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Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Monday that the Department of Justice has sued to block Texas’ updated congressional and state House maps, alleging that the districts redrawn after the 2020 census disenfranchise minorities in violation of the Voting Rights Act.

The suit, filed in federal court, alleges that the state of Texas is “refusing to recognize the State’s growing minority electorate.” It asks the court to stop the state from holding elections under the new maps and to temporarily redraw Texas’ congressional and state House districts.

It is the latest voting rights lawsuit from the Department of Justice, which separately sued Texas last month over the recently-implemented new election law in the state, which adds further restrictions to mail voting in the state and banned voting practices piloted by large Democratic-leaning counties during the pandemic, like drive-through and 24-hour early voting,
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The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Wednesday that Attorney General Ken Paxton may no longer unilaterally prosecute voter fraud, delivering a blow to the Republican who has made prosecuting those cases a mainstay of his office.

The Court of Criminal Appeals, an all-GOP panel, ruled 8-1 Wednesday to dismiss campaign finance violation charges against a southeast Texas sheriff. The ruling effectively strikes a provision of Texas election code that gave Paxton the authority to directly prosecute voter fraud cases.
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Paxton’s office has made prosecuting election fraud a major initiative, though experts say instances are rare. In 2020, the office closed 16 cases in a state with nearly 17 million registered voters. Paxton announced in October the creation of a 2021 Election Integrity Unit, and his office regularly touts arrests made in voter fraud cases.
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The ruling relies on statutes enacted in the Texas Constitution of 1876 and a post-Civil War provision that took the power of the attorney general to directly prosecute crimes in order to thwart the “despotic control of the reconstruction governor,” the ruling states.

Because of this, the Texas Constitution more thoroughly defines the separation of powers between the three branches of government and clearly outlines that the attorney general may not initiate a criminal prosecution. Paxton’s office is only authorized to act in criminal cases when requested by a county prosecutor, the ruling states.
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Dominion Voting wins key decision in lawsuit against Fox News


Judge Eric Davis of the Delaware Superior Court declined to dismiss Dominion Voting System's lawsuit against Fox News in a significant ruling Thursday.
A judge in Delaware has found that Fox News' coverage of election fraud after the 2020 election may have been inaccurate, and is allowing a major defamation case against the right-wing TV network to move forward.

Judge Eric Davis of the Delaware Superior Court declined to dismiss Dominion Voting System's lawsuit against Fox News in a significant ruling Thursday.

The ruling will now allow Dominion to attempt to unearth extensive communications within Fox News as they gather evidence for the case, and the company may be able to interview the network's top names under oath.

At this stage, the court must assume Dominion's claims about Fox News are true.

Still, Davis called out, in the 52-page opinion, that Fox News may have slanted its coverage to push election fraud, knowing the accusations were wrong.
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The insanity continues:

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So does the Ohio math teacher believe that all of the January 6th insurrectionists should be shot or hung for treason as well as all the presenters including Trump and his children? If the dude is as portrayed in the the piece, he sounds to be unstable and a menace.

Also, as what point does all of this waste of resources, funds, and time become frivolous and do we hold these people accountable, up to and including Ken Paxton?
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LordMortis wrote:So does the Ohio math teacher believe that all of the January 6th insurrectionists should be shot or hung for treason as well as all the presenters including Trump and his children? If the dude is as portrayed in the the piece, he sounds to be unstable and a menace.

Also, as what point does all of this waste of resources, funds, and time become frivolous and do we hold these people accountable, up to and including Ken Paxton?
The wheels of justice grind slow. See the dominion lawsuits, see the 1/6 Commission, see the insurrection trials - they are working their way up the chain and gathering evidence.
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Nothing matters anymore


A reminder that the son of the Ohio governor is sitting on the state Supreme Court & helping decide the fate of the new GOP gerrymanders his father just signed.
Justice DeWine notes that current district went for President Biden, which means it's competitive. But Fram says adding in Warren County makes it far less so. Republican Justice Pat Fischer notes counties will need to be broken up in the map, and DeWine agrees.
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A federal judge in Florida on Thursday struck down several aspects of the election rules overhaul passed by Republicans in the state last year.

US District Judge Mark Walker's scathing, 288-page opinion said some of the provisions in question were passed with the intent of targeting "Black voters because of their propensity to favor Democratic candidates." If appealed, the sweeping ruling will go to an appellate court with a conservative lean.

