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#DOJ sues #Alabama over program aimed at removing #voters
Federal prosecutors said the state’s efforts to strike more than 3,200 people from voting rolls was done too close to November’s election.
#law #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VoteBlue
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/09/27/justice-department-alabama-lawsuit-voting/
Justice Dept. sues Alabama over program aimed at removing voters
Federal prosecutors said Alabama’s efforts to strike more than 3,200 people from voting rolls was done too close to November’s election.David Nakamura (The Washington Post)
Just another idiot #Republican who somehow managed to fail upward into elected office 100% breaking the #law:
A #Wisconsin mayor took issue w/a #Ballot #DropBox decision, so he just took it.
#DougDiny, the Republican mayor of #Wausau, WI, was working on Sun when he saw a ballot drop box outside City Hall, where it had been placed under orders of the city clerk.
#ElectionLaw #idiocracy #VoteBlue
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/us/politics/wisconsin-mayor-ballot-box.html?smid=url-share
Critics included #democracy advocates who accused the board of intentionally injecting #chaos & uncertainty into the presidential contest as well as #election supervisors & poll workers who said hand counts would take too long, cost money & almost certainly produce counting errors.
The board voted 3-2 to approve the measure, which would require the #HandCount in addition to the customary machine count in each precinct.
The rule requires the #HandCount to take place the night of the November #election or the next day. But dozens of election officials said that would be physically impossible in all but the smallest counties. Many also said in public comments Friday that it is far too late in the year to adopt new procedures for which their staffs have not been trained & for which they have no funds.
Inane
Pro-#Trump #Georgia #election board votes to require hand counts of ballots
Critics plan to sue, saying the new requirement would almost certainly lead to errors & could disrupt the process of #certifying the #vote in a crucial battleground state.
#law #ElectionLaw #VoteBlue
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/20/trump-georgia-election-board-hand-count-ballots/
Pro-Trump Georgia election board votes to require hand counts of ballots
Critics plan to sue, saying the new requirement would almost certainly lead to errors and could disrupt the process of certifying the vote in a crucial battleground state.Amy Gardner (The Washington Post)
Court may decide if Arizonans w/missing citizenship records can vote in STATE [NOT Federal — federal law requires citizenship] races
#Arizona ofcls discovered they have no records showing if nearly 100k longtime residents provided proof of #citizenship, which is required by #law to #vote in state & local races.
#election #ElectionLaw
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/17/arizona-noncitizen-voters/
Court may decide if Arizonans with missing citizenship records can vote in state races
Arizona officials discovered they have no records showing if nearly 100,000 longtime residents provided proof of citizenship, which is required by law to vote in state and local races.Yvonne Wingett Sanchez (The Washington Post)
