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Commentary: Why book bans and voter suppression go hand in hand

In the lead-up to the midterm elections, mainstream media attention focused some — though not enough — on voter suppression efforts, but too little attention was paid to the book bans that are metastasizing in states across the country. The same factions that have tried to gerrymander their way into…

Los Angeles Times

Climate maps let UK voters see impact of crisis in their area

UCL interactive maps show rise in temperatures over last century, predicted rise by 2080, and future flooding risks

The Guardian - UK

South Dakota voters approved Medicaid expansion, but implementation may not be easy

RAPID CITY, S.D. — South Dakotans voted Tuesday to expand the state’s Medicaid program to cover thousands of additional low-income residents, becoming the seventh state to approve expansion via the ballot box.

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Why it could take weeks to get final LA election results. ‘We aren’t sitting on ballots’

LOS ANGELES — An adage known as the election administrator’s prayer goes something like this: “Dear Lord, let this election not be close.”

Los Angeles Times

Delay UK voter ID checks or face election result challenges, officials warn

Exclusive: Lack of time to implement photo ID rules ‘may prevent voting’ in English local elections in May

The Guardian - UK

Voters largely reject election deniers as secretaries of state – but the partisan battle for election administration will continue

Midterm voters in six states – Arizona, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico and Vermont – appear to have rejected extremist secretary of state candidates who denied the validity of the 2020 presidential election.

The Conversation

Are Trump's plans to steal 2024 screwed?

Pundits told Biden that voters don't care about the fate of democracy. Thankfully, the president didn't listen

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Thousands of votes still need to be counted in Clark County and across Nevada

LAS VEGAS — Clark County officials still need to count nearly 15,000 mail-in ballots that were received Monday and Tuesday, county Registrar of Voters Joe Gloria said Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

Glitch, website attack in two states fuel election misinformation

A technical glitch in vote tabulation machines in Arizona and an attempted takedown of voter-facing websites in Mississippi led to a surge of misinformation about broken systems, but the setbacks largely didn’t affect voting or counting on Election Day.

Tribune News Service

Post-election misinformation targets Arizona, Pennsylvania

A day after the midterm elections, misinformation about the results is zeroing in on the states of Arizona and Pennsylvania

The Independent UK

Universal free lunch ballot measure passes easily in Colorado

Colorado voters approved a ballot measure to provide free meals for all public school students.

WEKU

‘Thank you Gen Z!’ How young voters saved the Democrats

Exit polls show youth vote remains one of Democrats’ key constituencies, John Bowden writes

The Independent UK

Kansas voters reelect Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly over GOP challenger Derek Schmidt

After an extremely tight election, Democrat Laura Kelly, governor of Kansas, wins four more years in offer over her Republican challenger Kelly held off Republican challenger Derek Schmidt.

WEKU

Officials counting all ballots after voting snag in Arizona

Election officials assured voters that every ballot would be counted after a printing malfunction at about one-quarter of the polling places across Arizona’s most populous county slowed down voting

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Republican Kentucky, swing state Michigan vote to uphold legal abortion

Voters in reliably red Kentucky rejected a ballot measure aimed at denying any state constitutional protections for abortion while voters in battleground Michigan enshrined abortion rights in their state's constitution — joining Democratic California and Vermont in taking that step.

The Independent UK

Voters approve recreational marijuana in Maryland, Missouri

Voters have approved recreational marijuana in Maryland and Missouri and rejected it in Arkansas, North Dakota and South Dakota

Tribune News Service

Kentuckians vote no on Constitutional Amendment 2; abortion rights groups claim victory

In a major victory for abortion rights groups, Kentucky voters rejected a proposal to revise the state constitution to make clear there is no protected right to abortion.

The Independent UK

Kentucky voters reject constitutional amendment on abortion

Kentucky voters have rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have removed any protection for abortion rights from the constitution of their deeply red state

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The Conversation

US midterms: 42 new voting laws since 2021 risk undermining confidence in American democracy

Soon after the first results had been declared in the 2020 US midterm elections it became clear that the “red wave” of Republican victories many pundits had thought would hand them control of both houses of Congress was not materialising as expected. And what was especially marked was that candidates…

Los Angeles Times

Proposition 1 abortion rights ballot measure passes in California

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will codify its progressive abortion protections in its state Constitution after voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 1, a measure placed on the ballot in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade.

France 24

Election Day glitches and slow vote counts feed disinformation claims

Voters casting ballots in Tuesday's pivotal midterms grappled with misleading claims about glitchy election machines and delayed results, the final crest of a wave of misinformation that's expected to linger long after the last votes are tallied.

WEKU

California voters enshrine right to abortion and contraception in state constitution

Proposition 1 was a direct response to the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling.

The Independent UK

N Dakota, Arkansas reject legal marijuana, Maryland approves

Voters have approved recreational marijuana in Maryland and rejected it in Arkansas and North Dakota in elections seen as a test of legalization’s support in even the most conservative parts of the country

Dynamite News

India has 2.49 lakh voters aged above 100: CEC Rajiv Kumar

There are 2.49 lakh voters aged above 100 in India, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said on Wednesday. Read more on Dynamite News:

Chicago Sun-Times

What voters agree on: Democracy is in danger

That chilling finding comes from a national exit poll conducted by Edison Research for several major news organizations.

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