Detroit News:
Republicans are suing to stop Michigan’s new citizen redistricting commission before it begins, alleging the voter-approved amendment is “blatantly unconstitutional” and discriminates against participants based on political service or family ties.The federal lawsuit, filed Tuesday morning with the… Continue reading
The Hill:
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), under fire for blocking two election security bills, hit back on Monday comparing the attacks against him to “modern-day McCarthyism.”“I was called unpatriotic, un-American and essentially treasonous by a couple of left-wing… Continue reading
GPB:
Georgia has awarded a massive contract to replace its outdated touchscreen direct-recording electronic voting machines to a new company offering ballot-marking devices with a paper component.Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Monday that Dominion Voting Systems will be… Continue reading
Wisconsin Examiner:
Now Democrats and fair-maps advocates are worried that Republicans might make an end-run around Evers by means of a joint resolution, passing a new map through the Assembly and Senate. Because joint resolutions do not require the… Continue reading
WaPo:
Among New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker’s donors to his presidential campaign is a vice president of a leading pharmaceutical company. The senior vice president of Comcast who oversees the company’s lobbying efforts hosted a fundraiser for former vice… Continue reading
AL.com:
An all-white mayor and council still controls the city despite a population now being more than 50 percent black. No black person has ever been elected to any office. The city is fighting a voting rights lawsuit filed in… Continue reading
NYT:
Amid growing warnings about the security of American voting systems, many states are rushing to address vulnerabilities exposed by the 2016 election, even as intelligence officials worry they are fighting the last battle and are not sufficiently focused… Continue reading
ProPublica and Politico:
After recruiting thousands of donors for the American Conservative Union — the powerful organization behind the annual CPAC conference — a Republican political operative pushed the same contributors to give millions to a PAC that promised to… Continue reading