“This lawsuit is the first step of many we are taking to ensure that all eligible voters can cast a vote; that all lawful votes are counted; and that every voter has access to accurate information,” said Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday. The DOJ is challenging Georgia’s state Senate …
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Dubbed the ‘For the People Act,’ the huge 800-page legislation fell short of 60 votes needed to advance to a floor debate on Tuesday, seeing a 50-50 split evenly along party lines, with Republicans voting unanimously to block the bill. Designed to overhaul election rules in states across the country, …
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Senate Bill 7 (SB7) would enact a major overhaul of the electoral process in Texas. Written along lines not unlike those of similar bills passed in Georgia and Florida, it became a focal point for partisan clashes on the state and federal levels. Republicans said the reform was meant to …
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In a joint statement, the actor and director added their voices to others who have slammed the new law as racist. “At this moment in time, the nation is coming to terms with its history and is attempting to eliminate vestiges of institutional racism to achieve true racial justice,” the …
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In a piece first titled, ‘3 ways companies can help fight Georgia’s restrictive new voting law,’ the network broke down things activists are “asking for” from companies looking to push back against Georgia’s new law. The headline and a subsequent tweet saying the same thing, however, appeared to show the …
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The voting machine firm filed its lawsuit in a Delaware court on Friday, asking for more than $1 billion in damages over what it called “reckless” and defamatory fraud allegations that led to “enormous and irreparable economic harm” and even death threats to employees. “Fox, one of the most powerful …
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McConnell (R-Kentucky) was among the 43 GOP senators who voted on Saturday to acquit Trump in the former president’s second impeachment trial, leaving Democrats 10 votes short of the two-third majority that was constitutionally required for conviction. But McConnell then gave a speech blaming Trump as “practically and morally responsible” …
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The Louisiana GOP’s executive committee announced its censure of Cassidy just hours after the Senate vote. Trump was acquitted because House impeachment managers failed to win the two-thirds Senate majority needed to convict, but Cassidy was among seven Republicans who agreed with the prosecution’s argument that the former president incited …
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Greene (R-Georgia) tweeted on Friday that she was excited to back the “Voter Integrity Protection Act,” a proposal by her colleague Andy Biggs (R-Arizona) that would make it an aggravated felony for an illegal alien to vote in federal elections. She also announced joining Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) in backing …
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The defamation lawsuit, which was filed on Thursday in New York state court in Manhattan, seeks $2.7 billion in damages. In addition to Fox and the two lawyers, Smartmatic names Fox hosts Lou Dobbs, Jeanine Pirro and Maria Bartiromo as defendants, saying they falsely claimed that the company’s technology was …
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