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Postal Mail Handlers Union

National Postal Mail Handlers Union Endorses Biden

National Postal Mail Handlers Union Endorses Biden Via The Hill: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden earned an endorsement from the National Postal Mail Handlers Union on Wednesday.  The union’s president slammed President Trump’s treatment of the United States Postal Service in its endorsement, and touted Biden for his “history of supporting” the postal service and postal workers.  “NPMHU members are facing unprecedented times. Despite the USPS being the most trusted […]

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Protest

Americans Have Accepted Mass Protest In Wake Of Trump Re-elected: YouGov

Americans Have Accepted Mass Protest In Wake Of Trump Re-elected: YouGov Via YouGov: When President Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016 over Democrat Hillary Clinton, protests erupted across the country. Those protests, which involved thousands of Americans engaging in anti-Trump demonstrations following Election Day, remained mostly peaceful.  There is concern that will not be the case if President Trump is elected to a second term. Three-quarters (75%) of Americans […]

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Connecticut

Connecticut To Issue $100 Fines To Enforce Face Mask Mandate

Connecticut To Issue $100 Fines To Enforce Face Mask Mandate As other states see pushback against the draconian COVID19 measures, Connecticut doubles down on the muzzling of their citizens. Via Newsweek: As Connecticut sees a recent spike in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, with a positivity rate remaining above 1 percent for the past week, Gov. Ned Lamont signed an executive order on Monday that sets fines for residents who violate […]

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Mail-In

PA Officials Direct Counties Not To Discard Disputed Mail-In Ballots

PA Officials Direct Counties Not To Discard Disputed Mail-In Ballots Via The Hill: Pennsylvania officials have directed counties not to discard mail-in ballots solely because an election official believes a signature doesn’t match the one in the voter’s file. The new guidance issued Monday prompted several organizations, including the Campaign Legal Center (CLC), to drop a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania’s Department of State. The state now has a uniform process for verifying […]

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Election

Majority Of Americans Bracing For Drawn Out Election Decision

Majority Of Americans Bracing For Drawn Out Election Decision The optimism over the speed of the election decision differs greatly between political parties. Via YouGov: When do Americans expect to know the results of the presidential election? And are they confident their vote will be counted accurately?  It’s clear from the latest Economist/YouGov Poll that the two candidates’ supporters plan on voting in different ways:   58 percent of those voting to re-elect President Donald Trump plan to vote at the polls on election day, while 53 percent of the supporters of Democratic nominee Joe Biden expect to vote by mail.  Widespread intent to vote by […]

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Legal Status

Court Upholds Decision To End Temporary Legal Status In 4 Countries

Court Upholds Decision To End Temporary Legal Status In 4 Countries Via AP News: The Trump administration can end humanitarian protections that have allowed hundreds of thousands of people from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Sudan to remain in the United States, a divided appeals court ruled Monday. While an appeal is imminent and orders to leave wouldn’t take effect for months, the decision moved many people closer to losing […]

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San Francisco

San Francisco Considers Lowering Local Voting Age To 16

San Francisco Considers Lowering Local Voting Age To 16 Via The Hill: A new proposition in San Francisco could allow teenagers as young as 16 to vote in local elections, NBC News reported Saturday.  Residents will vote on the measure in November. If it passes, San Francisco will become the first major American city to grant 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote in municipal elections.  A similar measure introduced in […]

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Absentee Balloting

Wisconsin Supreme Court Pauses Absentee Balloting

Wisconsin Supreme Court Pauses Absentee Balloting Absentee Balloting is back in the news, now in the state of Wisconsin.  Via The Hill: The conservative-majority Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday ordered that absentee ballots not be mailed until the court resolves a dispute over which third-party candidates qualify for the battleground state’s ballot, raising concerns about delays as election deadlines near. The 4-3 decision, which broke along ideological lines, stems from […]

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Non-Residents

Judges Block Executive Order, Allow Non-Residents To Be Counted In District Drawings

Judges Block Executive Order, Allow Non-Residents To Be Counted In District Drawings Another win for non-residents from non-elected officials  Via AP News: Saying the president had exceeded his authority, a panel of three federal judges on Thursday blocked an order from President Donald Trump that tried to exclude people in the country illegally from being counted when congressional districts are redrawn. The federal judges in New York, in granting an […]

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