For nearly a year, TPM has published a weekly newsletter focused on voting rights and Republicans' attacks on the election system. It's called The Franchise. Here's why now is an *especially* good time to start following voting rights news 🧵
In Ohio, Republicans are sabotaging the redistricting process in order to get Trump-appointed federal judges to let them use district maps that the state’s Supreme Court said were illegal. And it’s working! talkingpointsmemo.com/news/ohio-repu…
In Wisconsin, Trump basically bullied a top-ranking Republican into giving even more time and money to a partisan election "investigator" who's suggested decertifying the last election - while endorsing GOP candidates and hanging with Trump at Mar-a-Lago. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/under-pre…
In Arizona, Republicans passed a proof-of-citizenship requirement in order to register to vote, threatening the rights of thousands of people despite a 2013 Supreme Court ruling against basically the same law. Will the current court stick with precedent? talkingpointsmemo.com/news/arizona-i…
In Florida, Republicans let Gov. Ron DeSantis draw a congressional map that eliminated a plurality-Black district, and may serve as a legal vehicle to challenge the state’s anti-gerrymandering amendments. The case could have a nationwide ripple effect. talkingpointsmemo.com/prime/has-ron-…
Across the country, elected Republicans & others are physically breaking into voting machines that we use to count votes. Sensitive leaked data is making machines more vulnerable, and also providing false "evidence" of Trump's lies about the last election. bit.ly/3vGrWil
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One of the women who had anonymously accused GOP Nebraska gubernatorial candidate Charles Herbster of groping her has now identified herself publicly: Elizabeth Todsen, a former political aide, was among eight women who originally alleged last month that Herbster groped them.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) led a delegation of House lawmakers to Kyiv, Ukraine on Saturday to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a trip that was kept secret until she announced the visit afterward on Sunday.