Arizona State

Columbus, OH

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

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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 Independent

 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

The Center Square

(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

Snopes

"He is not weird! Why are you calling him weird?" social media users captioned two photos.

Fact Check: Yes, Photos Do Show Trump with Daughter Ivanka Sitting on His Lap

Iowa State

Nebraska State

(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

Alabama State

Kansas State

(The Center Square) – A coalition of states led by Kansas has sued the Biden-Harris administration to block the federal government from providing free health care through the taxpayer-funded Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, to foreign nationals in the U.S. illegally.
                Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota Western Division and was joined by attorneys general from 14 states. The U.S. government and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are named...

15 states sue Biden-Harris administration for enrolling noncitizens in Obamacare

Black Enterprise

Daylight Saving Time will come to an end on Nov. 3, but not every state in the U.S. is on board. Daylight Saving Time will end on Nov. 3, but not every state in the U.S. is getting on board. While Daylight Saving Time (DST) is a common occurrence two...

States That Won’t Change Their Clocks For Daylight Saving Time

Hawaii State

Fox News

Sen. Mazie Hirono easily won her second Senate re-election campaign in Hawaii and is the favorite to win a third term in November.

Mazie Hirono wins Hawaii Senate primary, setting Dems up for much-needed November win

NewsNation

The nation’s highest court is always a hot-button issue, but it is taking on added importance as Harris has become the likely Democratic presidential nominee.

Supreme Court injected into Trump-Harris race

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

Georgia State

The Georgia State Elections Board recently enacted two new rules that seem designed to allow local election officials to sabotage the state’s vote-counting process. Republican nominee Donald Trump praised the three board members who supported these new rules, all of whom previously questioned the result of the 2020 election that Trump lost, as “pit bulls fighting for honesty, transparency and victory.”

Georgia’s MAGA elections board is laying the groundwork for an actual stolen election

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

Business Insider

Chris Ellison, the managing director of an Australian mining company, says he doesn't want his staff to leave the building to get lunch or a coffee.

First, he banned WFH. Now, this billionaire wants to stop his staff from going on coffee runs.

Florida State

 A Republican state representative in Florida has turned herself into authorities after being indicted on several charges including forgery.Republican state representative Carolina Amesty, 29, was charged with forgery, uttering a forgery, false acknowledgment or certification by a notary public and notarizing your own signature, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The charges are in connection with her time as an administrator at Central Christian University in Orange County, Florida, which her father runs, according to the Sentinel.State Attorney Andrew Bain said a “concerned citizen brought potential criminal wrongdoing” to his office’s attention.“That information was presented to the grand jury who found...

Florida MAGA lawmaker charged with forgery linked to her time as Christian school administrator

This article is being published in partnership with The 19th. In Kansas, lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union have drafted a letter reminding election workers that a gender marker on a person’s identification does not need to match or correspond to a voter’s gender expression. Staff for the organization has also held clinics elsewhere to prepare trans Americans for the identification requirements they will have to navigate.

Anti-Trans Laws May Complicate Access to the Ballot for Trans Voters

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign stirred new controversy during a visit to Arlington National Cemetery that was intended to draw attention to the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Christy Shamblin, mother-in-law of Marine Corps. Sgt. Nicole Gee who was killed in the Kabul airport joins CNN to discuss what she saw at the Arlington National Ceremony event. 

She attended Arlington National Cemetery event at center of Trump controversy. Here’s what she saw

Colorado State

Aurora, CO

Cindy Romero, former overtaken Colorado apartment building resident, fired back at Democrat Gov. Jared Polis after he claimed her experience was "imagination."

Former Colorado apartment resident says Gov. Polis 'wouldn't last five minutes' against armed gangs

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SCOTUS ruling on citizenship proof for new voters has an outsized impact for Native voters

An American flag with an image of Native American on it is attached to a fence outside a home in the East To'Hajiilee housing community amid...

SCOTUS ruling on citizenship proof for new voters has an outsized impact for Native voters

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