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Introduction On the afternoon of January 21, a group of public officials gathered in Kentucky’s Capitol in Frankfort for a delicate conversation about changing how the state conducts elections. Masked and spread out in a room typically used for committee hearings, they didn’t have much time.  There were only 22 days left in the legislative session.  Investigations in your inbox Email address The group included state legislators, Secretary of State Michael Adams, Republican and Democratic elected county clerks, representatives of the state elections board and (virtually) a staff member f...

Grieder: GOP’s lurch to belligerent populism should have voters on edge By Erica Grieder, Staff writer There was a time when business leaders held real, and sometimes critical, influence over the Republican Party of Texas. It would be hard to argue that time is over, given that state leaders continue to treat the private sector with mysterious deference when it comes to, for example, reforming the state’s power sector in the wake of the winter freeze that left millions without electricity and nearly 200 Texans dead. But the relationship between the Texas GOP and the state�...

POLITICO Get the Florida Playbook Newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Floridians for Affordable Rx Hello and welcome to Monday. The daily rundown — Between Saturday and Sunday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 4,794 (0.2 percent), to 2,081,826; active hospitalizations decreas...

Grieder: Latest GOP assault on voting rights isn’t fooling anybody By Erica Grieder Looking back at the 2020 elections, Harris County leaders — and voters — have a lot to be proud of. Faced with a pandemic that fundamentally altered day-to-day life and threw the nation into disarray, we stepped up to the plate in a big way. Local leaders innovated in response to health and safety concerns, tripling the number of early voting sites in the country, creating 24-hour voting locations and introducing drive-through voting for the first time in state history. Voters responded i...

Texas is largest battleground in struggle over voting rights, secure elections Republicans in Texas and across the country push “voting integrity” legislation that Democrats say is designed to suppress voting. Supporters of Pres. Donald Trump protest outside the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas as the House and Senate met in Washington D.C. to review the Electoral College presidential election results, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (Lynda M. González/The Dallas Morning News)(Lynda M. González / Staff photographer) Texas is America’s largest battleground for the struggle over voting rig...