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How post-Trump voting laws would have changed the last election David Weigel, The Washington Post May 11, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Former President Donald Trump speaks during CPAC at the Hyatt Regency in Orlando, Florida, on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)Stephen M. Dowell/TNS On Monday afternoon, Virginia Republicans nominated their candidate for governor - Glenn Youngkin, a former CEO who launched his campaign with an "election integrity task force." On Monda...

Justin Beller declared winner of District 1 McKinney city council seat The June 5 runoff election was canceled after the council formally accepted Stan Penn’s withdrawal. McKinney will have a new city council member after Justin Beller was declared the winner of the District 1 seat, following Stan Penns withdrawal from the race.(David Woo / Staff Photographer) 1:55 PM on May 11, 2021 CDT At a special meeting of the McKinney City Council Monday, Justin Beller was declared the winner of the Dis...

The Trailer: 2020, Continued: How post-Trump voting laws would have changed the last election David Weigel In this edition: How new election rules would have changed the 2020 race, the Virginia GOP picks its 2021 ticket, and the policing debate spills over in New Mexico. The gas shortage makes me less angry with the guy who totaled my car, and this is The Trailer. © Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post Former president Donald Trump speaks during the final day of the Conse...

After unofficial election results showed Jimmy Crouch narrowly defeating Cheryl Lee for the open Place 4 Bastrop City Council seat by just four votes, an official recount in the election will occur Monday. According to results released by the Bastrop County elections office on May 1, Crouch received 616 votes, or 50.2% of the vote, compared to Lees 612 votes, or 49.8%. A statement released by the city on Friday said the city received a petition on Thursday requesting a recount of the votes in...

Garcia: South Side runoff will be the nepotism election FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 Tomas Uresti, 60, a former Texas state representative and former Harlandale ISD school board member, is running for the San Antonio City Council District 3 seat in the May 1, 2021 general election.Courtesy photoShow MoreShow Less 2of2 Phyllis Viagran, older sister of District 3 Councilwoman Rebecca Viagran, is planning to run in the May 2021 city elections to succeed her sister, who can no longer run for the counc...

Share Several local entities held elections Saturday, May 1, to fill available city leadership and school board positions. Mayor Mary Alderman was re-elected as mayor of Hubbard after defeating challenger Steve Czapski by a vote of 117-80. Serving as Hubbard council members will be Marty Kimbrough with 125 votes and Roger "Scooter" Lynch with 89 votes. Others running for council seats in Hubbard were Simone Johnson, who received 85 votes; Audrey Johnson, with 51 votes; and Walter Hill, with ...

KUT People line up at Parque Zaragoza Recreation Center to vote and register to vote following a rally celebrating the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial last month. A majority of those who cast ballots in the May 1 election want to be able to rank candidates — instead of just choosing one — when voting in local elections. Nearly 58% of voters favored Proposition E, according to unofficial election results. Despite the interest from voters, political experts and the City of Austin...

Michael Glaspie Michael Glaspie has lived in the city for nearly 40 years with his family and served on the Arlington ISD school board from 1991 to 2008 and then the Arlington City Council representing District 8 from 2012 to 2019. Hes also served on several city committees. Glaspie has also served as a minister of Mount Olive Baptist Church and a U.S. Army Vietnam Combat Veteran. In education, Glaspie holds two Bachelor’s degrees, one in mathematics from UT Austin and another in biblical stu...

Texas’ chief elections administrator claims sovereign immunity bars the two lawsuits against her taking aim at the state’s voter registration and early voting rules. A sign is seen at a drive-through ballot drop off location in Austin, Texas, last October. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) (CN) — Texas’ secretary of state asked a Fifth Circuit panel Thursday to dismiss two voting rights lawsuits from the Texas Democratic Party, one challenging voter registration rules and th...

Candidates apparently spent more time campaigning than fundraising for spots on school boards and New Braunfels City Council, according to reports for the period leading up to Saturday’s general election. Thirteen of 14 candidates vying for city council and New Braunfels and Comal independent school district boards reported Monday as required by the Texas Election Code, covering the March 23-April 23 filing period.  Brittany Soto, the 19-year-old McQueeney resident and college student s...