Georgia State

Columbus, OH

Florida State

WashingtonExaminer

Former President Donald Trump cast an early voting ballot in Florida on Wednesday, his first as a convicted felon. However, his right to vote could be curbed depending on sentencing in New York and the outcomes of his two other court cases. Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts in his Manhattan hush money […]

Trump votes early in Florida after felony conviction but could face disenfranchisement

Virginia State

NBC News

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said earlier this month he had issued an executive order removing 6,303 noncitizens who had “accidentally or maliciously attempted to register” to vote. He said in an interview that he was “not suggesting there is widespread voter fraud,” but had said in an earlier...

Virginia removes 6,303 'noncitizens' from voter rolls, fueling fraud allegations

The nonprofit Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law this week issued a cease-and-desist order to the Georgia secretary of state’s office, demanding it stop operating a new web form that allows users to cancel voter registrations. The notice, dated Tuesday, follows widespread media reports of flaws in...

Georgia secretary of state receives cease-and-desist for voter un-registration web form

Reuters

(Reuters) - Georgia's Republican-controlled state election board approved a new rule on Monday that voting rights advocates say could permit local election officials to delay certification of November's presidential election results, potentially throwing the outcome of the battleground state's vote into uncertainty.

Republican-controlled Georgia election board passes rule that may delay vote certification

The Independent

 Georgia’s governor has asked his attorney general if he can remove state election board members after three right-wing members approved a series of alarming new rules.Republican Governor Brian Kemp asked Attorney General Christopher Carr for “guidance” on whether he can remove members of the state election board, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. This comes after three right-wing members of the five-person board championed and passed a series of new rules that add extra requirements for county election boards to certify their results. Under the rules passed this month — less than 100 days before election day on November 5 —...

Georgia governor inquires whether he can remove MAGA election board members after series of alarming votes

Iowa State

Nebraska State

The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Nine states have filed a lawsuit this week to stop President Joe Biden's executive order concerning federal workers and voter registration.
                The states say that the federal bureaucracy is inserting itself into state electoral systems and the voter registration process without the scrutiny of a public comment period.
                Mississippi, Montana, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina and South Dakota filed a complaint in the...

Nine states file lawsuit to stop Biden voter registration executive order

Arizona State

The Republican Party wants the Supreme Court to weigh in on a nauseatingly complicated voting rights case, which could potentially disenfranchise thousands of presidential voters in the swing state of Arizona. The case is known as Republican National Committee v. Mi Familia Vota. The case involves an astoundingly convoluted system...

Republicans ask the Supreme Court to disenfranchise thousands of swing state voters

Texas State

Latin Times

Texas governor Greg Abbott has announced the removal of over 1 million people from its voter rolls since 2021, including people who moved out-of-state, are deceased, and are potential noncitizens. However, representatives from American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in Texas have questioned the accuracy of the data presented by Abbott claiming it lacks context and is only being used by the state to intimidate voters.

Texas governor announces removal of over a million ineligible voters from rolls; activists question data

 The Supreme Court handed the Republican National Committee a partial win on Thursday, granting their request to reinstate an Arizona voter ID law that requires new voters to prove their citizenship when using a state form.“Huge win for the integrity of elections,” the GOP wrote on X in response to the ruling.However, the court denied the portion of the RNC’s request to prohibit voters from participating in the presidential election or by mail unless they provide proof of citizenship.The RNC’s request emerged from a dispute over the 2022 Arizona law that would have required county officials to verify any...

Supreme Court grants RNC request to reinstate Arizona voter ID law requiring proof of citizenship

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Arizona Luminaria

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican push that could have blocked more than 41,000 Arizona voters from casting ballots for president in the closely contested swing state, but allowed some parts of a law requiring proof of citizenship to be enforced.

Supreme Court rejects GOP push to block 41,000 Arizona voters, but partly OKs proof of citizenship law

(The Center Square) – A coalition of 24 states have called on the U.S. Supreme Court to ensure that noncitizens don’t vote in federal elections, in accordance with federal law.
                They filed a brief with the court in support of an Arizona law requiring proof of citizenship in order to vote. The coalition asked the Supreme Court to issue an emergency stay of a federal district court’s injunction against the law.
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24 states call on Supreme Court to ensure noncitizens don’t vote in federal elections

Los Angeles County, CA

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Herbie J Pilato

Actor Van Johnson, who died in 2007, was one of Hollywood's ideal films idols. In the 1940s, the charming screen icon was box office gold, and remained a popular presence on TV in shows like Murder, She Wrote (which starred his good friend Angela Lansbury).

The Secret Gay Life & Horrific Car Accident of Actor Van Johnson: 16 Years After His Tragic Death

Maine State

Sagadahoc County, ME

Lewiston, ME

The Maine Monitor

Editor’s note: This story contains references to suicide. When a bill to strengthen Maine’s yellow flag law went into effect earlier this month, Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said he felt a sense of relief.

Law enforcement officers can now get a warrant to take someone into protective custody

Wisconsin State

Salon

Pro-Trump local election officials may try to slow down the certification of election results in November based on unsubstantiated allegations of widespread voter fraud – but legal experts say those efforts alone won’t secure the White House for the former president. Instead, legal experts say they’re more concerned...

Experts: Pro-Trump officials could face "severe" punishments if they refuse to certify election

PBS NewsHour

The Nebraska Supreme Court heard arguments this week on whether a recently passed law, which allows former felons to vote, violates the state's constitution. Nebraska is one of 26 states and the District of Columbia that have restored former felons' right to vote. John Yang discussed the court case with Kassidy Arena of Nebraska Public Media.

Nebraska Supreme Court to decide if lawmakers there can restore voting rights to felons

Alabama State

Earlier this month, Alabama voter William Pritchett received an unexpected letter from election officials telling him his voter registration was made inactive and was “on the path for removal from the statewide voter list.”. He was among more than 3,200 people on the state’s voter rolls whose registrations had...

The GOP is making false claims about noncitizens voting. It’s affecting real voters

Wyoming State

Cheyenne, WY

WyoFile

WHITE MOUNTAIN—“That’s a lot of horses,” lamented Cheyenne resident Robyn Smith from a high-desert ridgeline. It wasn’t her first exasperated exclamation. “Argh, oh crap,” was her immediate reaction to learning a federal judge had given the Bureau of Land Management the OK to proceed with plans to fully remove two wild horse herds from the landscape in southwest Wyoming.

BLM wins two lawsuits, clearing way for elimination of two Wyoming wild horse herds

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., joins Virginia Sen. John McGuire, R-Goochland, in Louisa County on June 5, 2024 to support his bid to represent Virginia's 5th Congressional District. (Charlotte Rene Woods/Virginia Mercury) State Sen. John McGuire, R-Goochland, remains the winner in a highly contested GOP primary in Virginia’s 5th...

Outcome of 5th District GOP primary unchanged after further review of ballots

Phoenix, AZ

USA TODAY

Arizonans can register to vote without providing proof of citizenship, a 9th Circuit Court order states. But they're limited to federal elections.

Court reverses its ruling on proof of citizenship for Arizona voter registration

NewsBreak

New Georgia rule may open the door to local officials declining to certify elections

Watchdog groups and pundits are sounding the alarm about the potential for mischief when it comes to certifying the election, but experts say there's still plenty...

New Georgia rule may open the door to local officials declining to certify elections

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