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If passed, the measure would establish a public development authority to manage renter-governed and permanently affordable housing.

The initiative The initiative’s language says housing units will be for a range of incomes and won’t be constrained by federal rules in determining who qualifies. [gathered enough signatures ](https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/homeless/compassion-seattle-homelessness-initiative-qualifies-for-november-ballot-but-still-needs-city-council-approval/)to qualify for last year’s November ballot but was [struck down ](https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/homeless/compassion-seattle-will-not-appear-on-november-ballot-court-of-appeals-rules/)by Washington state’s Court of Appeals. [confirmed in August](https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/homeless/i-35-seattle-social-housing-initiative-has-enough-signatures-for-2023-ballot/) that the effort, known as “social housing,” had gathered enough signatures to qualify for the February special election. The city would be required to fund the salary and benefits of a chief executive officer and chief financial officer for the first 18 months, and to conduct a feasibility study whenever considering the sale or gift of public land, according to a legislative report. [establish a public developer](https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/homeless/new-ballot-initiative-wants-to-create-social-housing-in-seattle/) to create permanently affordable housing.

The Hamilton County Board of Elections gets questions from the public about the 2020 election and election security every day, even almost two years later.

As of Tuesday morning, 50 days out from the election, the Hamilton County Board of Elections has received 37,896 requests for absentee ballots. 12 in the early voting center at the Hamilton County Board of Elections. So the Hamilton County Board of Elections has banned them. Four rooms at the board of elections require both a Republican and a Democrat to use their passkey to enter. Without the cards of both a Democrat or a Republican, the rooms stay locked. A fleet of 26 trucks delivers the voting equipment from the polling locations to the board of elections to be tabulated. Elections officials want to drill into the public's consciousness that both Republicans and Democrats share equal oversight. So they must take a thumb drive to another computer in the building to upload the results for the public to see. "There are two common themes that we receive, distrust of the voting machines, and the other seeking reproduction of all of the documents created in the 2020 election," Linser said. An election official can't upload the results to the web from the counting room. Voting machines cannot access the internet, elections officials said. In the past two weeks, they have averaged about three a day, he said.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — County clerks in Oregon are inundated with public records requests stemming from “the big lie” that the 2020 election was stolen, even while ...

The last day to print and mail ballots to military and overseas voters is Saturday. Oregon was the first state to institute vote-by-mail, in which ballots are mailed to voters who can return them either by mail or at official, secured, drop-off boxes. Several county clerks are retiring in the next year or so, representing over a century of combined elections experience, Fagan said. “These are sort of copy-and-paste records request that we’re being flooded with,” she said. These days, there have also been calls for hand-counts, voting system certification and attempts to undermine trust in drop-off ballot boxes. "The lie is still impacting the operations of our elections workers, nearly two years later.”

Local elections officials aren't seeing any outstanding trends in 2022 voter registration. But they are still getting lots of public records requests ...

We’ve had requests for voter files, voter records as well as information from our voting system.” “I am registered to vote and all my information is current,” said Rick Burton. “I actually went online yesterday to make sure I was registered to vote and to see if it was up to date, and it was so I am registered,” said Carrie Woolard. These cards can be found at the county clerk’s office. “We are registered to vote and all of our information is up to date,” said Martin Luber. Not about 2022.

Wayne County Board of Elections Director Anne Risku stands among boxes stacked to the ceiling containing ballots from the 2020 election that are stored at their ...

It was a scheme that was successfully investigated and uncovered by the State Board of Elections. The 9th District scandal resulted in a redo and the successful election of Congressman Dan Bishop. "This is supposed to be a workspace," Risku said of the converted office. Year to year, there are discrepancies in election results, random cases of double voting or even ineligible people casting votes due to a misunderstanding of the law. Dowless was working for a Republican candidate in the 9th Congressional District. Risku said she understands 2020 election deniers are liable to distort these otherwise routine administrative steps and take them as a sign of corruption. 24, Risku and other elections officials will be able to free up critical storage space by shredding or otherwise disposing of records from 2020. Telegram is a social media platform described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as "a haven for neo-Nazis, white nationalists and antigovernment extremists" banished from more mainstream social networks. On the floor were rows of larger banker's boxes filled with absentee ballot envelopes containing confidential voter information, also from 2020. North Carolina saw a highwater mark of more than 75% turnout among registered voters. Those are documents that could be used to determine an individual voter's identity and how that person voted. Not even a pandemic could suppress voter turnout in 2020.

