Elections

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GOP House Candidates May Be Wiped Out After Federal Court Rules Insurrectionists Can Be Barred From The Ballot

A recent federal appeals court ruling found that insurrectionists whether they are current officeholders or not can be barred from the ballot. According to Bloomberg Law: Candidates who take part in an insurrection may be barred from holding public office under the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution, a federal appeals court ruled, overturning a…

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Georgia District Attorney Investigating Trump Increases Security After Receiving Racist Threats

Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis, who is Black, has confirmed that she has increased her security at work and at home after receiving racist threats. Willis is investigating former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 general election in her state. “What I’ll tell you is that conversations have begun,†she told The Atlanta…

Trump Attacks GOP Senator Who Rejected His Election Lies

Former President Donald Trump referred to Senator Mike Rounds as a “RINO†— Republican in name only — after Rounds, who represents South Dakota, rejected Trump’s lies about the integrity of the 2020 general election. “Is he crazy or just stupid?†Trump said in the statement. “The numbers are conclusive, and the fraudulent and irregular…

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Paul Ryan Speaks Out: Donald Trump Lost the 2020 Election and is Damaging the GOP

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) bucked the Republican Party, saying that former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 general election. Trump has repeatedly promoted the “Big Lie” that the election was rife with fraud and abuse and has attempted to cast President Joe Biden as illegitimate despite all evidence to the contrary. “President Trump…

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Maricopa County GOP Official Slams Trump’s Voter Fraud Claims

Former President Donald Trump doesn’t have the support of all the Republican officials in Arizona. Stephen Richer, Maricopa’s county recorder, wrote a letter blasting the ex-president’s claims that the 2020 general election was fraudulent as an “abomination” and expresses his embarrassment with Republicans “concoct the most outlandish theories (Chinese ballots!) to avoid accepting the reality:…

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Opinion: The US Supreme Court Authorized More Voter Suppression

The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) dealt several blows to the Voting Rights Act last week. In a majority conservative 6-3 ruling, SCOTUS upheld two Arizona restrictions. The first prohibits individuals other than close family members or caregivers from collecting mail-in ballots. The second requires elections officials to reject votes from people who report to incorrect precincts…

Barbara Cegavske
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Nevada Secretary of State Finds No Evidence Election Fraud Took Place in State’s Election

Although former President Donald Trump has regularly and insistently claimed that the 2020 general election was rife with fraud and abuse, not a single state has been able to turn up evidence of widespread fraud that could have contributed to his electoral losses. Trump’s narrative was dealt a further blow after Barbara Cegavske, Nevada’s Secretary…

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Trump Continued to Lie About Absentee Ballots, Pushed Georgia’s Lead Elections Investigator to Find the “Right Answer”

Former President Donald Trump pushed Georgia‘s lead elections investigator to find the “right answer” as he continued to promote conspiracies about the use of absentee ballots in the state, which Joe Biden, then the president-elect, ultimately won. “When the right answer comes out, you’ll be praised,†Trump told Frances Watson, chief investigator for the office…

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Opinion: Fascist Republicans Are Working Diligently To Kill Democracy

No matter how aggressive Republican state legislatures have been in their efforts to kill democracy by instituting voter suppression tactics over the past 16 years, their new machinations are on par with every fascist dictator in history. For several years Republicans have claimed that if every American is allowed to participate in the nation’s electoral…

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