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Florida House passes bill creating election police force
The Republican-controlled Florida House on Wednesday night passed a voting overhaul bill that would create a new security office to investigate election crimes and increase penalties for violating the state's elections laws.
[ cnn.com ]Analysis: How Republicans are driving the national agenda, even though Democrats hold unified control of government
Republican-controlled state legislatures across the country are approving a wave of new voting restrictions on virtually party-line votes that require only a simple majority to pass. The US Supreme Court has likewise decided the key voting rights rulings that helped trigger this surge of state legislation on a party-line, majority-vote basis over the past decade.
[ cnn.com ]'Time for action:' Voting and civil rights groups intensify pressure on Biden and Congress to move on federal election bills
Civil rights activists and voting rights groups this week are intensifying pressure on Congress to advance federal voting rights legislation as a bulwark against an array of new laws in Republican-controlled states that make it harder to vote.
[ cnn.com ]Where the fight to build a better democracy starts
During former President Donald Trump's rally in Arizona on Saturday, he, once again, asserted that the 2020 presidential election was rife with fraud when no such evidence exists. Republican-controlled state legislatures across the country are not backing away from passing laws that attempt to dilute the voices of minority voters. And right-wing media channels like Fox News and Newsmax are keeping up their effort in spreading misinformation. Together, these various actors in the political arena and right-wing media have created the ultimate dangerous recipe for eroding trust in American institutions, elections, and worse, democracy itself.
[ cnn.com ]Analysis: It's not just voting and Covid: How red states are overriding their blue cities
Republican-controlled states have escalated their offensive against Democratic-controlled cities and counties this year to unprecedented heights, further deepening the trench between red and blue America.
[ cnn.com ]Republican-led legislatures push forward with efforts to restrict voting access
Republican-controlled legislatures are charging forward with a raft of new state laws imposing limits on voting.
[ cnn.com ]Alabama governor signs anti-trans sports bill
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, signed a bill into law on Friday requiring all Alabama athletes in K-12 public school to compete in sports based on the gender they were assigned at birth -- joining a growing trend among Republican-controlled legislatures around the country that have been moving in recent weeks to impose restrictions on the lives of transgender Americans.
[ cnn.com ]Arizona GOP's deperate attempt to prove election fraud sparks outcry
Arizona's Republican-controlled Senate ordered an audit of some of the state's mail-in ballots from the 2020 presidential election, despite the election results already undergoing multiple reviews that found no evidence of widespread fraud and ultimately being certified by state election officials. CNN's Sara Murray reports.
[ cnn.com ]Arkansas bills that restrict voting access head to governor's desk
The Republican-controlled Arkansas legislature this week passed a handful of bills that would add restrictions to the voting process in the state, sending them to the governor's desk.
[ cnn.com ]Georgia House threatens to revoke Delta tax break after CEO slams new voting restrictions
Georgia's Republican-controlled House on Wednesday voted to revoke a major tax break for Delta Air Lines as punishment for its CEO's public criticism of the state's controversial new law clamping down on ballot access.
[ cnn.com ]Un-American and sick: Biden slams state GOP's voting rights laws
President Joe Biden says measures created by Republican-controlled state legislatures that critics say restrict access to voting in elections are "un-American" and "sick."
[ cnn.com ]Senate confirms Trump's 200th judicial nominee
President Donald Trump's 200th judicial nominee was confirmed by the Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday, marking a significant milestone in a presidency that has tilted the federal judiciary in a conservative direction for decades to come.
[ cnn.com ]Factbox: New top U.S. spy Ratcliffe known for fierce loyalty to Trump
The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate confirmed U.S. Representative John Ratcliffe as director of national intelligence on Thursday over Democratic objections, the second time President Donald Trump tapped him for the position.
[ reuters.com ] politicsNews,Factbox: Second time likely the charm for Trump's divisive intelligence pick
The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate was expected to confirm U.S. Representative John Ratcliffe as director of national intelligence on Thursday over Democratic objections the second time President Donald Trump tapped him for the position.
[ reuters.com ] politicsNews,Fauci to testify before U.S. Senate, not House, on virus response
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said top health official Anthony Fauci would appear next week before a panel in the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate examining the country's coronavirus response but could not testify to the Democratic-led House of Representatives.
[ reuters.com ] topNews,Wisconsin governor asks to delay Tuesday's primary, make all voting by mail
Democratic Governor Tony Evers asked Wisconsin's Republican-controlled legislature on Friday to cancel in-person voting in next week's presidential primary, making it an all-mail election and extending the time to return ballots until late May.
[ reuters.com ] politicsNews,Wisconsin governor asks legislature to delay Tuesday's primary, make all voting by mail
Democratic Governor Tony Evers said on Friday he was askingWisconsin's Republican-controlled legislature to cancel in-person voting in next week's presidential primary, making it an all-mail election and extending the time to return ballots until late May.
[ reuters.com ] politicsNews,Idaho Legislature sends bill prohibiting transgender people from altering birth certificates to governor for approval
Idaho's Republican-controlled Legislature has sent a bill to the governor's desk that would effectively block transgender people in the state from changing the listed sex on their birth certificates to match their gender identity, despite a federal judge having before struck down a similar state ban.
[ cnn.com ]RPT-EXPLAINER-What's in the U.S. coronavirus aid bill?
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a multi-billion dollar aid package early on Saturday that aims to limit the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic. The Republican-controlled Senate is expected to take it up this week.
[ reuters.com ] companyNews,Explainer: What's in the U.S. coronavirus aid bill?
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a multi-billion dollar aid package early on Saturday that aims to limit the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic. The Republican-controlled Senate is expected to take it up this week.
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