The Secretary of State says there's been a flood of public record requests from 2020 coming into town offices that are busy with the next election.

They should not be harassed," Galvin said. This is a concerted effort by conspiracy theorists across the country who are election deniers." "Suddenly it's a lot more all at once and town budgets aren't built to handle this," Hogan said.

The team hosted members of the Colorado Participation Project, who spoke with players about the process of voter registration.

Seeing the landscape of the world and how it's been since I turned 18, how much has changed, it makes sense for me to get involved." Chubb noted that he was proud to see many of his teammates attend the session to get more information about the voting process. Gorrell walked him through the process, and in under two minutes, he was registered to vote. After the event, Chubb praised the Colorado Participation Project for the work it does to encourage voting and make voter registration more accessible. They talked to the players about the importance of voting and how it can impact their communities. "[People] don't vote because they feel like, 'Oh, I'm just another person in the system,' stuff like that, but it really matters to hear that they go through the process of doing it the right way," Chubb said.

With the Nov. 8 election less than two months away, county election offices across Pennsylvania are moving into crunch time for preparing for Election Day.

However, Honey argued they are an electronic tally sheet of all votes cast in the county, not the contents of a ballot box. That coincides with prominent Trump ally and MyPillow founder Mike Lindell’s call to his followers at a mid-August “Moment of Truth” summit to gather CVRs — cast vote records — from every county in the U.S. “The lies driving these RTK requests are the same lies which lead to the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. For that reason, Marks was hesitant to speak about those records, referring only to what was contained in court records. “Unfortunately, we have witnessed the coordinated weaponization of the RTK process for the last two years by anti-maskers, anti-vaxers, and election deniers,” Harvie said in an email to PennLive. It also logs the CVR files that requesters in each state obtained and shared with the website. The Office of Open Records executive director Liz Wagenseller said as of Thursday, her office had issued decisions on 34 election-related appeals so far this year and have 32 more that it is still reviewing. They speculate that those supporters are weaponizing laws aimed at promoting government transparency and accountability to make it more difficult for election officials to ensure a smooth election in November. “They do not deserve to be targeted and harassed,” he said. The strongest words on the situation, though, came from Bucks County Commissioners Chairman Bob Harvie, who is also chairman of the county’s Board of Elections. Montgomery County spokeswoman Kelly Cofrancisco said there’s been a “substantial increase in RTK requests” submitted to her county’s Voter Services Office. Counties in other battleground states across the U.S.

In the midst of a busy time preparing for the 2022 General Election, elections officials in Oregon say they are getting swamped with unprecedented ...

But Scott says these requests have averaged 1 to 2 a week since 2020. “Does information need to be redacted from that record for security reasons or privacy reasons?” State law requires any agency to follow a strict process when records are requested, which can take time.

Dan Cox, who has called the 2020 presidential election “stolen,” would not say whether he plans to contest results if a judge rules for the Board of ...

Daniel Kobrin, assistant attorney general representing the State Board of Elections, said in court that the General Assembly did not have the power to call a special session to override a veto. They’re asking to move when the work is done to an early enough time period so that it aligns with the vast majority of what other states do.” But she said a timeline change would not affect the integrity or fundamental process of counting ballots. In the courtroom, Cox’s lawyers argued that the situation did not warrant an emergency because the board already knew there would be an influx of mail-in ballots. “The process will be the same if it’s done a week before the election or a week after the election,” Patrick said. After assessing how long it took to certify results during the primary election, the board unanimously voted to seek action from the court last month. State lawmakers attempted to change the process during this year’s legislative session when they passed a bill that would have permanently removed the two-day wait provision, among other election law changes. The hearing comes after a primary cycle marked by an unprecedented deluge of mail-in ballots and extended delays that took nearly a month to certify results. Cox, who made election auditing a key plank of his primary platform, filed an objection to the state’s petition. If approved, the petition would allow election officials to begin canvassing and tabulating mail-in ballots Oct. After years of managing misinformation related to the accuracy of election results — much of it stemming from Trump — election integrity has become a key platform point for GOP candidates around the country as election officials strive to deliver timely, accurate and transparent results. The law originates from a period when mail-in ballots made up only a small fraction of the overall vote.

