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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel ...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Tue May 18, 2021 at 05:00 AM PDT
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Republicans have run election administration in most states for most of this decade, but Democrats made critical gains in a handful of key swing states on Tuesday. Democrats flipped the secretary of state races in Michigan and Colorado, winning the...
by Stephen Wolf
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on Wed Nov 07, 2018 at 12:31 PM PST
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Ohio’s Republican candidate for secretary of state says he will definitely continue the state’s practice of purging voter rolls. State Rep. Kathleen Clyde, the Democratic candidate for the job, will not:
"There's no reason to purge. We have laws...
by Laura Clawson
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on Fri Oct 05, 2018 at 09:39 AM PDT
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● North Carolina: On Friday, North Carolina Republicans escalated their assault on democracy to yet another level when state party executive director Dallas Woodhouse issued a barely veiled threat to impeach the state Supreme Court if...
by Stephen Wolf
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on Fri Aug 17, 2018 at 03:18 PM PDT
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There are mountains of evidence that Russian hackers targeted our decentralized, borderline disastrous electoral system in 2016. It wasn’t a fair fight — imagine a KGB agent taking aim at senior citizens whose email passwords are just the names of...
by Blue Tuesday
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on Sun Jul 22, 2018 at 03:20 PM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from former Vice President Joe Biden:
If you'd have told me 40 years ago that in the year 2018 I'd have to make a pitch to protect voting rights — our fundamental right to cast a ballot — I'd have said, "No way. Not...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Tue Jun 26, 2018 at 07:40 PM PDT
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Received this e-mail today from Rep. Tim Ryan (D. OH-13) in support of State Rep. Kathleen Clyde’s (D. OH) campaign for Ohio Secretary of State:
This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision to UPHOLD Ohio...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Mon Jun 11, 2018 at 03:28 PM PDT
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Some good news today out of Ohio courtesy of PPP’s latest poll:
In the race for Ohio Secretary of State, Democratic state Rep. Kathleen Clyde is leading Republican state Sen. Frank LaRose 43 percent to 40 percent, according to a survey by Public...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Thu May 24, 2018 at 02:29 PM PDT
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Representative Kathleen Clyde is running for Ohio Secretary of State. She is a committed and articulate advocate for voting rights and reducing the effects of partisan gerrymandering. She is running against a longtime Republican Senator Frank LaRose,...
by parkos
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on Tue Feb 13, 2018 at 09:52 PM PST
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● Pennsylvania: On Monday, Pennsylvania’s state Supreme Court dealt Republican gerrymandering a crippling blow when it struck down the GOP’s congressional map for illegally discriminating against Democratic voters. The court has ordered...
by Stephen Wolf
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on Fri Jan 26, 2018 at 12:16 PM PST
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Voting Rights Roundup: Federal court appears poised to curtail North Carolina GOP's new gerrymanders Leading Off
● North Carolina: In what could signal a critical victory against Republican gerrymandering, a federal court panel overseeing the redrawing of North Carolina's state legislative districts has appointed a nonpartisan "special master"—an...
by Stephen Wolf
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on Fri Oct 27, 2017 at 12:55 PM PDT
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Yesterday I had the honor and pleasure of talking to Ohio State Senator Nina Turner . She is one passionate and eloquent woman.
Senator Nina Turner is running for Secretary of State . This ...
by Shockwave
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on Fri Oct 24, 2014 at 08:30 AM PDT
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Ohio's Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted made it as hard as possible for Democrats to vote in 2012. Now Democrats can beat him.
You often don't know how important a secretary of state ...
by Jeff Singer
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on Sun Aug 24, 2014 at 08:59 AM PDT
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by David Nir
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on Wed Aug 13, 2014 at 05:00 AM PDT
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Got extra space in my rental car for one or two people -- NO need to contribute to gas costs.
We need to leave Columbus at 9 AM on Weds the 16th, though. Plan on returning Sunday morning the 20th, ...
by Will Easton
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on Fri Jul 11, 2014 at 08:19 AM PDT
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by David Nir
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on Wed Aug 21, 2013 at 05:00 AM PDT
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"The U.S. Supreme Court made the decision I was looking for!"
Mr. Voter Suppression himself, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, has had a considerable advantage over his 2014 Democratic challenger,
by pipsorcle
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on Sun Aug 04, 2013 at 05:12 PM PDT
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That slimy car dealer Tom Ganley, a self-funding teabagging millionaire who is trying to buy progressive congresswoman Betty Sutton’s seat (Oh-13), has been accused of sexual assault by a ...
by anastasia p
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on Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 03:26 PM PDT
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A new poll by University of Cincinnati/Ohio Newspaper Poll, known as the Ohio Poll, has Republican challenger John Kasich beating Democratic incumbent Ted ...
by Ohiobama
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on Mon Jan 25, 2010 at 02:58 PM PST
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(ePMedia OhioNews Bureau): While the loss of state data contained on a computer back-up device is an embarrassing thorn in the side of Ohio’s new Democratic governor, Ohio ...
by OhioNative
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