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New Jersey Polling Places Moved Due to Threats
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by Natalia Mittelstadt Several polling places in New Jersey were moved on Tuesday due to threats, according to the state attorney general. New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin (D) said in a statement, “Early this morning, law enforcement responded to threats that were received by email involving certain polling places in Bergen, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex,…
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California to Deploy Observers to Watch DOJ Poll Monitors During Election
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Tags :California, DOJ, Gavin Newsom, National, New Jersey, News, Pam Bondi, Politics, Proposition 50, White House
by Natalia Mittelstadt California will deploy its own observers to watch U.S. Department of Justice poll monitors during the state’s election next week, state Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta said. “They’re not going to be allowed to interfere in ways that the law prohibits,” Bonta said on Monday during a virtual news conference, NOTUS reported.…
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Texas Identifies over 2,000 Potential Noncitizens Who Were Registered to Vote in SAVE Database
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by Misty Severi Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson on Tuesday announced her office has completed its review of the state’s voter registration list against citizenship data in the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ SAVE database. Nelson said she has identified over 2,000 potential noncitizens, who possibly voted illegally in recent state elections. The list of…
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Inside McMahon’s Mission to Return Schools to the States, Dismantle the Federal Education Department
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Tags :Accreditation, charter schools, college sanctions, conservative education movement, Department of Education, Education, education policy, federal education reform, Harvard University, HBCUs, Higher Education, Ivy League, K-12 Education, Linda McMahon, Michigan education tour, National, News, Policy, Politics, private schools, Public Schools, scholarship tax credit, school choice, Secretary of Education, Tennessee, Title IX, Trump Administration
by Philip Wegmann Linda McMahon dotes on students from a distance as she tiptoes between classrooms, dipping in just long enough to observe a bit of the lesson, whisper questions to the principal, and give the teacher an encouraging word. Class is just too important to interrupt. Once back in the hallway, like a…
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DOJ Sues Six States over Voter Registration Lists, Citing Compliance with the Law
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Tags :California, Civil Rights Act of 1960, Department of Justice, DOJ, Election Lawsuits, Elections, federal election law, Harmeet Dhillon, Help America Vote Act, Justice, National, National Voter Registration Act, New Hampshire, New York, News, Pam Bondi, Policy, Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections, secretaries of state, Trump Administration, USCIS, voter registration, voter rolls
by Jason Hopkins The Trump administration sued six different states on Thursday for allegedly failing to provide voter registration data upon demand. The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed lawsuits against California, Minnesota, Michigan, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and New York for alleged failures to turn over statewide voter registration lists, according to a press release from the…
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South Carolina Supreme Court Allows State to Share Voter Data with Justice Department
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by Natalia Mittelstadt The South Carolina Supreme Court is allowing the state to share voter data with the Justice Department after a lower court prevented it from doing so. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon posted on X on Thursday, “BIG WIN—SC Supreme Court reverses judge’s ruling denying @TheJusticeDept’s @CivilRights access to voter rolls. Clean voter rolls for the win!”…
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Judge Dismisses Cases Against 2020 Michigan Alternate Electors
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by Natalia Mittelstadt A judge on Tuesday dismissed the cases against Michigan alternate electors for the 2020 presidential election. Prosecutors had alleged that the electors were involved in efforts to overturn former President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win in the state, NBC News reported. “These cases will not be bound over to the circuit court,”…
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Trump Admin Drops Voter Roll Lawsuit After Reaching Settlement with North Carolina
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by Jason Hopkins The Trump administration dropped a lawsuit against North Carolina after successfully pushing state officials to clean up their voter rolls. Federal prosecutors settled with the North Carolina State Board of Elections after accusing state officials in May of failing to maintain a voter registration list compliant with federal laws, according to court…
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PBS Cuts 15 Percent of Its Staff
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by Nicole Silverio The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is cutting 15% of its staff and eliminating 100 positions as a result of President Donald Trump’s rescissions package that cut $500 million in annual funding for the network. Trump’s rescissions package, which passed in July, slashed $9 billion in previously appropriated funding toward PBS, NPR…