Assistant Attorney General Daniel Kobrin told a Montgomery County Circuit Court judge that Maryland voters are expected to cast a record number of mail-in ...

Despite repeated questions, he declined to say what harm would come from processing ballots as they come in and did not pledge to accept the results of November’s election, as is customary. As of Monday, he said, the state has already received 525,000 requests for mail-in ballots in the upcoming general election. Assistant Attorney General Daniel Kobrin told a Montgomery County Circuit Court judge that Maryland voters are expected to cast a record number of mail-in ballots in the upcoming gubernatorial election. He later conceded that there are instances in which the courts intervene in elections matters, such as when judges order polling places to extend their hours following an emergency request from a candidate or citizen. He asked that the court allow mail-in ballots submitted this fall to be processed and counted as they arrive, so elections can be certified sooner. [voted to seek](https://www.marylandmatters.org/2022/09/05/state-board-of-elections-files-petition-asking-courts-to-speed-up-november-mail-ballot-counts/) the court’s permission to count mail-in votes early after Gov.

It's unclear whether the Republican nominee for governor will challenge the results of the general election in November over when mail-in ballots are ...

But Cox has said such a move would violate the Maryland constitution. “That's inappropriate and it creates distrust.” Maryland is the only state that prohibits early canvassing.

Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough (center) speaks at a Loop news conference Tuesday alongside Deputy Clerk of Elections Ed Michalowski (left) and Brian Cross, ...

They have the skills, the discipline and the pride to serve and to help restore a level of confidence in our electoral system. Smith in 43rd Ward](https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/9/19/23362113/alderperson-city-council-43rd-ward-mayor-lightfoot-timmy-knudsen-appointment-michele-smith-elections) [Vice President Harris lauds Illinois as model for nation on protecting abortion rights: ‘This is the home of hope and change’](https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2022/9/16/23357115/vice-president-kamala-harris-chicago-abortion-reproductive-rights-elections-pritzker-lightfoot) have reported a steep decline in the number of available poll workers over the past few cycles. Officials haven’t found any legitimate evidence of widespread voter fraud anywhere in the nation. “Our veterans, they’re a trusted and committed group of men and women who have already displayed the courage to serve this country in difficult times. 8, but she needs at least 7,000 “to adequately cover” all of them.

With the November election less than two months away, Charleston and Berkeley Counties are still looking to recruit people to become poll workers.

[Click here](https://www.charlestoncounty.org/departments/bevr/poll-managers.php) for more information on becoming a poll worker in Charleston County. Cramer says this year, there will be more protections for poll workers and more guidance from the state election commission so he’s expecting a “positive” response in November. Poll workers in Charleston County are paid $200, but you must undergo training. The deadline to register to vote is 30 days before election day. “Our poll workers are vital to the democratic process. “You’re investing in your civic responsibility to ensure that your right to vote is preserved and people have the ability to go vote at their polling locations,” Cramer said.

They see protecting the transition of presidential power as a potentially winning issue this fall, tying GOP candidates to Donald Trump.

“And so much of it was put forth under the assumption that somehow the vice president could stop the will of the people. Peter Meijer (R-Mich.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), are undecided on the House bill. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), chair of the House Rules Committee. “And it’s also one where, in theory, we should be able to get it passed in both [chambers].” Don Bacon, a moderate Republican running in a Biden district, said of the House bill in a brief interview. Fitzpatrick, who said he hadn’t read the Senate version and therefore wouldn’t weigh in on it, called the electoral vulnerabilities highlighted on Jan. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) — signed onto the draft Senate bill when it was introduced in the House last week. “So it’s one more action we need to take to protect our democracy from the radical actions of the MAGA movement.” After weeks of testing a MAGA-focused message on the campaign trail and the airwaves — one that scorches Republicans for the roles some played in Trump’s failed attempts to claim the second term he lost — the vote gives Democrats a chance to back it up with action. Liz Cheney’s (R-Wyo.) endorsement as a black mark on the bill. Lawmakers are voting Wednesday on a proposal to modernize the 135-year-old law that Trump backers tried to use to their advantage on Jan. Republicans in both chambers have panned the House bill, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s team is whipping against it, but Democrats are determined to plant their own election-reform flag ahead of November.

Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Washington are pressing forward with plans to rewrite the rules under which Congress counts electoral votes in ...

“That speaks to the need to raise the threshold for objections,” Thorning said. In the Senate, though, a reform bill would have to win at least 10 Republican votes and unified Democratic backing in order to advance and ultimately pass the chamber. …This is no time to let the best be the enemy of the good, or at least the good enough.” “If the Senate bill is as far as the Republicans are willing to go, will the House Democrats accept the Senate version as better than nothing?” Both bills also have provisions covering the possibility that a state fails to submit its electoral votes, and give candidates the right to seek relief in federal court if a governor refuses to transmit election results to Congress. Currently, it only takes the objection of one member of the House and one senator to begin debate on whether lawmakers should decline to accept a specific state’s electoral votes. “And they are preparing the way legally, to be able to do it by electing individuals who will have a say, in various respects, over the election results.” The candidate who receives a majority of the 538 electoral votes wins the presidency. At a set time after a presidential election, Congress assembles to formally count the electoral votes. The Senate bill is less specific about what constitutes a failed election. Large numbers of mostly Republican candidates for important state offices, as well as the House and Senate, have refused to say they will abide by the results of the elections scheduled for November. However, there are some disagreements about precisely how to reform current law, which was put in place by the Electoral Count Act of 1887.

The House will vote on an overhaul of a centuries-old election law, an effort to prevent future presidential candidates from trying to subvert the popular ...

After months of talks, House Democrats introduced the legislation on Monday and are holding a quick vote two days later in order to send the bill across the Capitol and start to resolve differences. While the House bill is more expansive than the Senate version, the two bills cover similar ground and members in both chambers are optimistic that they can work out the differences. Currently, only one lawmaker in the House and one lawmaker in the Senate has to object. The House vote comes as the Senate is moving on a similar track with enough Republican support to virtually ensure passage before the end of the year. Both Cheney and Lofgren are also members of the House committee investigating the Jan. The legislation under consideration Wednesday is a direct response to the Jan.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's minority government is being propped up by the left-leaning New Democratic Party in an agreement that could keep the Liberals in ...

And although positive impressions of the new Conservative leader are on the rise since his victory, so are negative reactions, suggesting he’s on track to be a highly polarizing figure. The Liberals will also want to wait long enough “so the shine wears off Pierre Poilievre,” Monk said. “We don’t believe Canadians want an election, and certainly we’re not looking to trigger one,” the source said. An NDP source told POLITICO the party is determined to see the next phase through by the end of 2023, and will likely stick with the government until then. The Liberals introduced new legislation as Parliament returned on Tuesday to provide “dental benefit” payments of up to C$650 per child per year for those under 12 who don’t have dental insurance. 10 to become the new Conservative leader after attracting huge crowds and signing up hundreds of thousands of new party members during his campaign.

Many of the requests focus on an obscure report generated by voting machines that experts say does not offer the proof of 2020 fraud claimed by election ...

Broerman said he's fielded "hundreds and hundreds" of calls about the 2020 election. "You're like your own citizen auditor," he said of the tool. Lyman, 67, said he believed the 2020 election was "stolen" from Trump and does not trust vote-tallying machines. He said he learned of cast vote records from listening to Lindell. "Now, we wait for the next shiny object." "This is not news that the people in my neighborhood are a lot like me in how they vote," Wallach said. Lindell said the records would bolster his effort to rid the election system of machines. She said the records show the official tally was correct. "This stuff that Lindell is doing is just generating smoke," he said. Asked how they would, he said: "You'd have to talk to a cyber guy... Some states already have begun to send out absentee ballots to certain classes of voters, such as those serving in the military. Broerman, a Republican who has overseen elections in this GOP stronghold for eight years, said his office receives as many as 20 requests a week, up from about one a month before the 2020 election.

The Presidential Election Reform Act, authored by Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), explicitly cites the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack as ...

