Political Wire: “More than half a million people in Georgia who didn’t vote in the presidential election four years ago cast a ballot this month during early voting,” the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. These voters “include new residents, Georgians who weren’t old enough to vote four years ago, as well as residents who have moved back after a time…
Month: November 2024
“Supreme Court’s Conservative Justices Leave in Place VA’s Purge of Voter Registrations”
AP: “The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Wednesday left in place Virginia’s purge of voter registrations that the state says is aimed at stopping people who are not U.S. citizens from voting. One Virginian, whose registration was canceled despite living in the state her entire life, called the purge “a very bad October surprise.” The high court, over…
“Raffensperger Allies Create Group to Fight Election Interference”
NY Times: “When Brad Raffensperger, the Republican secretary of state in Georgia, had to pay more than half a million dollars from his own pocket to defend himself in a frivolous lawsuit about the 2020 election, he and his allies had a sudden fear. What if this happened to a local official? What if that threat of…
Gun Death Rates in MS Are Twice as High as Haiti as America’s Stats Look Like War Zones
WaPo: “The rate of firearms deaths in several U.S. states is similar to their frequency in places around the world that are battling civil unrest or bloody gang wars, a new report shows. The report, published Wednesday by the Commonwealth Fund, an independent research group, found that theoverall rate of firearms deaths in Mississippi was nearly…
“Why North Carolina Stays Stubbornly Red”
Politico: “It’s a tale about the rebirth in local manufacturing in this region, but it’s also the story of the Republican Party’s electoral resilience in North Carolina. Rural and exurban places like Davidson County may not be growing as fast as Charlotte’s Mecklenburg County and Raleigh’s Wake County, the two metropolitan engines of the state’s…