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Election Legislation Weekly Digest: November 18, 2022

Here is our weekly round-up on election-related legislation. In it, you’ll find the following information:

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Garland names special counsel to lead Trump-related probes

Attorney General Merrick Garland has named a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department’s investigation into the presence of classified documents at former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate and aspects of a separate probe involving the Jan. 6 insurrection and efforts to undo the 2020 election

The Independent UK

Democrat Adam Frisch files for rematch in 2024 against Lauren Boebert after conceding in tight Colorado race

The Democrat’s filing sets up a rematch for the next election

The Independent UK

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Donald Trump wants to get back into the White House. But one family member won't join him this time

Ivanka Trump spent years by her father's side, making her absence from her father's campaign launch noteworthy. Now she's revealed that, unlike Donald Trump, she will not be returning to the political arena.

ABC News

Marjorie Taylor Greene preps for second term with more power

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has made no secret about what she wants to accomplish in her second term in office.

Tribune News Service

Frisch concedes race against Boebert as it goes to recount

Democrat Adam Frisch has conceded his tight U.S. House race against Republican Lauren Boebert that is likely headed to a recount

The Independent UK

Tom Petty’s estate threatens legal action against Kari Lake for using his song: ‘This is illegal’

Comes after Kari Lake lost Arizona governor’s race and refused to concede

The Independent UK

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Trump’s racist rhetoric was blamed for a 145% rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans. Now he’s at it again

Ex-president’s attacks against his former transport secretary and the governor of Virginia recall the kind of racist language he used during the Covid pandemic, John Bowden writes

The Independent UK

Jeffries makes historic bid to lead House Dems after Pelosi

The day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she would step aside, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries of New York announced his own history-making bid to lead the House Democrats

The Independent UK

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries officially announces bid for Democratic House leader

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., officially announced his bid on Friday to succeed Speaker Nancy Pelosi as Democratic leader in the House of Representatives.

Tribune News Service

US attorney general appoints special counsel in Trump DoJ investigations – as it happened

Merrick Garland names Jack Smith, a veteran prosecutor, as special counsel to decide whether to bring charges against Trump

The Guardian - US

Trump's rivals court his donors as '24 primary season begins

Republican 2024 presidential prospects descend upon Las Vegas this weekend as anxious donors and activists openly consider whether to embrace former President Donald Trump for a third consecutive bid

The Independent UK

Murdoch v Trump: Rupert’s papers kick Donald, but Fox won’t play ball

Some think the media mogul has made a clean break with ‘Trumpty Dumpty’, but his TV channel may find it hard to let go

The Guardian - UK

US politics: midterm elections have handed Joe Biden a divided Congress – history tells us that's bad for good government

Contrary to the expectations of many observers, the “red wave” stopped at the House of Representatives and only delivered the Republican Party a small majority. The Senate, though, will remain under Democrat control. So the US Congress will be divided until the 2024 election and the Biden administration no longer…

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Voter suppression: how democracies around the world are using new rules to make it harder to vote

Attempts to stop voters getting to polling stations, increase waiting times to place a ballot or add restrictions on who can vote are becoming issues in democracies around the world.

The Guardian - US

Colbert: ‘Nice to see Republicans take the House without any zip ties’

Late-night hosts discuss the GOP’s slim majority in Congress’s lower chamber, Nancy Pelosi’s farewell and Mike Pence’s book

Axios

Hakeem Jeffries and his deputies announce bids for top Dem leadership posts

Jeffries said Democrats will be locked in a "fierce governmental, political and messaging struggle."

Ballotpedia

54% of state legislatures are Republican, 44% Democratic following 2022 general election

As of November 17, 2022, 54% of all state legislatures in the United States are Republican while 44% are Democratic. There are 7,383 state legislative seats in the country.

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The Independent UK

Hakeem Jeffries: Nancy Pelosi’s likely successor formally declares Democratic leadership bid

Republicans are set to hold an extremely slim majority in the House of Representatives

Reason

Nancy Pelosi Embodied America's Gerontocracy Problem

She was the beneficiary of a political system that limits opportunities for new ideas and new faces to rise.

The Independent UK

Hakeem Jeffries officially declares candidacy to succeed Nancy Pelosi as House Democratic leader

Mr Jeffries told colleagues he wants to lead them in hopes to lead the caucus in ‘an effort that centers our communication strategy around the messaging principle that values unite, issues divide’

The Independent UK

Kevin McCarthy reveals why he skipped Nancy Pelosi’s departure speech

McCarthy is expected to become House speaker in the new Congress

The Guardian - US

Hakeem Jeffries on course to become first Black party leader in Congress

New York Democrat, 52, is favorite to succeed Nancy Pelosi after declaring candidacy for House minority leader

The Independent UK

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

Lauren Boebert mocked for posting video claiming victory in her too-close-to-call Colorado House race

Automatic recount looking increasingly likely in Trump ally’s district

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