Election Officials Face Torrent of Threats as Nov. 5 Looms
From today’s New York Times: With less than two weeks until Election Day, law enforcement officials are confronting a rising wave of threats to election workers and political activists in…
Democrats Sue Georgia Election Board, Warning of ‘Chaos’ in 2024 Election
From today’s New York Times: Democrats sued the Georgia state election board on Monday, arguing that measures approved by the board this month seeking to alter the election certification process…
Federal Judges Overturn Parts of GOP Voting Laws in Georgia and Texas
From today’s Associated Press News: Federal judges in Georgia and Texas have ruled against key provisions of two controversial election laws passed two years ago as the Republican Party sought…
Death threats, Harassment, and Poisoned Pets: Why 2024 election workers already are scared
From today’s NPR News: The county election worker was crossing the street with a locked bag full of ballots when he saw a Jeep Gladiator pickup truck come around the…
Election Worker Intimidation and Voting Rights Laws Passed in New Mexico
From today’s Albuquerque Journal: Legislation making it a crime to intimidate election workers and expanding automatic voter registration is on its way to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham after winning House…
Michigan Officials Detail a Brazen Voting Machine Scheme by Trump Supporters
From today’s New York Times: In early 2021, with the turmoil of a bitterly contested presidential contest still fresh, several election clerks in Michigan received strange phone calls. The person…
Trump Recently Urged Wisconsin Assembly Speaker to Overturn His 2020 Defeat
From today’s New York Times: Donald J. Trump called a top Republican in the State Legislature in Wisconsin in recent days to lobby for a measure that would overturn his…
Target, Google and others are under pressure to dump the Chamber of Commerce over voting rights
From today’s CNN Online: Progressive activists are calling on Ford, Target, Google, Bank of America and other major companies that have pledged to support voting rights to cut ties with…
Emergency meeting draws corporate leaders to discuss state voting laws
From today’s CBS News Online: More than 100 of the nation’s top corporate leaders met virtually on Saturday to discuss ways for companies to continue responding to the passage of…
The Republican Party’s Irrational War on the Voting Rights of Americans
From today’s The Atlantic: In February, Arizona state senators tried to have the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors thrown in jail. The legislators had demanded that the county officials hand…