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The voting rights manifesto: a state-by-state plan to defend democracy

Vox - ‎5 hours ago‎
President-elect Donald Trump is using his bully pulpit to falsely allege that millions of ballots were cast illegally and to suggest that early voting should be cut down. Under his leadership, politicians with records of aggressively curtailing voting ...
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Sore Loser Celebrities Beg Electors to Vote Against Trump

Breitbart News - ‎4 hours ago‎
A group of Hollywood celebrities are calling on Republican electors in the Electoral College to disregard their states' voting results and deny Donald Trump the presidency when the group casts their official ballots on December 19. In a star-studded ...

France Diplomatie - French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development

France Diplomatie (press release) - ‎4 hours ago‎
We want to remind French nationals abroad that they can vote abroad in the 2017 elections. The deadline for voter registration is December 31, 2016.
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Lindsey Graham: I'd have a hard time voting for Tillerson unless he blames Russia for the hacking and supports new ...

Hot Air - ‎1 hour ago‎
If Graham feels this way then presumably McCain feels this way too, which means Tillerson would start the confirmation process with just 50 votes - the bare minimum he'd need for confirmation, assuming he even makes it through committee. Although that ...

Advisory group recommends voting against Fully Contained Communities

goskagit.com - ‎4 hours ago‎
The advisory vote for the increase, and the 8,500 number, comes from a proposal for a Fully Contained Community north of Burlington called Avalon.

Alaska woman sues to block electors from voting for Trump

Minneapolis Star Tribune - ‎1 hour ago‎
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A Hillary Clinton supporter has sued Alaska's three electoral college voters, trying to prevent them from casting votes for President-elect Donald Trump. Janice Park claims in her civil lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in ...

Woman sues to block electors from voting for Trump

Arkansas Online - ‎37 minutes ago‎
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A Hillary Clinton supporter from Anchorage is suing Alaska's three members of the Electoral College, claiming their anticipated votes for President-elect Donald Trump next Monday will violate her constitutional rights. Janice Park ...

Members voting on White Manor's sale, sources say

The Delaware County Daily Times - ‎8 hours ago‎
“As you know, our Special Bond Holder Vote to approve the proposed by-laws amendments and the Asset Purchase Agreement will be held this Friday, December 16th at 7:30 p.m.
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Romania elects a party led by a vote-rigger

The Economist - ‎6 hours ago‎
THE centre-left Social Democratic Party (PSD) entered Romania's parliamentary election on December 11th with what, in most countries, would be considered a handicap.
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Oscar Voting 101: Academy Secrets and Confusion Explained

Variety - ‎Dec 13, 2016‎
Oscar voting runs Jan. 5-13, and nominations will be announced Jan. 24. Some AMPAS choices (e.g., surprises and omissions) will undoubtedly be criticized in the coming months, which is fine, but criticism should be based on fact.
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Augusta County to upgrade voting equipment - The News Leader

Staunton News Leader - ‎18 hours ago‎
VERONA - Augusta County will be shifting to paper scanned ballots moving forward after the Board of Supervisors voted to authorize the new equipment ...
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Stein Ends Recount Bid, but Says It Revealed Flaws in Voting System

New York Times - ‎Dec 13, 2016‎
“We do not have a voting system we can trust,” Ms. Stein said on Tuesday. Credit Sam Hodgson for The New York Times. Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate, on Tuesday closed her long-shot bid to recount the votes in three battleground ...

New study: Voting barriers "suppressed" nonwhite and young voters in the 2016 election

Mic - ‎Dec 14, 2016‎
Plenty of young Americans chose not to vote in the November election that made Donald Trump their next president. Those who sought to cast ballots, though, faced high hurdles, a new study found.

Editorial counterpoint: Ranked voting is the rankest way to vote

Minneapolis Star Tribune - ‎19 hours ago‎
Brian Peterson • Star Tribune The ranked-choice voting system has made casting a ballot needlessly convoluted and has resulted in a sure-fire incumbency-protection scheme, argues Shawn Towle, executive director of St. Paul Votes Smarter.

South Hadley, Monson had highest percentage of early voting in Western Massachusetts

MassLive.com - ‎Dec 14, 2016‎
SOUTH HADLEY -- With 35.77 percent of the town's 11,298 registered voters casting ballots prior to the Nov. 8 election, South Hadley logged the highest participation rate in the Pioneer Valley for the state's new early voting option. The town was ...

1.7 million people in 33 states and D.C. cast a ballot without voting ...

Washington Post - ‎Dec 14, 2016‎
In every election, there are people who go to the polls to cast a ballot but who don't vote in every race. Usually, those "undervotes," as they're called, happen ...

4 stands as decisive voting number for Barre council

Barre Montpelier Times Argus - ‎11 hours ago‎
Twombly wasn't holding back; he simply wasn't asked for his opinion until Wednesday morning, three weeks after Lauzon unilaterally concluded there was no justification for the council's longstanding practice of requiring four affirmative votes to take ...

Sean Hassan, Julie Ann Nitsch leading after early voting for ACC ...

Austin American-Statesman - ‎Dec 13, 2016‎
Sean Hassan and Julie Ann Nitsch held fairly comfortable leads based on partial results in runoff vo...

A non-partisan way forward on DC voting rights

Washington Post (blog) - ‎Dec 13, 2016‎
In a recent opinion piece here, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) argued that District voters should not “get sidetracked by bewilderment and disappointment in the national election” in seeking full budget authority and voting rights. Yet, Norton ...
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