Navalny’s team posted on its Telegram account what it said was a notice from the US-based tech giant, informing them about a complaint from the Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor (RKN). The complaint said materials hosted on Google servers were in breach of Russian law, according to the screenshot. Unless the …
Read More »Apple & Google delete Navalny’s ‘Smart Voting’ app after top Russian officials accuse US tech giants of ‘election interference’
The opposition figure’s team confirmed on Friday that the ‘Smart Voting’ platform had been taken down from both Apple’s AppStore and Google Play services after the country’s media regulator, Roskomnadzor, called on the American tech firms to implement a government-ordered block. Officials had previously threatened the US firms with hefty …
Read More »‘Easier to vote, harder to cheat’: Texas Gov. Abbott signs voting integrity law that sparked Democratic exodus
Abbott, a Republican, announced the passage of the Election Integrity Protection Act of 2021 alongside Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and two Republican state senators on Tuesday. The bill “ensures that every eligible voter will have the opportunity to vote” by expanding the number of hours polling places stay open, “fixes …
Read More »Merkel warns Germans against voting for left-wing government in last speech to parliament as election nears
In the Tuesday speech, Merkel warned Germans against voting for the center-left Social Democrats party (SPD), ahead of the upcoming general election, which will be held on September 26. Merkel said the choice was one between a “moderate” government or one with the SPD and the Green Party, which she …
Read More »Texas passes voting bill that Democrats sought to block by fleeing the state to Washington
On Tuesday, Governor Greg Abbott hailed the passage of Senate Bill 1 in the emergency session of the state legislature and said it was now on its way to his desk for signature. The law will “solidify trust and confidence in the outcome of our elections,” said Abbott, thanking its …
Read More »Bolsonaro fails in bid to change voting system & mandate paper ballots in Brazil’s elections
On Tuesday evening, 229 out of 519 members of the lower house of Congress voted in favor of Bolsonaro’s proposed constitutional amendment. The proposed reform – which Bolsonaro sought to change from an electronic system to one with a paper trail – needed a three-fifths majority of 308 to pass. …
Read More »3 Texas Democrats who fled Texas for DC to protest voting bill test positive for Covid-19
Texas House Democratic Caucus Leadership announced that one of their members found out they tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday evening, and two others received positive tests on Saturday. They will now be required to isolate for 10 days and then be retested. All of those infected have been vaccinated. …
Read More »Biden calls Republican voting laws ‘assault’ on America, demands Congress pass Democrat proposals to federalize US elections
Making an appearance in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Biden condemned the election integrity laws enacted by a number of Republican-majority states this year as “vicious” and “odious” attempts at voter suppression and intimidation, taking “literally pernicious” forms. “There’s an unfolding assault taking place in America today, an attempt to suppress …
Read More »Postal voting on demand is an affront to British democracy and George Galloway may be about to shine a light on it
Following Labour’s surprise victory in the Batley and Spen by-election, Sir Keir Starmer, the party leader, declared that “Labour is back.” It seems a somewhat strange assertion, considering that his party’s majority had been cut from over 3,000 to 323 during the by-election. It also might be a little premature, …
Read More »Supreme Court upholds controversial Arizona voting measures, says they’re not racially discriminatory
Arizona’s Republican-backed new rules are aimed at combating ballot harvesting and fraud by requiring voters to submit provisional ballots to the correct precinct based on the voter’s location – and require those cast in the wrong precinct to be discarded. The rules also prevent voters from submitting ballots belonging to …
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