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The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, May 19, 2023

Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration. Every Friday, we deliver the latest updates on election policy around the country, including legislative activity, nationwide trends, and recent news.

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DeSantis meets New Hampshire lawmakers, greets voters ahead of expected 2024 announcement

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has met with Republican lawmakers in New Hampshire and stopped by a local diner, where he chatted with a mom whose young son was wearing a Mickey Mouse shirt

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Biden Stays Optimistic About The Debt Ceiling Deal As The Clock Ticks On Negotiations

Stocks plunged showing concerns in regard to the debt ceiling as the president face criticisms from Republicans.

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DC officer leaked information to Proud Boys leader, indictment alleges

Shane Lamond arrested for allegedly warning Enrique Tarrio that law enforcement had a warrant for him

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Gorsuch Condemns 'Breathtaking' COVID Emergency Powers That Crushed Civil Liberties

"Since March 2020, we may have experienced the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country," Gorsuch wrote. That might be an exaggeration, but it isn't far off.

Reason

McCarthy puts debt-limit talks on ‘pause’ as clock ticks down

WASHINGTON — Debt-limit negotiations hit an impasse Friday as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy blamed the White House for resisting spending cuts, casting doubt on efforts in Washington to avert a catastrophic default.

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Lead Negotiator For Kevin McCarthy Walks Out On Biden Administration Officials

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's authority to negotiate the debt ceiling is being challenged by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

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Trump lawyers "dropping like flies"

A report from The New York Times indicated Trump only had two lawyers left

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Pro-Trump Super PAC uses Tim Scott’s announcement to mock Ron DeSantis

‘They smell Ron DeSantis’ blood in the water,’ the super PAC says of other Republicans

The Independent UK

Bernie Sanders Attempts To Push A To Enable Paid Sick Leave On A Federal Level

Family and Medical Leave Act doesn't obligate companies to pay for medical sick leave as it is not federally required.

Zenger

Republican says US debt-ceiling talks to resume

Republican Leader McCarthy says deb cap negotiations will resume Friday evening after a pause that rattled markets.

Al Jazeera

COVID emergency orders are among `greatest intrusions on civil liberties,' Justice Gorsuch says

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch says emergency measures taken during the COVID-19 crisis that killed more than 1 million Americans were perhaps “the greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country.”

The Independent UK

Attacks fly as contentious general election campaign for Kentucky governor begins

The general election campaign for Kentucky governor is off to a feisty start

The Independent UK

ICYMI: Top stories of the week

Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. Here are the top stories from the week of May 15-May 19.

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Weisselberg faces charge unless he flips

Former Trump Organization financial chief already served 100 days in Rikers — now he may be charged with perjury

The Independent UK

FBI veterans admit to taking money from ex-Trump aide Kash Patel at GOP hearing on government ‘weaponisation’

Democratic representative Daniel Goldman asks the role of Kash Patel

Tribune News Service

Republican debt-ceiling negotiators walk out of meeting, say White House ‘unreasonable’

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s top debt-ceiling negotiators abruptly left a closed-door meeting with White House representatives soon after it began Friday morning, throwing into doubt the status of talks to avoid a US default.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

DeSantis more likely to ‘double down’ than pivot as he enters presidential race

Thomas Massie had been in Congress less than a year when a colleague approached him with a controversial plan. Rep. Ron DeSantis of Florida, himself a freshman, was urging Republican lawmakers on to the U.S. House floor to rail against a proposed Internet sales tax that had the strong support…

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Disillusioned Republicans return to polls after ’21 US Senate runoff

Turned off by the chaos that followed the 2020 presidential election, Republican voters who skipped Georgia’s runoffs for U.S. Senate are starting to come back.

The Independent UK

What do we know about Ron DeSantis’s teaching career?

Florida governor and likely presidential candidate spent a year giving history lessons at the Darlington School in Rome, Georgia, after graduating from Yale

Al Jazeera

Republicans push surge of laws targeting transgender people in US

Laws restricting transgender rights have piled up in recent months, underscoring likely 2024 election battle lines.

WEKU

Sen. Tim Scott files paperwork to run for president in the 2024 election

Tim Scott has a major announcement Monday in his home state of South Carolina. He is expected to announce a run for the White House and an official FEC filing Friday makes that even more likely.

Salon

MTG's Biden impeachment "stunt" mocked

MAGA Republicans want to impeach the president while defending "fraudster George Santos," top Democrat says

The Independent UK

Trump’s White House lawyer predicts ex-president will end up in jail as Mar-a-Lago probe heats up

Ty Cobb’s prediction came as it was revealed that the National Archives had found a trove of records allegedly proving the former president knew he shouldn’t have taken classified documents to Mar-a-Lago

The Independent UK

Parents of transgender kids seek to block DeSantis ban on gender-affirming care for minors

The parents of three transgender children in Florida are trying to get a federal judge to block a new law that bans gender-affirming care for minors, a signature policy of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis as he nears his presidential campaign

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