[a third of the seats in the 100-member Senate](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/09/senate-seats-up-2022/?itid=lb_understanding-the-2022-midterm-elections_6) are up for election. Here’s a [complete guide to the midterms](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2022/2022-midterm-elections-guide/?itid=lb_understanding-the-2022-midterm-elections_5). As of April 25, [46 of the 50 states had settled on the boundaries](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/redistricting-tracker-map/?itid=lb_understanding-the-2022-midterm-elections_9) for 395 of 435 U.S. [What is redistricting?](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/22/what-is-redistricting/?itid=lb_understanding-the-2022-midterm-elections_8) Redistricting is the process of drawing congressional and state legislative maps to ensure everyone’s vote counts equally. [New York and Florida primaries](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/23/primaries-new-york-florida-oklahoma/?itid=lb_understanding-the-2022-midterm-elections_2) Tuesday. Here’s a complete [calendar of all the primaries in 2022](https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/calendar-2022/?itid=lb_understanding-the-2022-midterm-elections_3). [Constitution provides the vice president with no such authority](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/24/pence-defends-his-jan-6-actions-speech-that-also-likened-trump-reagan/?itid=lk_inline_manual_5). Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) have introduced legislation in the Senate, the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act, that differs from the House on the threshold for members of both chambers to object. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), explicitly cites the Capitol attack as a reason to amend the Electoral Count Act of 1887, “to prevent other future unlawful efforts to overturn Presidential elections and to ensure future peaceful transfers of Presidential power.” The bill advanced out of the House Rules Committee on Tuesday on a 9-3 vote. Cheney and Lofgren are members of the bipartisan House select committee investigating the Capitol insurrection and have delivered sober assessments of the risks of similar future attacks on American democracy and the peaceful transfer of power. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob seeking to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s electoral win.

Term limits could be on the chopping block in Cherokee's updated election ordinance due to legal advice arguing that the current law, which restricts...

The start of the election year Oct. The ordinance also clarifies the conditions in which an election recount may take place. The election ordinance can’t be changed during an election year. We should take it out, and if you want to put it in a referendum, then that’s the voters’ choice.” Curbside voting will now be available to anybody who is “unable or unwilling” to go inside. [impeached and removed](/archives/item/20031-cherokee-chief-removed-from-office-lambert-s-impeachment-causes-anger-as-primary-election-draws-near) in 2017, then-Vice Chief Richard Sneed was sworn into the principal chief role, and Alan “B” Ensley, then representing Yellowhill on Tribal Council, became vice chief. “And we want to avoid that if we can.” A resolution aimed at bringing Tribal Council term limits to a referendum vote in the September 2023 election is under discussion and currently tabled — the document could be amended at a later date to include questions seeking to limit consecutive terms for chiefs and vice chiefs as well. “It hasn’t been challenged because it hasn’t been triggered,” McConnell said. I think it’s been an accepted practice by the community since 2016 and I think that it’s something we need to hold onto.” “I would leave it in there and wait and see if it’s challenged,” McCoy said. “You cannot change the charter by changing the ordinance.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House will vote on an overhaul of a centuries-old election law, an effort to prevent future presidential candidates from trying to ...

A record number of women could be in the Legislature after the 2022 California election, but female candidates still face challenges.

Of the 39 women now in the Legislature, [30 are Democrats and 9 are Republicans](https://womenscaucus.legislature.ca.gov/current-members). [lost to two men in the June primary in her run for Congress](https://calmatters.org/explainers/california-primary-results/#125c7090-c113-4e0c-8a97-84665ce8daef). [women hold 24 out of 80 seats](https://calmatters.org/politics/california-legislature/2021/01/how-diverse-california-legislature/) in the state Assembly and [15 out of 40 in the Senate](https://womenscaucus.legislature.ca.gov/current-members). “And then I think we’ll be watching in the next couple of election cycles to see if this also translates to candidacies.” “I remain more determined than ever to ensure that, while I may be the first to do so, I will certainly not be the last,” [she tweeted](https://twitter.com/EleniForCA/status/1509647214603239424). [Legislative’s Women’s Caucus](https://twitter.com/CaWomensCaucus) are women of color. [uphill climb for women in California politics](https://calmatters.org/politics/california-election-2020/2020/11/california-women-smash-ceilings-national-politics-not-state/). Part of the politics: Sacramento County hasn’t sent a woman to the Legislature [since 2014,](https://results.saccounty.gov/resultsSW.aspx?type=ASM&map=MPRC&shape=November2014&eid=1024) and a district anchored in the county not since 2002. [But the number has steadily increased](https://www.ppic.org/blog/where-california-stands-with-women-in-the-legislature/), with women holding at least 20% of legislative seats for 30 years straight. [the first woman to sign a bill into law](https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2022/04/eleni-kounalakis-eviction-bill/) when she extended an eviction moratorium while Gov. “I absolutely think it had an impact on the quality of candidates, the quantity of candidates for a variety of local seats.” While female candidates still face challenges, voters could elect a record number of women to the state Legislature in November.

