Video of the event will be available by April 29. Over 20 candidates vying for seats in local, state and national offices participated in BenitoLink’s 2022 Primary Election Forum on April 19 at the Granada Theater in Hollister. About 170 people attended the two-hour event. Candidates for Congress, secretary of […]
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Fighting Trump, Dems launch plan to elect thousands of local election supervisors
“Election subversion in 2024 is not going to be a mob storming the Capitol, it’s going to be a county clerk in Michigan or a supervisor of elections in Florida who decides to fuck the whole thing up,” Litman said. “The only way to make long-term democracy protection is by […]
Illegal immigration to be a focus of special election in Texas’ 34th Congressional District at the southern border | Texas
(The Center Square) – Illegal immigration will be a key issue in an emergency special election scheduled to fill the 34th Congressional District seat vacated by U.S. Rep. Filemon B. Vela, a Democrat who resigned last week. Gov. Greg Abbott set June 14 as the date for the special election […]
Judge says Trump “likely” committed crimes in attempt to overturn 2020 election : NPR
Then-President Donald Trump speaks to supporters near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021. Hundreds of Trump supporters later stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to disrupt the certification of President Biden’s victory. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Then-President Donald […]
States Want to Boost Protections for Threatened Local Election Officials
From her second-floor office window in Medford, Oregon, elections administrator Chris Walker vividly remembers reading the unsettling words painted in big white letters on the parking lot below in late November 2020: “Vote don’t work. Next time bullets.” Her heart sank, she recalls, wondering whether or when the threat would […]
Jan. 6 committee says Trump violated multiple laws in effort to overturn election
Characterizing excerpts of nearly a dozen depositions from top aides to Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence, the committee described a president who had been informed repeatedly that he lost the election and that his claims of fraud were unfounded — only to reject them and continue to mislead […]
Conspiracy charges possible for filing bogus Trump election slates, experts say
The Justice Department could pursue criminal charges related to the filing of Electoral College votes for Donald Trump from states that actually voted for Joe Biden in 2020, according to several experts on election law. Certificates purporting to be from Trump electors were sent to Washington by Republicans in seven […]
Clash over election rules pits civil-rights groups vs. state, national Republicans
In a voting-rights case that will have national ramifications, Florida’s Republican Governor, top members of his administration, and two Republican national committees will convene in federal court Monday to defend Florida’s 2021 election law changes against state, national, and local plaintiffs who say the laws suppress voting by Black voters, […]
Election Deniers Are Running for Secretary of State Across the Country
The significance of the America First coalition’s parallel efforts can be seen clearly in Arizona, where the slate’s candidate is Mark Finchem, a former firefighter and real estate agent who has served in the state House since 2015 and has become the leading Republican contender for secretary of state. He […]
Japan will not seek immigration law amendment before summer election
The government of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is unlikely to submit a bill to amend rules on how to accommodate foreigners facing deportation to a parliament session starting later this month for fear of a public backlash before the upper house election in the summer, government sources said Sunday. […]