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#MarchForTruth on Twitter“It's time to march. More than 50,000 so far have pledged to join 350+ demonstrations in cities and towns across America on the eve of the vote on Articles of Impeachment to demand the removal of Donald J. Trump. No one is above the law. Join us: t.co/ztycArpccC t.co/t7GC87FeHE” ... See MoreSee Less

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BREAKING: The House just passed the Voting Rights Advancement Act (#hr4) to finally restore the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Now the Senate MUST take action to ensure all eligible voters have access to the ballot box. Time to #RestoreTheVote! ... See MoreSee Less

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Clean Elections Texas strongly supports the Voting Rights Advancement Act (H.R. 4) "In 2013, Shelby Country v Holder seriously damaged the Voting Rights Act . Texas was the first state to take advantage. Texas, was the first to take advantage of the change: Within hours of the Shelby County decision, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said in a statement, “With today’s decision, the State’s voter ID law will take effect immediately. Redistricting maps passed by the Legislature may also take effect without approval from the federal government.” “(The Effects of Shelby County v. Holder, Brennan Center) More efforts at voter suppression continue to this day. The Voting Rights Advancement Act (H.R. 4) will help to heal the damage done by the destructive Shelby decision by modernizing the Voting Rights Act and by restoring necessary protections so that every citizen can participate in our democracy. ... See MoreSee Less

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DALLAS COUNTY DOES now have paper backup on all its machines!
Massive voting machine failures in a Pennsylvania county in November are giving election security advocates fresh ammunition to call for nationwide paper ballots.

The problems, which may have been caused by a software glitch, resulted in some Northampton County residents who tried to vote straight-ticket Democrat initially registering as straight-ticket Republican. It also incorrectly showed a Republican judicial candidate winning by a nearly statistically impossible margin, the New York Times’ Nick Corasaniti reports.

In this case, voters got lucky. The county had paper backups for all the votes the machine counted incorrectly. They showed the Democrat judicial candidate Abe Kassis — who the computer tally said got just 164 votes out of 55,000 ballots — actually narrowly won the race.

But about 16 million Americans spread across eight states won’t have a paper backup for their votes in 2020. That means a similar software glitch or a malicious hack by Russia or another U.S. adversary could cause mass uncertainty about an election’s outcome or even result in the wrong candidate taking office. ... See MoreSee Less

Analysis | The Cybersecurity 202: Pennsylvania voting debacle gives ammunition to paper ballot push

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An apparent software glitch led to a hugely incorrect vote count.

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Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced on Cyber Monday that Michiganders can now register to vote or update their voter registration online.

The secure, web-based online voter registration tool is available to citizens with a valid Michigan driver's license or state ID card. Michigan residents without these documents can learn more about how they can register to vote by visiting the site. All other methods of voter registration, including registration by mail, will remain available. Michigan also began implementing automatic voter registration in September as part of driver's license and state ID card transactions.

“This fast, convenient, cost-effective and secure option to register to vote will enable many more people to participate in democracy, and help Michigan’s clerks maintain complete, accurate and up-to-date voter rolls,” said Secretary Benson. ... See MoreSee Less

Republicans tried to rig the vote in Michigan – but ‘political novices’ just defeated them

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After a Republican bragged about cramming ‘Dem garbage’ into certain districts, a grassroots campaign has given the power to redraw political maps to the people

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