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presidentially competitive state on this roster. The others are solidly blue. Connecticut. and. New York. and reliably red. Arkansas. , Kentucky. , Oklahoma. and. West Virginia. (Tennessee was on this list for two months. But in August the state Supreme Court. struck…

of eight states that have ended the practice in the past decade, most recently. Utah in March. That leaves Alabama, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, Oklahoma and South Carolina as the only places that will permit one-and-done balloting this fall. The argument…

identification with their ballot. These states are Alabama, Alaska, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Virginia, and Wisconsin require a witness. The fact that each state has its own rules and these rules are still…

Election Day. North Carolina. added the two weekends before the election to the period for in-person early voting and extended the time the polls would be open those days. Oklahoma. agreed to permit voters to include a copy of a photo ID with their absentee…

is no stranger to blocked legislation. In 2013, then-state Sen. Wendy Davis, a Democrat, famously held a 13-hour filibuster to block a restrictive abortion measure. And in 2003, Democratic lawmakers fled to Oklahoma, beyond the jurisdiction of Texas state…

Connerly founded the American Civil Rights Institute, which supported ballot initiatives modeled on Proposition 209 in Washington, Michigan, Colorado, Nebraska, Arizona, and Oklahoma. [6]. In 2020, Asm. Shirley Weber. (D-79) introduced the legislation that would…

Excellence Director Amber M Ivey, and featured: Open Primaries President John Opdycke; National Council of La Raza Chair Daniel R. Ortega, Jr; Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt; and. Open Primaries Vice President Jeremy Gruber. “We’re in a climate now in the…

explained. “Imagine when I had run for office in Oklahoma City in my first election, I went around and talked to people in town meetings, speeches, and interviews, and I said here’s who I am. I introduced myself. They got to know me as a person. They got to know…

". More public scrutiny. Such efforts largely came to naught this year. The pandemic led to citizen-led redistricting initiatives failing to get on the ballot in six states. Campaigns in Arkansas, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Oregon all either…

of these campaigns were related to democracy reform. Four states (Colorado, Oklahoma, Utah, Washington) and one city (San Diego) have granted deadline extensions or waived other obligations for signature gathering. (Source: Fulcrum.us. ). The National…