News Analysis Democrats and Republicans battled on the House floor late into the evening Tuesday before voting to pass Rep. Terri Sewell’s (D-Ala.) ‘John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act,’ HR4. The measure was unanimously supported by Democrats and unanimously opposed by Republicans. HR4 was designed, according to Sewell, to address allegations of minority voter suppression…
Democrats’ Election Bill Dramatically Expands Federal, Judicial Control Over Elections
August 29, 2021
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Texas House Advances Election Reform Bill After Democrats End Holdout
The Texas House of Representatives late Thursday advanced an election reform bill that’s widely opposed by Democrats. The state’s lower chamber voted 79-37 to advance Senate Bill 1, which the state Senate passed earlier this month. The state House has a final vote scheduled Friday. After the expected passage, the amended legislation will go back…
John Lewis Voting Measure Passes House With No GOP Support
House Democrats late Tuesday passed a voting bill that sought to amend parts of the 1965 Voting Rights Act in efforts to boost federal control over elections in the United States. The John L. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021, also known as HR4, passed the lower chamber of Congress by a vote of 219–212 strictly…
North Carolina Court Restores Voting Rights to Felons on Probation or Parole
Some 56,000 North Carolina felons who are on parole, probation, or supervised release, will have their voting rights restored, a judicial panel said on Monday. The 2–1 ruling, in a state Superior Court in Raleigh, immediately reinstates voting rights to North Carolina residents convicted of felonies but whose current punishments don’t include prison time. The…
Mission Viejo to Utilize District-Based Election System
July 15, 2021
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City council in Mission Viejo, Calif. decided in a closed session July 13 to move toward a district-based voting system for elections beginning November 2022. It publicly shared its decision after voting in favor of the new system. The move came after council analyzed the city’s demographics and determined its at-large voting system produced results that violated the state of California’s Voting Rights Act. The act…
Supreme Court Turns Back Effort to Rig Voting, but Other Scandals Wait to be Addressed
Commentary The fact that the Supreme Court of the United States has effectively debunked the Democratic effort to deform the whole process of electing the president and vice president is naturally gratifying. Some readers will recall that I recently suggested that the abdication by the Supreme Court from the task of adjudicating the fairness of…
Texas Man Charged After Allegedly Voting While on Probation
A Texas man is facing felony charges for allegedly voting illegally in two elections. Hervis Rogers of Harris was recently indicted on two illegal voting charges for voting in the 2018 midterm elections and the 2020 Democratic presidential primary contest, according to court records. Rogers is accused of violating state law that prohibits voting “in…
We Mustn’t Give Up Our Voting Rights to Computer Algorithms
Commentary Last week, New York City held its primary election for the Democratic candidate for mayor, who will surely be New York’s next mayor. Yet the results were still unknown, with changing updates for days. In fact, we may never know the real winner, because of an invention by progressives to make elections “fairer.” This…
Senate Democrats Introduce Bill to Eliminate Voting Lines Longer Than 30 Minutes
Two Senate Democrats introduced a measure that would seek to ensure that voters don’t have to wait more than 30 minutes at polling locations. The proposed “People Over Long Lines Act,” or POLL, introduced by Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), would mandate the Election Assistance Commission to conduct audits to see how long…
Citizens Were Asked Who They Voted For by Unknown Individuals, Arizona Authorities
Several people in an Arizona county were recently approached by unknown individuals, who asked whether they voted in the 2020 election and, if they did, who they voted for, authorities say. The people who were approached said the unknown individuals identified themselves as volunteers for the Yavapai County Recorder’s Office. The people asked the unknown…
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