Election officials in a rural southwest Georgia county are defending a plan to suddenly close seven of the county’s nine polling places against allegations of racial discrimination, saying the ones it wants to close are not sufficiently accessible to people with disabilities Randolph County, the site of the proposed changes, is more than 60 percent black, with a little over 30 percent of residents in poverty ― more than double the national level.
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Senate OKs major changes to Michigan’s ballot initiative process
A revised version of legislation that would set
significant restrictions on citizen-led ballot initiatives cleared the
Michigan Senate Friday over opposition from Democrats.The
most significant change in House Bill 6595 would prevent organizers of a
citizen-led ballot initiative from getting more than 15 percent of
their signatures required for ballot from any one congressional
district.
Will Pennsylvania Be Next State to Ban Straight-Ticket Voting?
Gov. Tom Wolf is weighing whether to sign SB 48, a GOP bill that would ban straight-ticket voting and give Donald Trump an edge in 2020. The ban is a longtime goal of Republican
National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel. In late 2015, Republicans
succeeded in banning straight-ticket voting in Michigan, spurring
litigation that lasted for a couple of years.