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Georgia State

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

Georgia’s State Election Board passed a new rule ahead of the November election that will give county election boards the authority to demand more information, including the ability to conduct inquiries, before certifying election results.

Georgia State Election Board passes new rule allowing county boards to demand more information before certifying an election

Axios Raleigh

After losing voters for most of the last six months, the Democratic Party has seen a bump in affiliated voter registrations since President Biden ended his re-election campaign, per an analysis by Western Carolina University political professor Chris Cooper.Why it matters: Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign saw an influx of both volunteers and donations in its first week — pointing to momentum building in the Democratic party around her candidacy. Zoom in: The latest voter registration numbers in North Carolina are also evidence that Harris' campaign launch is giving the party a modest but much-needed boost in the state. It's "potentially...

NC Democrats see voter registration bump since Biden-Harris switch

HuffPost

The Georgia Democratic Party claims Trump's allies are trying to "establish a new power of not certifying an election result should their preferred candidate lose."

Democrats Sue Georgia Election Board Over New Rules That Could Delay Vote Certification

Arizona State

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in favor of allowing an Arizona law requiring individuals registering to vote to provide documented proof of citizenship to go back into effect. According to The Washington Examiner, Thursday’s 5-4 ruling by the Supreme Court permits a limited enforcement of Arizona’s 2022 law...

Supreme Court upholds swing state voter registration law ahead of November election

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

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

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

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

Las Vegas, NV

The Independent

 A group of hackers at a Las Vegas conference identified scores of vulnerabilities in voting equipment, but it’s unlikely fixes will make it to polling places before Election Day in November.“There’s so much basic stuff that should be happening and is not happening, so yes I’m worried about things not being fixed, but they haven’t been fixed for a long time, and I’m also angry about it,” Harri Hursti, co-founder of the DEF Con conference’s Voting Village program, told Politico. “If you don’t think this kind of place is running 24/7 in China, Russia, you’re kidding yourselves,” he added....

Hackers found vulnerabilities in voting machines — but it’s too late to do anything about it

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

Maine State

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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

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

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

NewsOne

It's not like his voter fraud claims began in 2020—it's his go-to. In 2016, during the GOP primaries, Trump lost the Iowa and Colorado caucuses to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. He blamed voter fraud.
The post Georgia Republicans Vote Against Democracy By Using Trump Lies To Legalize Election Interference appeared first on NewsOne.

Georgia Republicans Vote Against Democracy By Using Trump Lies To Legalize Election Interference

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

TIME

A guide to the battleground states in the 2024 election fight between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

The 7 States That Will Decide the Election

One month ago, battleground North Carolina was slipping away from Democrats. Now, with Vice President Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket, the state is competitive once again.

Renewed energy in Trump-Harris race puts North Carolina back on battleground map

The US Supreme Court on Thursday, in a 5-4 decision, allowed the enforcement of an Arizona election law requiring prospective voters to provide “satisfactory evidence of citizenship” upon registering to vote. However, the court kept two lower court blocks on related laws that prevent those with unverified citizenship status from voting in presidential elections or voting early by mail. The justices did not provide any reasoning for their votes.

US Supreme Court allows Arizona election law requiring proof of citizenship to go into effect

Palm Springs Tribune

In an effort to target traditional Republican voters who are not part of the MAGA movement, the Harris campaign has announced the “Republicans For Harris” movement. The group has secured key endorsements from some high ranking republicans with a notable array of former Trump White House officials, including Stephanie Grisham and Olivia Troye. The group also includes former Secretaries Chuck Hagel and Ray LaHood, as well as former Governors Jim Edgar, Bill Weld, and Christine Todd Whitman. Additionally, it boasts support from former U.S. House members such as Rod Chandler, Tom Coleman, Dave Emery, Wayne Gilchrest, Jim Greenwood, Adam Kinzinger, John LeBoutillier, Susan Molinari, Jack Quinn, Denver Riggleman, Claudine Schneider, Christopher Shays, Peter Smith, Alan Steelman, David Trott, and Joe Walsh. Former GOP State Chair and State Senator Chris Vance is also among the endorsers, along with many others.

What we can VERIFY about NC rules for election certifications

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