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May 18, 2022

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Democrat-linked organization tied to funding offer for NC absentee ballot portal

April 20, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — In 2020, N.C. State Board of Elections Director Karen Brinson Bell made a successful push for the state to establish an online absentee ballot portal during COVID-19, however, emails show such a portal […]

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Biden administration files 3rd lawsuit in Texas over voting

March 26, 2022 Paul J. Weber, Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — The Biden administration on Thursday filed a third lawsuit over voting rights in Texas, keeping America’s biggest red state at the center of a fight over new and in many cases more […]

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Court throws Pennsylvania’s mail-in voting law into doubt

February 3, 2022 Marc Levy, Associated Press

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A court declared Friday that Pennsylvania’s expansive 2-year-old mail-in voting law violates the state constitution.  Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration swiftly appealed to the state Supreme Court, immediately putting the party-line decision […]

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HARSANYI: Biden’s big elections lie

January 21, 2022 David Harsanyi

President Joe Biden finally delivered his “voting rights” speech in Atlanta, telling a crowd:  “The next few days, when these bills come to a vote, will mark a turning point in this nation’s history. Will […]

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MATTHEWS: The real Joe Biden revealed himself during ugly Georgia speech last week

January 19, 2022 Stacey Matthews

One of the main promises Joe Biden made as a candidate for president was that he was going to bring unity and healing to America, saying that his decades of experience in Washington, D.C. made […]

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HARSANYI: Schumer’s ugly ‘voting rights’ gamble

January 14, 2022 David Harsanyi

In a Dear Colleague letter last week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned that if Republicans refuse to support the Democrats’ unconstitutional efforts to nationalize elections, he will move to eliminate legislative checks and balances […]

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Justice Department targets GOP-led voting laws

June 21, 2021 Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department will scrutinize a wave of new laws in Republican-controlled states that tighten voting rules, Attorney General Merrick Garland said, vowing to take action against states on any violations of […]

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Manchin’s opposition clouds future of Dems’ elections bill

June 8, 2021 Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A key Democratic senator says he will not vote for the largest overhaul of U.S. election law in at least a generation, leaving no plausible path forward for legislation that his party […]

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Georgia’s Abrams navigates voting law fight with eye on 2022

April 19, 2021 Bill Barrow, Associated Press

ATLANTA — President Joe Biden called Georgia’s new voting law an “atrocity.” A leading black bishop called for a national boycott of companies headquartered in the state. But when Stacey Abrams, who never conceded her […]

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‘An all-hands moment’: GOP rallies opposition to Democrats’ voting bill

March 24, 2021 Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press

On an invitation-only call last week, Sen. Ted Cruz huddled with Republican state lawmakers to call them to battle on the issue of voting rights. Democrats are trying to expand voting rights to “illegal aliens” […]

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