusually large number of proposals to change the state’s election system. Eight different ideas, two from Gov. Mi… Read More
The Wisconsin Supreme Court, ruled Friday, that the State Elections Commission should Not Remove from the Voter Rolls, Voters flagged as possibly having Moved, something Democrats fought and… Read More
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Federal Legislation: Democratic Reps. Susan Wild of Pennsylvania and Nikema Williams of Georgia have introduced the Stay in Line to Vote Act. The Stay in Line to Vote Ac… Read More
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Alabama: The Alabama Senate passed a number of election-related bills that, among other items, narrow the timeframe for absentee ballot applications and ban voting out o… Read More
Senate Democrats are making Changes to their Voting Rights, Campaign Finance, Redistricting, and Ethics Reform Package, hoping to better the Chances of Passing the Top-Priority Bill.
Senat… Read More
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Federal Legislation: The Senate Rules Committee deadlocked over Democrats’ sweeping proposed elections overhaul, setting the stage for a showdown on the Senate flo… Read More
Legislative Updates Federal Legislation: The House Oversight and Reform Committee unanimously approved the 2021 Postal Reform Act after Republicans offered their support. Rep. James Comer (R… Read More
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Alabama: Gov. Kay Ivey (R) has signed a bill into law, a bill banning curbside voting in Alabama. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Wes Allen (R-Troy), passed the House of Rep… Read More
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Arizona: Gov. Doug Ducey has signed into law a measure that prevents government officials from changing election deadlines established by statutes. HB2794, sponsored by… Read More
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Louisiana: The Legislature has approved a bill that would require the Louisiana Legislative Auditor to review local, state, and federal elections has received final legi… Read More
The Voting Rights Act (VRA) has a Process to Remove Voters From the Rolls besides Death Notices or Move Notices.
The Process:
1. After Two Federal Elections of Not Voting, a State should… Read More
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Arizona: The House passed a series of GOP-backed election measures, which were included in budget legislation that had passed the state Senate on Wednesday. It now heads… Read More
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Federal Legislation: A bipartisan group of lawmakers is seeking to increase the number of U.S. service members who exercise their right to vote — especially those… Read More
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Louisiana: Louisiana Republicans have narrowly failed to override any of Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ vetoes in the legislature’s first-ever override se… Read More
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Federal Legislation: Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) has introduced the “Right to Vote Act,” which he said would create the first-ever affirmative Federal voting righ… Read More
Republican attempts to continue Questioning the Results of the 2020 Presidential Election, faced another Setback in Michigan, on Wednesday, after the Bureau of Elections Declined a County Co… Read More
Legislative Updates Federal Legislation: A group of Democratic lawmakers led by Senate Rules Committee Chairwoman, Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) unveiled legislation aiming to combat efforts to under… Read More
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Federal Legislation: House Democrats introduced the latest version of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, intent on beefing up a civil rights-era law cut back… Read More
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Colorado: The Denver City Council has approved a ballot measure that, if passed by voters, would move Denver’s municipal elections from May to April to address fed… Read More
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California: The Senate has approved legislation to make vote-by-mail permanent in the Golden State. The state Assembly voted to do that months ago. But because the Senat… Read More
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Alaska: The Palmer City Council failed Action Memorandum 21-055 by a 4-3 vote at their Sept. 28 meeting. Proposed by Mayor Edna DeVries, AM 21-055 would have requested P… Read More
A Federal Judge has Blocked the New Texas Law, that uses the Prospect of Private Lawsuits to Enforce a Ban on Abortions after about Six weeks of Pregnancy.
Acting on a Suit brought by the… Read More
Michigan Authorities unveiled Charges against Three Women, for attempted Voter Fraud, in the 2020 Presidential Election, adding that These “Rare” Prosecutions demonstrate Electio… Read More
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Maine: A panel of voting and immigration experts told members of Portland’s Charter Commission that extending voting rights to noncitizens is a laudable goal but i… Read More
Louisiana Voters will Cast Ballots in the State’s Fall Elections following a One-Month Delay. On Sept. 9th, Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) signed an Executive Order, Postponing the State&rs… Read More
The Colorado Supreme Court Unanimously Approved a New Map for the State’s House and Senate Districts, on Monday.
Justice Richard Gabriel, described the Court’s Constitutional R… Read More
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Georgia: Gov. Brian Kemp officially signed the new Floyd County Elections board bills into law, dissolving the current three-member board and replacing it with a new fiv… Read More
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Massachusetts: A ballot measure that if approved would have required voters to show a photo ID in order to vote is not moving forward after organizers failed to gather e… Read More
Legislative Updates Alaska: The Anchorage city council is considering a proposal that will make several changes to the city’s elections. Among the changes is a registration period for… Read More
The Supreme Court, on Thursday morning, agreed to immediately put into effect last week’s Ruling in the Battle over a Texas Law Banning almost All Abortions in the state. But the Justi… Read More
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Alaska: The Anchorage Assembly postponed a vote on an ordinance that would update the city’s election laws and make several changes to rules for observers. Assembl… Read More
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Alaska: The Anchorage Assembly adopted updates to the city’s procedures for handling elections this week. The 9-2 vote occurred in a special Assembly meeting after… Read More
The U.S. Postal Service, on Wednesday, asked the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), for a Temporary Waiver from Vaccine-or-Test Mandate, setting up a showdown on Pandemic… Read More
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Arizona: Republican Sen. Wendy Rogers has introduced SB1133 which would ban cities, towns and school boards from holding all-mail elections. Local government entities ha… Read More
A Waukesha County Judge ruled Thursday, that Absentee Ballot Drop Boxes can't be used in Wisconsin.
After hearing Three hours of Arguments, Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge, Michael Boh… Read More
Arizona: Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez spoke to a joint session of the state Legislature last week opposing a bill by Sen. Wendy Rogers (R) that would, if passed, ban use of mail-in b… Read More
Lawmakers in at least Three States are considering Measures to counter the onslaught of Threats that State and Local Election Officials have endured in the aftermath of the 2020 Election… Read More
The Wisconsin Supreme Court, agreed Friday, to take a Case over Absentee Ballot Drop Boxes, leaving in place a Ruling, that says they can be used for the Feb. 15 Primary for Milwaukee Mayor… Read More
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Arizona: Under HB2596, offered by Rep. John Fillmore (R-Apache) would allow lawmakers to set aside election results if they believe there was fraud or other irregulariti… Read More
The Federal Government, Department of Transpotation (DOT), is moving forward with a Plan to let Teenagers drive Big Rigs, from State to State in, a Test Program.
Currently, Truckers who cr… Read More
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Federal Funding: Thirty-three Democratic senators urged President Biden to include $5 billion for grants to state and local governments to improve election security in h… Read More
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Alabama: The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would make it a crime for state and county election officials to accept money or services from private group… Read More
With the increase in transportation technologies, more jobs are available in transportation than ever before. Transportation workers include truck drivers, bus drivers, train operators, air… Read More
There have been Leaks at the Suprteme Court before, albeit of a different scale. One of them actually was about the Case at the heart of today's Conversation.
In 1973, the Original Roe Dec… Read More
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Florida: The City of St. Petersburg is moving to algin municipal elections with the county, state and federal elections which would provide an early voting option and co… Read More
After a months-long Court battle, Colorado Officials have finally retrieved Hard Drives, containing Data that was smuggled from a County’s Voting Machines. But it’s still unclear… Read More
The unfortunate truth about the internet is that every time we use it, we run the risk of a cyberattack. This is particularly true in a post-pandemic world, as more people are opting to work… Read More