Thread by @Taniel

Somehow, it's already the end of our second week at @boltsmag, and it's all still too new & dreamlike — so I'm going to do another thread of our stories out this week for you to catch up if you've missed on. ↓↓

https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/1492286535550517250

1️⃣ Is one of the nation's main capital punishment strongholds in for a reckoning? A DA candidate in Las Vegas told @SamMellins for the first time that he'd never seek the death penalty if elected. Probably the biggest election for death penalty this year. boltsmag.org/nevada-da-cand…

2️⃣ Last year, @celeste_trusty was advocating to lower incarceration in Pennsylvania. Last month, she became the secretary of the state's Board of Pardons, appointed by @JohnFetterman. And she vows to continue pushing to broaden clemency. A powerful Q&A: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania-p…

3️⃣ Oregon casts itself as a voting right pioneer, but it won't be catching up to Maine, Vermont, and D.C. this year: Legislation to abolish felony disenfranchisement there won't pass this year -- but the debates @alex_zee reports on are very interesting. boltsmag.org/prison-voting-…

4️⃣ This is 🥴 : "Stop the Steal" activists are trying to oust a powerful judge in TX on March 1. That judge... wouldn't even say who won the 2020 election when @michaelsbarajas asked him, but he's not enough for the right.

A big one to watch in 10 days: boltsmag.org/stop-the-steal…

5️⃣ Yesterday there was a starting voting rights implosion in New Mexico that derailed rights restoration, automatic registration, & protection for Native voters.

Boosting voting rights has to mean looking at what's going awry in those state battles: boltsmag.org/voting-rights-…

Next week is the final stretch before the Texas primary, so we'll be focused on the state! And we have utmost Texas expert @michaelsbarajas to guide this!

AND... stay tuned for the big return of What's on the Ballot: its first cheat sheet since it joined @Boltsmag!

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