AL Political Reporter: “Alabama Republicans are again trying to make it harder for elderly and Black citizens to vote.  A new pre-filed bill would again place criminal restrictions on providing assistance to absentee voters, including elderly voters. Specifically, the bill makes it a Class A misdemeanor to request or provide an absentee ballot application for…

Political Wire: “Democrats knew the carnage was coming, but their outrage is still palpable: on Wednesday, North Carolina GOP state legislators released two different draft congressional maps that would gut Democrats’ representation in the Tar Heel State.” “The brutal gerrymanders would transform the current 7D-7R delegation into as lopsided as an 11R-3D breakdown, giving Republicans…

Slate: “On Thursday, Sidney Powell pleaded guilty to misdemeanor election interference charges in Fulton County, Georgia, becoming the highest-level figure to admit guilt in the vast conspiracy to try to overturn the 2020 election. To put it more colloquially, Powell flipped. This is awful news for Donald Trump, as Powell also immediately becomes the highest-level known…

Slate: “The morning after Louisiana GOP gubernatorial candidate Jeff Landry claimed victory in a lopsided race where he avoided a runoff, tenured LSU professor Robert Mann knew he had to quit his job. He submitted his resignation to his dean and announced it on social media. “My reasons are simple: The person who will be…

Reuters: “The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday opted not to intervene in a legal fight over Louisiana’s disputed map of its six congressional districts, potentially delaying the adoption of one to replace a Republican-crafted version that a judge found unlawfully diluted the clout of Black voters. The Black voters and civil rights activists who challenged…

Political Wire: “Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s (R) son “has been sentenced to eight days in jail” for “possession of a controlled substance and driving while intoxicated,” KHBS reports.”

NC Newsline: “A meeting in Chapel Hill last weekend of a grassroots group called Parent Advocates for Adult Children with I/DD centered on the frustrating shortage of direct care workers. Direct care work doesn’t pay much. And it is employment without a career path. “I’ve seen low-paid people who have put their heart and soul in…

AL Political Reporter: “The SPLC Action Fund and its affiliate, the  New Southern Majority federal independent expenditure (IE) PAC, announced an investment of more than $300,000 and a mobilization effort in the election contest for Alabama’s newly formed congressional district.   A federal appeals court recently released a new congressional map featuring a redrawn second…

Popular Information: “Last week, Jonathan Stickland — president of the far-right Defend Texas Liberty PAC and a former state representative — met with notorious white supremacist Nick Fuentes and other right-wing extremists. The meeting, first reported by the Texas Tribune, lasted “for several hours” at the headquarters of Pale Horse Strategies, a political consulting group owned by…

Political Wire: “Top North Carolina Republicans opposed to Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) are rallying around Bill Graham, an attorney and wealthy businessman expected to enter the 2024 gubernatorial race Wednesday,” The Dispatch reports. “Republican insiders in North Carolina worry Robinson has too much baggage to win a high-profile contest in a battleground state that has seen…