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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell Challenges Lowered Signature Requirement in Recall Effort

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell (D) filed two lawsuits on March 14, 2023, to challenge a consent judgment that was agreed upon by Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin (R) and the organizers of the recall effort against Cantrell. The consent judgment, announced by Ardoin on March 1, 2023, revises…

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Campaigners raise fears bouncers could be placed at some polling stations

Voters will be required to have photographic IDs such as passports or driving licences when they cast ballots at May’s local elections.

The Independent UK

Ash Regan insists she will respect final result of SNP leadership contest

The former community safety minister had called on SNP members to be allowed to change their ballots as she said there was significant "voter regret".

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'Overlooked': the one issue on Newcastle voters' minds at NSW election pre-poll stations

"Nothing else matters until we have a plan."

Newcastle Herald

Canvassers eye big changes to Michigan petition signature review process

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Board of State Canvassers is contemplating changes to the state's rules regarding the review of voter signatures for changing state laws, amending the constitution or a candidate seeking to get on the ballot after a year of record demands on the Bureau of Elections.

Tribune News Service

North Carolina Supreme Court reconsiders voter ID requirements

On March 15, 2023, the North Carolina Supreme Court heard arguments in a case concerning a 2018 law requiring a photo ID to vote.

Ballotpedia

Texas Senate takes first step toward establishing billions for state’s water supply, infrastructure

Voters would have the final say on whether the state sets aside billions of dollars to acquire new water sources and invest in aging infrastructure.

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Candidates clash in radio debate as Ash Regan claims there is 'voter regret' in party

ASH Regan has said that she believes there is a “significant amount of voter regret” within the

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Unions and environmentalists push for California referendum reform

California's influential labor unions, government watchdogs and environmental advocates repeatedly accuse corporations of lying to voters in campaigns to reverse state laws and thwart the progressive Democratic agenda at the state Capitol.

Los Angeles Times

South Swindon voters lean to Labour after ‘kick in the teeth’ Tory budget

Focus group of people living in Tory constituency suggests party’s electoral recovery has not emerged

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on tactical voting: it would help to oust Tories

Editorial: Labour voters in Conservative-held commuter belt seats should respond positively to Sir Ed Davey’s overtures

The Guardian - UK

Kazakhs vote in newly competitive parliamentary election

Voters in Kazakhstan have gone to the polls to choose lawmakers in the lower house of parliament which is being reconfigured in the wake of deadly unrest that gripped the resource-rich Central Asian nation a year ago

The Independent UK

Liverpool bracing for 'most complex set of elections ever held'

A series of changes await voters and candidates on May 4

Liverpool Echo

AI could make disinfo more sophisticated

AI tools could make right-wing schemes using "phony" groups and "Black-sounding names" even more prevalent

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Idaho lawmakers move forward with bills limiting ways to vote. Students push back

BOISE, Idaho — A new prohibition on the use of student IDs to vote has already attracted two lawsuits, just two days after Gov. Brad Little signed the bill into law.

AAP

Remote voters head to polls after MP's sudden death

Voters are heading to the polls on the last day of a by-election in the Northern Territory electorate of Arafura following the sudden death of the incumbent.

Tribune News Service

Calling voting a fundamental right, Kansas Court of Appeals rules restrictions face high bar

The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled Friday that voting is a fundamental right and that restrictions on it must clear the highest possible bar, in an opinion drawing upon a prior ruling that upheld abortion rights under the state constitution.

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Ohio becomes latest Republican state to leave a key voting data partnership

Six GOP-led states have now pulled out of the Electronic Registration Information Center, despite it being considered one of the best tools states have to detect voter fraud.

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The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, March 17, 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, big-picture trends, and recent news.

The Independent UK

States debate making changes to embattled voter roll system

Election officials from states enrolled in a bipartisan effort to ensure accurate voter lists are meeting to consider changes demanded by some Republicans, who are threatening to pull out as the system is being targeted by conspiracy theories tied to the 2020 election

The Conversation

Estonia's e-governance revolution is hailed as a voting success – so why are some US states pulling in the opposite direction?

Estonia, a small country in northern Europe, reached a digital milestone when the country headed to the polls on March 5, 2023.

Dynamite News

‘Casting vote is a matter of choice’, says Delhi HC; refuses PIL to make it compulsory

Delhi HC on Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking direction to Centre and Election Commission to take apposite steps for compulsory voting in Parliament and State Assembly elections. Read further on Dynamite News

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Will Bunch: Biden's right turns on oil, crime, border 'a slap' to young voters. Will he pay in '24?

If you've never heard of the Willow project — the massive, up-to-600-million-barrels oil-drilling venture on federal lands in the Alaska wilderness that was greenlighted this week by the Biden administration — then you're probably also not a teen or 20-something who spends a good chunk of your day on TikTok.

Bangkok Post

Thai voter attitudes surveyed

While Thai people's faith in democracy has declined over the past 20 years, they believe it will one day turn around and improve, according to academics at the King Prajadhipok's Institute (KPI).

Chicago Sun-Times

Stance on SAFE-T Act’s no-cash bail may prove dangerous for mayoral candidates

Voter vehemence on both sides of the proposed new bail law could cost the candidates votes.

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