Walker's ruling also put Florida under a Voting Rights Act requirement that the state must seek federal approval for any future election rule changes that are similar to the provisions the judge blocked on Thursday.
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Specifically, the judge blocked the law's provisions scaling back the availability of mail ballot drop boxes; its restrictions on providing aid like water, fans and snacks to those waiting in line to vote; and its more stringent rules for voter registration drives. Walker said the provisions violated the Voting Rights Act, as well as the Constitution's 14th and 15th Amendments.
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I can't wait for SCOTUS to shadow docket it away.
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malchior wrote: Fri Apr 01, 2022 1:15 pm I can't wait for SCOTUS to shadow docket it away.
The 11th CIrcuit will probably take care of it first.
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That would back up Malchior's thesis in the Racism thread.
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El Guapo wrote: Fri Apr 01, 2022 3:03 pm
malchior wrote: Fri Apr 01, 2022 1:15 pm I can't wait for SCOTUS to shadow docket it away.
The 11th CIrcuit will probably take care of it first.
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Colorado Times Recorder
As one of Colorado’s most prominent election conspiracists, Joe Oltmann has spent the past two years insisting that there has been massive voter fraud in just about every Colorado and national election since 2020. He’s never been able to produce any evidence of this, and in fact, has been sued for defamation multiple times over his unsubstantiated claims.

Thanks in part to one of those lawsuits, there finally appears to be proof of voter fraud: his own.

It’s either that or he’s committed perjury, according to several public records.

In an Aug. 6, 2021, court statement, Oltmann said he is not a resident of Colorado.
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Here’s the catch: If Oltmann no longer lives here, as he’s told the court, then why is he voting in Colorado elections?

Records indicate Oltmann voted in Colorado in the 2021 election, and the 2022 primary and general elections, all of which took place well after he says he moved out of state. He voted by mail in 2021 and for the primary in 2022, before voting in person in Douglas County on Election Day 2022.

Additional court records confirm this disparity. In a Dec. 16 deposition, Oltmann confirmed both that he stopped being a Colorado resident in August, 2021, and that he voted in Douglas County on Election Day last year.
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We have found the enemy and it is us.
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The American Civil Liberties Union said a federal court has blocked a Florida law impacting voter registration.

ACLU claims Senate Bill 7050 "undermines community-based organizations performing voter registration."

Several groups filed a lawsuit and sought to block the law. Both voting rights and immigrant rights advocates expressed concerns about SB-7050.

The ACLU said in a news release, "The lawsuit, which centers on SB 7050's chilling effect on political speech, civic engagement, and the unconstitutional exclusion of noncitizens from these activities, was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Florida, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, Dēmos, and Arnold & Porter on behalf of Hispanic Federation, Poder Latinx, and individual clients."

A judge granted a motion to block the law Monday.
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Court Finds that Texas Law Requiring the Rejection of Mail Ballots and Applications Violates the Civil Rights Act
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas ruled yesterday that portions of Texas Senate Bill 1, adopted in September 2021, violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The court found that parts of S.B. 1 require officials to reject mail-in ballot applications and mail-in ballots based on errors or omissions that are not material in determining whether voters are qualified under Texas law to vote or cast a mail ballot.
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Isgrimnur wrote: Mon Aug 21, 2023 4:13 pm Court Finds that Texas Law Requiring the Rejection of Mail Ballots and Applications Violates the Civil Rights Act
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas ruled yesterday that portions of Texas Senate Bill 1, adopted in September 2021, violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The court found that parts of S.B. 1 require officials to reject mail-in ballot applications and mail-in ballots based on errors or omissions that are not material in determining whether voters are qualified under Texas law to vote or cast a mail ballot.
Translation: Need to shop it around until it hits the US Supreme Court.
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Virginia county finds 4,000 misreported 2020 votes, shorting Biden
Election officials in Virginia’s Prince William County have acknowledged roughly 4,000 votes were misreported in former President Trump’s favor during the 2020 presidential election, when President Joe Biden went on to win the state.

A release from the county’s Office of Elections announced Trump incorrectly received 2,327 extra votes, while Biden was shorted 1,648 votes.

The U.S. Senate candidates for the state in both parties received too few votes, and a Republican House candidate who won his race was shorted just less than 300 votes.

“The reporting errors were presumably a consequence of the results tapes not being programmed to a format that was compatible with state reporting requirements. Attempts to correct this issue appear to have created errors,” said Eric Olsen, director of elections for the county.
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Wow, they couldn't detect bad formatting with the inbound data at the time of the data transfer and load? Of votes? I don't understand how these things are not addressed within a day or two (or less, as any company with an IT element would do).
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Sounds like it "succeeded" incorrectly.
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Isgrimnur wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 12:15 pm Sounds like it "succeeded" incorrectly.
Ahh, gotcha. So they just suck at loading data to the extent that they are also blind to that fact.
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