Democrats Are Trying to Raise the Bar for Challenges to Election Results · Trump's false claims, Capitol riot trigger for legislation · Senate version won't get ...

The House will vote on an overhaul of a centuries-old election law in an effort to prevent future presidential candidates from trying to subvert the popular ...

After months of talks, House Democrats introduced the legislation on Monday and are holding a quick vote two days later in order to send the bill across the Capitol and start to resolve differences. Currently, only one lawmaker in the House and one lawmaker in the Senate has to object. House GOP leaders disagree, and are encouraging their members to vote against the legislation. The House vote comes as the Senate is moving on a similar track with enough Republican support to virtually ensure passage before the end of the year. Both Cheney and Lofgren are also members of the House committee investigating the Jan. The legislation under consideration beginning Wednesday is a direct response to the Jan.

A bipartisan House bill to reform the Electoral Count Act, which explains how presidential votes are counted, would be an improvement over an already ...

The House should hold at least one hearing, thus allowing critics to vent and friendly amendments to be offered, rather than give a procedural excuse for some ill-motivated members to oppose it. Remember that the terrorist attack on 9/11 occurred on a mayoral Election Day in New York City. It would require that objections could be considered only if one-third of either chamber of Congress agree to join the original challenge, rather than allowing a single member to gum up the works. It would specify the limited grounds, rather than open-ended ones, on which members of Congress could object to the legitimacy of any particular electors. It would provide what should be obvious, but which some troublemakers dispute, namely that state legislatures responsible for setting up their states’ election methods cannot change the rules or results after Election Day. The House bill introduced this week, co-authored by Republican Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Democrat Zoe Lofgren of California, fills in almost all gaps with admirable and sensible specificity, with negligible grounds for confusion.

The complaint against the campaign arm of Senate Republicans accuses the group of breaking federal law by using money for legal expenses on campaign ads.

Larkin of questioning the election results of 2020 and [refusing to acknowledge President Biden](https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/jun/01/republican-matt-larkin-to-challenge-rep-kim-schrie/) as legitimately elected. And 52 percent of registered voters said they agreed with Republicans on the economy, versus 38 percent who said they agreed with Democrats. It’s un-American, it’s reckless and we have a process in place to manage migrants at the border.” “The transportation of the immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard was done on a voluntary basis,” Ms. He said the migrants had to sign a release form and had been given an informational packet that included a map of Martha’s Vineyard. Ron DeSantis of Florida and other state officials who orchestrated the flights to Massachusetts, saying that they had engaged in a “fraudulent and discriminatory scheme.” Trump and his allies said little of substance in response to the allegations, but they immediately brought out the same playbook that was used to convince his supporters that Republicans like James Comey, the former F.B.I. James, a Democrat, also trotted out a catchphrase that had the whiff of the kind of branding that has made Mr. “We’ve got to put a piece of reform on the president’s desk. The Senate proposal has a lower threshold, requiring one-fifth of the House and Senate to agree. “The bottom line is if you want to object to the vote, you’d better have your colleagues and the Constitution on your side.” “Ultimately, this bill is about protecting the will of the American voters, which is a principle that is beyond partisanship,” said Representative Zoe Lofgren, the California Democrat who leads the Administration Committee and introduced the measure with Ms.

WASHINGTON – Today Rep. Val Demings (FL-10) and the House Judiciary Committee voted to pass the Expanding the Voluntary Opportunities for Translations in ...

[cosponsored](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1/cosponsors?r=1) H.R. However, for many, including the one-third of the AAPI community that is limited English proficient (LEP), language barriers create additional challenges and can often deter individuals from participating in our democracy. That is why, as Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), I support the Expanding the VOTE Act to empower jurisdictions to meet the language needs of their populations, including Latinos.” America is a great nation because we protect the voices of the American people.” The legislation would amend the Voting Rights Act to ensure that every eligible voter has the ability to fully participate in American democracy, no matter their English-language proficiency. Demings, “Voting is a right, not a privilege.