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Hafta letters: Gujarat election, science desk, nuclear energy

1) Did voter turnout matter at all in the Gujarat election? Like in the US, while Trump got a lot more votes in 2020 than in 2016, he lost because of a higher voter turnout benefiting the Democrats. Did that matter at all? Were AAP voters a new set of…

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New York barring political parties from using ‘independent’ or ‘independence’ in name to avoid voter confusion

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York is prohibiting political parties from using the words “independence” or “independent” in their names in an effort to avoid voter confusion.

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Voter ID, partisan gerrymandering struck down in North Carolina rulings just before court flips to GOP

RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Supreme Court issued two important rulings in voting rights cases Friday, on gerrymandering and voter ID.

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California county considers secession to become new US state

San Bernandino County is set to review the long-shot proposal in response to voter frustration with state lawmakers.

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New voter ID advice for North Tyneside residents could cost council £58k

As controversial voter ID reforms loom closer, North Tyneside Council is left estimating the costs

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The Ballot Bulletin, December 2022

Welcome to The Ballot Bulletin, where we track developments in election policy at the federal, state, and local levels. In this month’s issue:

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Wigan by-election turnout 'potentially lowest on record' after double whammy

Freezing temperatures and postal strikes blamed for shockingly low voter turnout

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Voters approved 71% of constitutional amendments on the ballot in 2022

Welcome to the Friday, December 16, Brew.

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Window for registered Kentucky voters to change party affiliation closes this month

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After Abrams loss and Warnock win, where do Georgia Democrats go from here?

ATLANTA — Georgia Democrats are entering the new year at a crossroads, at once demoralized by the stinging defeats of Stacey Abrams and other statewide candidates but upbeat about the runoff victory of U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock.

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ANC in crisis: South Africa's governing party is fighting to stay relevant - 5 essential reads

South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress (ANC), is in a crisis. Having dominated the country’s politics since democracy in 1994, it has been losing voter support in the last three national elections. Since the 2016 local elections, the party has also been losing some of its strongholds.

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Meadows may be charged with voter fraud

Meadows was registered to vote in at least three states in the past two years

Salon

GOP voters have soured on Trump as DeSantis rises, poll finds

Mr Trump is currently the only Republican who has declared himself a candidate in the next presidential election

The Independent UK

Labour weighed down by political baggage

The long, slow polling decline of the Government suggests it has lost touch with voters - its primary task now is one of reconnection, says Peter Dunne

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Commentary: The one lesson for both parties from Georgia’s runoff

Georgia’s candidates and voters are undoubtedly grateful that this year’s Senate campaign, unlike the last one, was over before the holidays. But the state legislature’s decision to hold the 2022 runoff a month earlier than the 2020 runoff wasn’t motivated by a desire to make things more convenient for everyone.…

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White voters helped propel Lori Lightfoot to the mayor’s office in 2019. Will they stick with her in February?

CHICAGO — When Willie Wilson finished his remarks before the Illinois Polish American Congress in November, the lull in the room lasted long enough for the audience to begin awkwardly fidgeting.

Reuters

Counting begins in Fiji national election

Polling closed in the Pacific island nation of Fiji's national election on Wednesday evening, where voter turnout of less than 60 per cent was the lowest in a decade, analysts said.

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Scrutiny ramps up on Meadows at the Capitol and in NC. The latest on two investigations

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s State Bureau of Investigation has finished its inquiry into whether Mark Meadows, former President Donald Trump’s last White House chief of staff, committed voter fraud.

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N. Carolina AG to weigh charges in Meadows voter fraud case

The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation says it has submitted to state prosecutors the findings of its voter fraud probe into Mark Meadows, a former White House chief of staff to President Donald Trump, who was simultaneously registered to vote in North Carolina and two other states earlier this…

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Austin voters elect Kirk Watson, who served as mayor two decades ago, to lead the city again

Watson, a former state senator who was Austin’s mayor from 1997 to 2001, pitched himself as a back-to-basics candidate who could ease the city’s growing affordability crisis.

The Conversation

Six reasons Britain’s impending voter ID law is a bad idea

Under new government rules, voters across Great Britain will be required to show photographic identification before being given their ballot paper at many elections. (Northern Ireland already requires voters to provide photographic ID.)

Daily Mirror

Downing Street rejects council leaders' plea to delay forcing voters to show ID

It comes as the Liberal Democrats attempt to block plans to introduce photo ID at elections from 2023 using a rare "fatal motion" in the House of Lords on Tuesday

The Texas Tribune

Why Texas is unlikely to let voters decide on abortion access

A Texas Democrat is proposing a constitutional amendment stopping future abortion restrictions. Voters would have to approve it — but Republican lawmakers aren’t likely to put it in front of them.

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Missouri Democrats could take abortion issue to voters. What would it look like?

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Bolstered by an August vote that upheld the right to an abortion in Republican-controlled Kansas, abortion rights supporters are considering whether to seek a ballot initiative to restore abortion rights in Missouri.

The Independent UK

Young voters' enthusiasm for Democrats waned during midterms

Young voters who have been critical to Democratic successes in recent elections showed signs in November's midterms that their enthusiasm may be waning

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