Page 67 - Democracy Program News Today

Florida Election Reform Law Could Give Edge to Republicans Gov. Ron DeSantis approved a law that will put limitations on ballot dropoffs, establish ID requirements and restrict the number of absentee ballot drop boxes. Critics argue the law is just another voter suppression tactic. May 06, 2021 •  (TNS) — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed into law numerous election rules changes that advocates say will make elections secure and critics charge will...

DeSantis and he who must not be named — GOP-pushed probe into voter fraud comes up empty — Eskamani passes on statewide run — Arrested for recording a cop? Presented by Facebook Have plane, will travel — Gov. Ron DeSantis zipped across the state on Wednesday. Three stops. Three media markets. And at each visit, the governor held up a $1,000 check that will soon by sent out to the state’s first responders, police and firefighters. Joe who? — These checks DeSantis touted at each stop ...

The Florida organization of elections supervisors said last falls election was accurate and she opposed the legislation, saying it was unnecessary and could prove costly. Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Wendy Sartory Link, who greeted Trump when he voted at a county library last October, also said this year the legislation would prove "expensive" for elections officials. A spokeswoman for Link said Wednesday the 2020 elections were "secure." “I dont think it could have been any mor...

The Florida organization of elections supervisors said last falls election was accurate and she opposed the legislation, saying it was unnecessary and could prove costly. Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Wendy Sartory Link, who greeted Trump when he voted at a county library last October, also said this year the legislation would prove "expensive" for elections officials. A spokeswoman for Link said Wednesday the 2020 elections were "secure." “I dont think it could have been any mor...

Alabama held onto its congressional seats when Census numbers came out Monday, staving off a potential "Survivor"-like contest among the state’s U.S. House delegation. But when redistricting begins later this year, there could be a push to draw a second majority-minority district for the congressional delegation.  It is a long shot for Democrats who could watch redistricting from the sidelines, and unlikely to appeal to Republicans with a shot at recapturing the U.S. House of Representatives...

For a long time, I believed voter disenfranchisement was something that happened to other people. People who couldn’t leave work to stand in long lines. People who didn’t have a car to get to the polls. People who did not have a state-issued ID. People who were too young or too old to navigate registration requirements. I don’t fall into any of those categories. I have voted in every presidential election since I was 18 years old. I was even lucky enough to come of voting age dur...

Email 5 visuals explain the shifting House seats and how the changes could affect the 2022 midterm elections States that gained seats were mostly Republican-leaning. States that lost seats were mostly Democratic, but consisted of more close battleground states. Jim Sergent, Jeanine Santucci, Katie Wadington and Sean Rossman, USA TODAY Published 12:42 pm UTC Apr. 28, 2021 The Census Bureau announced Monday seven House seats will shift as a result of the 2020 Census, many moving to Republican-lea...

5 visuals explain the shifting House seats and how the changes could affect the 2022 midterm elections Jim Sergent, Jeanine Santucci, Katie Wadington and Sean Rossman, USA TODAY The Census Bureau announced Monday seven House seats will shift as a result of the 2020 Census, many moving to Republican-leaning states and exiting states that tend to vote Democrat.  That scenario could affect whether Democrats can hold on to their narrow advantage in the House in the 2022 midterm el...

POLITICO What I Learned on My Quest to Fix America’s Social Media Problem Middleware could be the solution to our tech woes, but Congress is going to have to force the Internet companies to use it. A group of researchers envisioned “middleware” as third-party software that would verify the importance and accuracy of all kinds of information presented By L. GORDON CROVITZ Link Copied Gordon Crovitz, a former publisher of the Wall Street Journal, is co-CEO of NewsGuard, which rates news web...

Email 5 visuals explain the shifting House seats and how the changes could affect the 2022 midterm elections States that gained seats were mostly Republican-leaning. States that lost seats were mostly Democratic, but consisted of more close battleground states. Jim Sergent, Jeanine Santucci, Katie Wadington and Sean Rossman, USA TODAY Published 10:49 pm UTC Apr. 26, 2021 The Census Bureau announced Monday seven House seats will shift as a result of the 2020 Census, many moving to Republican-lea...