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Virginia Republicans seek to block governor's voting rights restoration
Written by Ian Simpson | Yahoo News
Virginia Republican leaders said they will file a contempt motion on Wednesday against Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe over his efforts to restore voting rights to about 206,000 felons.
Voting machines are critically vulnerable
Written by Mark Rockwell | FCW.com
Voting machines are nothing more than "stripped-down computers using outdated operating systems possessing every conceivable vulnerability that a device can have," the report states.
According to the authors, a hack would not have to affect a wide range of systems. Targeting only a few systems in a swing state could be enough to alter the outcome of a national election.
HR 5131- The VOTE Act (Verifying Optimal Tools for Elections Act)
Written by Andrea Miller
HR 5131 amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to make improvements to voting system technology, election official training, and protecting voting system source code. This bill amends the Help Vote Act of 2002 to direct the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to make a payment to each eligible state in which a precinct used at least one outdated voting machine to administer the regularly scheduled federal general election held in November 2012 There is no companion bill in the Senate.. Cosponsors
Keep Politics Out of Virginia Voting Rights Restoration
Written by Tomas Lopez and Kwame Akosa | Common Dreams
On Tuesday the Virginia Supreme Court heard arguments in a suit challenging Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s (D) April order that restored voting rights to 200,000 Virginians with past felony convictions. While the court proceedings will stick to legal arguments, the public debate has been needlessly rancorous and partisan.
Use it or lose it: Occasional Ohio voters may be shut out in November
Written by Andy Sullivan and Grant Smith | Reuters
When Larry Harmon tried to vote on a marijuana initiative in November in his hometown of Kent, Ohio, the 59-year-old software engineer found his name had been struck from the voter rolls.
Two hours south in Zanesville, restaurant worker Chris Conrad, 37, was also told he was no longer registered.
Both men later found out why: they had not voted often enough.
In Virginia, the race is on to register 200,000 former felons
Written by Jeanna Portnoy | The Washington Post
Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s decision to restore the voting rights of more than 200,000 felons has set off a frenzied effort by advocacy groups to register them in the hope they can swing not just the presidential election but also state politics for the next decade.
Virginia governor signs order restoring voting rights for felons
Written by Writing by Frank McGurty; Editing by Andrea Ricci | Reuters
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signed an order on Friday restoring the voting rights of more than 200,000 convicted felons who have completed their sentences in a move that could help the Democratic nominee in November's presidential election.
This Upcoming Primary State Just Closed 66% of Polling Places
Written by Nathan Wellman | US Uncut
The Rhode Island Board of Elections has announced that it will open only 144 of Rhode Island’s available 419 polling locations for the upcoming April 26 presidential primary. Officials are reducing the number of sites by two-thirds in an effort to cut costs, according to WPRI.
De Blasio Demands Explanation, as Decline in Registered Brooklyn Democrats Doubles
Written by Brigid Bergin | WNYC
Mayor Bill de Blasio has ordered the New York City Board of Elections to investigate why more than 63,000 registered Democrats were dropped from the voting rolls since last fall.
60,000 Fewer Democrats in Brooklyn and No Clear Reason Why
Written by Brigid Bergin and Jenny Ye | WYNC News
The county of Kings is playing an outsized role in New York State’s presidential primary race — particularly among Democrats. As the birthplace of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, Brooklyn figures into nearly every one of his stump speeches. It’s also where former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has based her national campaign headquarters.
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Why Can't the Nation & the Left Deal With Election Theft?
Written by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman, Reader Supported News
There are two things we all need to know about the upcoming 2016 election:
Wisconsin Photo ID Law Leads to Long Lines
Written by Brennan Center for Justice | Common DreamsConfusion over Wisconsin’s strict new photo ID law contributed to hour-long lines and other challenges for voters in yesterday’s primary, according to widespread media reports.
The U.S. election system—and the democracy it was formed to protect—are under siege. If we want to save the promise of “government by the people” we need to do something—and fast.
In case you missed the memo, here’s where we are: U.S. public policy and most of our legislation no longer serve the people. That’s because U.S. politics is dominated by Big Money. Social and environmental progress is being blocked by elected officials who cater to big donors and the corporate-backed special interest groups who control re-election funds.
Thousands March in North Carolina to Protest Voter Suppression
Written by Ari Berman | The Nation
Eighty-six-year-old Reba Bowser has been voting since the Eisenhower era. After moving from New Hampshire to North Carolina last year, she went with her son on February 8 to get a government-issued photo ID that will allow her to vote in the state under a new law beginning in the March primary.
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Trump administration's voter suppression attempts ahead of midterms are not only 'morally wrong,' they're illegal +
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How about some good news? Kansas Democratic Representative advances bill for Native Peoples. +
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Democrats Just Won a Major Victory in Virginia +
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Repealing the Jim Crow law that keeps 1.5 million Floridians from voting. +
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Statement of Lori Wallach, Director, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch on the Demise of the Trans-Pacific Partnership in the Lame-Duck Session of Congress +
The news that the White House and Republican congressional leaders have given up on passing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is… Read More
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No, Trump Didn’t Kill the TPP — Progressives Did +
If you read the headlines, Donald Trump’s election has killed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The headlines have it wrong. Read More
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"It's About Letting Giant Corporations Rig the Rules": Warren Skewers TPP +
Democratic senator from Massachusetts offers fresh criticism of trade deal in new video Read More
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WTO Authorizes Over $1 Billion in Sanctions Unless U.S. Guts Popular Country-of-Origin Meat Labels, Disproving Obama Claim That Trade Pacts Can’t Undermine Public Interest Policies +
Today’s World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling against the U.S. country-of-origin meat labels (COOL) that consumers rely on to make informed… Read More
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Trans-Pacific Partnership: Exporting U.S. Meat, Dairy, and Disease +
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Protesting Big Pharma 'Death Sentence,' Cancer Patient Arrested Outside TPP Talks +
'For thousands of women to die unnecessary of breast cancer because of the TPP is a horrible, cruel, premeditated, and… Read More
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Obama trade agenda inches toward passage with Senate vote on ‘fast track’ +
A razor-thin Senate vote Tuesday put President Obama on the cusp of claiming victory for his ambitious international trade agenda,… Read More
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Fast Track Down +
The Fast Track trade authority package was rejected Friday because two years of effort by a vast corporate coalition, the… Read More
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Shock: Congress Plots to Pay for Reviled TPP Deal by Raiding Medicare +
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Put Trade in the Spotlight
CWA devised a simple plan for which they were united suited: drag TPP out of the shadows and into the light - one city at a time - using a medium they understand intimately: Daily Newspapers!
Two CWA members - Dave Felice in Denver, CO and Madelyn Elder in Portland, OR have started the ball rolling. We just need to keep up the momentum.
