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🚨BREAKING: In a voting rights victory, the Kansas Court of Appeals Monday rejected Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s (R) emergency bid to reinstate a rule that could have thrown out lawfully cast mail ballots. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Kansas court rejects last-minute GOP bid to toss late-arriving mail ballotsThe ruling keeps Kansas’ mail ballot grace period in place for the August primary. That means voters’ ballots can still count if they are postmarked by Election Day but received up to three days after...www.democracydocket.com
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In a first, Germany drew more power from wind and solar than from fossil fuels last year.
In Germany, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil FuelsTogether, wind and solar generated 44 percent of Germany’s electricity, while fossil fuels generated roughly 43 percent, according to data from the Energy Institute, a think tank based in London. The figures represent a major milestone for the German “Energiewende,” or “energy turnaround,” a national push to ramp up renewable energy and phase out gas, coal, and nuclear power. e360.yale.edu
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"This case revealed that the Department of Justice was willing to charge a labor leader with a crime, hold it over him for months, and then walk away from it once the charge couldn’t survive scrutiny,” the lawyers said. “That is not how a justice system is supposed to work.”
US justice department dismisses charges against California union leaderDavid Huerta was arrested while protesting against an ICE operation during crackdown in Los Angeleswww.theguardian.com
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CNBC: Federal officials admitted they withheld billions of dollars in federal grants for states that did not vote for Trump in the last election. They previously claimed that they were merely trying to save taxpayer dollars. Just who do they think they're kidding with this?! #FederalGrants
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PODCAST: One of the best ways to stay up to date about what is happening to democracy is to listen to my Defending Democracy podcast. Available on Spotify or wherever you listen. open.spotify.com/show/30Bsx0J...
Defending Democracy with Marc EliasPodcast · Democracy Docket · Every week, election lawyer Marc Elias interviews lawmakers, policy leaders and changemakers about the problems facing our democracy and how we fix them.open.spotify.com⟳ Репост от chestermarx
Republicans asked a federal judge Tuesday to allow them to intervene in a lawsuit against Florida’s new requirement that voters prove their citizenship before they can cast a ballot. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
RNC wants to defend Florida’s proof-of-citizenship voting requirementThe party claimed their candidates would be harmed if the voting restriction were blocked.www.democracydocket.com
