Inside the GOP s month-long campaign to oust Cheney
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HOUSE GOP MOVES ON – It only took 15 minutes for House Republicans to remove Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as their conference chair. Choosing a new one might be more complicated.
Republicans will hold their candidate forum this evening and the election on Friday morning. Rep. Elise Stefanik, the moderate New York Republican turned Donald Trump ally, emerged as an early favorite for the job and had endorsements from top GOP leaders and Trump. She could run unopposed, just as Cheney did several years ago. But there are signs that could change.
Activists to fight Arizona s new election law SB-1485, targeting early voting ballots
A day after Ducey signed a contentious election bill, which may remove more than 100,000 voters from the active early voting rolls, voting rights activists said they will now take their fight to Congress.
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PHOENIX â A day after Governor Doug Ducey signed a contentious election bill, which may remove more than 100,000 voters from the active early voting rolls, voting rights activists said they will now take their fight to Congress.
âThis bill is simple, itâs all about election integrity,â the Governor said on Twitter, but Pastor Warren H Stewart Sr. of the African American Christian Clergy Coalition, a group that represents more than 100 churches said the bill is all about who voted in 2020.
The West Virginia Democrat told ABC News this week that he intends to support the John Lewis I believe Democrats and Republicans feel very strongly about protecting the ballot boxes allowing people to protect the right to vote, making it accessible, making it fair and making it secure, and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, if we apply that to all 50 states and territories, it s something that can be done it should be done, Manchin told the network.
ADVERTISEMENT It could be done bipartisan to start getting confidence back in our system,” he added.
Senators this week held an hours-long, dramatic markup of the Democratic-led For the People Act. Democrats are set to meet Thursday to talk about the 800-page measure, which would set national standards that aim to expand access to voting. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer
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