Tag Archives: Voting

Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York has signed a bill granting ex-prisoners automatic voting rights. According to NBC, the signing of S 830B into law would restore voting rights to an estimated 35,000 people. “Over the past several years, New York has been a national leader in the election and …

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a contentious voting bill into law on Thursday morning, joining a slew of other GOP-led states in tightening the screws on mail-in voting in the wake of Donald Trump’s false allegations of electoral fraud in 2020. The Florida Republican highlighted aspects of the bill …

On Thursday, Florida Republicans passed an election overhaul bill that will place voting restrictions in the critical battleground state. The bill is another way G.O.P state lawmakers seek to reduce voting access, the New York Times reported. Florida is now the first major swing state won by Donald Trump to …

Lil Yachty is not convinced that boycotting is going to change the new voting laws in Georgia. When TMZ caught up with Yachty leaving dinner at Delilah in WeHo and asked him his thoughts on companies pulling out of Georgia following their controversial voting laws, the Quality Control star said …

President Joe Biden has spoken on Georgia’s new voting law that GA Republican Governor Brian Kemp signed on Thursday. According to Reuters, Biden condemned the new bill on Friday, saying it is “a blatant attack on the Constitution and good conscience.” Georgia’s Republican-dominated legislature passed the bill that the President …

Dominion Voting Systems has sued Fox News for defamation, alleging that the network spread misleading allegations that the voting machine corporation was involved in voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election. The complaint filed Friday in Delaware claims that “Fox sold a false story of election fraud to serve its …

Georgia’s Republican Governor, Brian Kemp, has signed into law a Republican-sponsored bill that places restrictions on voting by mail and gives legislators more control over how elections are run. According to the Associated Press, on Thursday, Kemp signed the bill that Democrats and voting rights groups say would disproportionately disenfranchise …

The elections company Dominion Voting Systems filed a lawsuit Friday against Donald Trump’s former attorney, Sidney Powell. Powell is accused of being one of the loudest amplifiers spreading election fraud conspiracy narratives on the 2020 Presidential election, NPR reports. Dominion is suing Powell, an attorney who worked for the Trump …

A letter was sent to Sidney Powell, a former member of Trump’s legal team, from Dominion Voting Systems attorneys after requesting that she withdraw her claims that the voting machine corporation helped rig the 2020 election. The letter from Clare Locke, a law firm based in Alexandria, Va., warns Powell …

Senator Lindsey Graham denies claims of any wrongdoing after being accused by Georgia’s secretary of state for suggesting that he toss out legal absentee ballots. In an interview with the Washington Post, Brad Raffensperger alleged that during a conversation with Graham, the senator questioned him about the state’s signature-matching law. …

On Monday, the Justice Department’s top election crimes prosecutor resigned in protest after Attorney General William Barr told federal prosecutors that states should move to certify results in the next few weeks and that they should examine allegations of voting irregularities. Richard Pilger, the director of the elections crimes branch …

A State Court judge has sided in Trump’s favor, ruling that election observers on Trump’s behalf go in to observe vote counting more closely. Donald Trump and his campaign team have fought tooth and nail to stop counting votes in many battleground states; Pennsylvania is one. His team finally won …

On Wednesday, a group of Maricopa County voters filed a lawsuit to sue Democratic County recorder Adrian Fontes, the county Board of Supervisors, and others, Fox News reports. The suit alleges some of the county’s polling sites allowed voters to use Sharpie permanent markers on ballots, raising the concern that …

Nice try but no cookie. A recent attempt by a group of GOP advocates and candidates to throw out nearly 127,000 Harris County votes was rejected by the Texas Supreme Court. According to the Texas Tribune, Harris County had a drive-thru voting location that the group felt should be considered …

A 20-year old fighting bone cancer excitedly filled out her ballot last month, voting for the first time. Sadly, her vote won’t count on Election Day. A few days after Amber Pflughoeft mailed her ballot, her condition deteriorated. She went back into the hospital and passed away in late September.  …

On Tuesday, Oklahoma City Thunder star Chris Paul did his part for the upcoming presidential election by leading a march of 2,500 people to a North Carolina voting poll. According to ABC News, Paul and the massive group of voters marched to the early voting site located at the historically …

On Thursday, a Travis County judge ruled that Texas counties can now have multiple drop-off locations for hand delivery of absentee ballots after Gov. Greg Abbott’s tried to limit counties to one drop-off location. It still remains unclear if state District Judge Tim Sulak’s decision will lead to the reopening …

#SnoopDogg used his YouTube channel, ‘#SnoopDoggTV‘ to share a step-by-step guide for registering to vote. This is the first year that the rapper will be voting. “I ain’t never voted a day in my life, but this year I think I’m going to get out and vote because I can’t …

Former NBA star Shaquille O’Neil doesn’t want to be known as a hypocrite. Now that he’s involved in voting campaigns, he also wanted to do his part. At the age of 48, O’Neil just voted for the first time. On Wednesday, during his Podcast, “The Big Podcast With Shaq,” he …

On Friday, Colorado’s Secretary of State accused the USPS of sending inaccurate information regarding absentee voting in a postcard sent to all American households. Democrat Jena Griswold tweeted out against the mailing, calling the information “confusing.” “I just found out the @USPS is sending this postcard to every household and …