On June 3, Business Forward President Jim Doyle and Spitfire Strategies Director Annabelle Gardner hosted a media training session on best practices when speaking to the media about the anti-corruption and voting rights provisions of the For the People Act. They also
— by Stephen Wolf and edited by David Nir. Daily Kos Elections Voting Rights Roundup email In May, Donald Trump created a “Voting Integrity Commission” that we knew was purely a pretext to promote voter suppression nationwide. Now this panel has launched its
The process of re-drawing district lines to give an advantage to one party over another is called “gerrymandering”. Here’s how it works. (Daron Taylor/The Washington Post) Read more here: How to steal an election: a visual guide
— Author Unknown Several of my friends on the right side of the spectrum have said that we should “work together” with the president and the Republican majority because they won the election and Trump is now “everyone’s president.” This is my
House Committee also voted to abolish public financing for presidential elections — by Lauren McCauley, staff writer at Common Dreams Amid national outrage over possible foreign interference in the 2016 election and President Donald Trump’s own lies about so-called voter fraud, House Republicans on
Buckle up folks, we’re screwed… On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the DOJ’s Violence Against Women programs. On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the National Endowment for the Arts. the
The Senate minority leader, Harry Reid, sent a letter on Monday to the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey Jr., expressing concern that Russia was trying to influence the presidential election and requesting that the F.B.I. open an investigation. [embeddoc url=”http://www.humboldtdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Reid-Letter-to-Comey.pdf” download=”all”]
Supreme Court to decide if states should be required to draw legislative districts based on eligible voters or total populations — by Nadia Prupis, CommonDreams staff writer The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday heard a case on redistricting that could have a
Three bills that threaten OUR rights to vote were introduced this month at the Nevada Legislature. They are unwarranted legislation in search of a problem that doesn’t exist. We cannot let them become law! SB 169, AB 253, and AB 266 require voters
— by Roberta Lange, NVDems Chair The first hearing on one of legislative Republicans’ Voter ID bills just started in the Assembly Legislative Operations and Elections Committee. This bill is the latest attempt by Republicans to make it harder for you to
