Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Texas governor exaggerates to stir up fear about non-citizen voting

https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-noncitizen-voter-roll-removal-included-americans 

Fewer than 600 people have been removed from Texas voting rolls as non-citizens, but Governor Greg Abbott claimed it was 6,000 people.

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Documentary on Electoral College and January 6


Maximina Juson was making a film about the 2024 presidential election, focusing on the grassroots people (e.g., electors). She got caught up in the riot at the Capitol on January 6 and had contact with MAGA people there. She seeks to explain how the Electoral College system works.

Monday, September 30, 2024

Schweiker leads PA Republican group to encourage confidence in elections


Former Republican governor of PA Mark Schweiker and others are defending election workers, encouraging confidence in elections procedures, and trying to boost the vote. He is saying that more safeguards than ever are in place. He said it was "fantasy" to think Pennsylvania's elections were "fraught with fraud." While Trump has said that mail-in voting is subject to fraud, there are separate GOP efforts to encourage Republican voters to use it.

Thursday, September 26, 2024

[The Washington Post] Sweeping bill to overhaul Supreme Court would add six justices

Sweeping bill to overhaul Supreme Court would add six justices

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/26/supreme-court-reform-15-justices-wyden/

Sen. Ron Wyden's bill seeks to attack the problem of legitimacy that has plagued the supreme Court in a comprehensive way, addressing the number of justices and their terms as well as binding ethics requirements. In addition, it has some innovative provisions to keep the court from overstepping its bounds, for example, by requiring a super majority to overturn, a law passed by Congress.