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...Republicans in the legislature, meanwhile, are trying to further tighten access to abortions....
...So far, 22 states have already called on Congress to propose the amendment, and we’re seeing recent cross-partisan support in states like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Wyoming....
...Although the race for the state legislature had a tiny vote count, the result still supports the idea that reproductive rights remains a potent issue for voters....
...prosecutors say was “a justice department official who worked on civil matters and who, with the defendant, attempted to use the justice department to open sham election crime investigations and influence state legislatures...
...That Republican edge seemed to boost candidates in close senate races in Wisconsin, Ohio and North Carolina, where Republicans beat out their Democratic opponents....
...This specifically means the gubernatorial and legislature races in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Wisconsin and Michigan....
...In Wisconsin, Tony Evers beat the Trump-backed Tim Michels; in Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro routed the January 6ther, Doug Mastriano, whose campaign went beyond conspiracy theories to anti-Semitic digs at...
...The vacillation of people like me could make a big difference to the upcoming midterms, which could shift the distribution of power in the US Congress, and transform state legislatures across the country...
...“We’re already seeing more Wisconsin patients.”...
...Challenges are pending in states including Mississippi, Idaho, Ohio, West Virginia and Wisconsin, with more expected....
...They had been working hand in hand with Republican governors and legislatures to limit the vote as much as they possibly could....
...The fight over emergency powers echoes events in other states, such as Wisconsin, where the state Supreme Court in March struck down Governor Tony Evers’ Covid-19 emergency order and statewide mask mandate...
...But with an ideological Republican party set to secure control of the nation, whatever it takes, whether through the legislature, the executive or judiciary, pork-barrel politics is dead....
...Most swing-state legislatures, including Florida, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, are Republican....
...Yet in Wisconsin, the court effectively blocked a similar mail ballot extension favoured by Democrats....
...The second of six children, Ms Abrams was born in Wisconsin and grew up in Mississippi before her family relocated to the Atlanta suburbs when she was a teenager....
...The lawsuit sought to set aside the elections in the four states so their Republican-controlled state legislatures could decide the winner instead....
...The Wisconsin Elections Commission et al Relief sought: rule election unconstitutional and let state legislature decide next steps Current status: pending Number of ballots at issue: all On December...
...“The courts and state legislatures have all honored their duty to hear legal allegations and have found nothing to warrant overturning the results,” she said in a statement....
...The mail-in ballots that have been counted in the disputed swing states — Arizona, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia and Michigan — are in accordance with state law....
...Republican legislatures in many battleground states, including Georgia and Wisconsin, had sought to maintain a strict deadline of election day for the receipt of mail-in ballots, despite both the disruption...
...In 2019, the Republican-controlled state legislature passed a law requiring ex-convicts to pay off any debts before they could vote....
...It will take a brave judge, or a brave legislature.”...
...“Now, let’s see whether or not somebody has the courage, whether it’s a legislator or legislatures, or whether it’s a justice of the Supreme Court or a number of justices of the Supreme Court....
...Two of his conservative colleagues, Trump appointees Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, wrote they did not believe even state courts should change election processes determined by state legislatures....
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