In this documentary with Columbia Journalism Investigations and USA Today, New Yorker writer Jelani Cobb reports on allegations of voter disenfranchisement, how unfounded claims of extensive voter fraud entered the political mainstream, rhetoric and realities around mail-in ballots, and how the pandemic could impact turnout. With director June Cross, the Fred W. Friendly Professor of…
Elections
City, Elections, Law, Local Government
Election Information for Whitewater, Wisconsin
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Please see information from the City of Whitewater about voting in the upcoming election — The City of Whitewater is committed to making sure every voter who is eligible to vote can do so. Citizens are encouraged to choose the voting option that works best for them. Here are some key dates and facts to…
Elections, Presidential race 2020, Putin, Russia
FBI Director Wray’s Testimony on Russian Attempts to Influence 2020 Election
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Elections, Never Trump, Trump
Complacent
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America, Elections, History, Politics
The Convention Bounce
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Authoritarianism, Bigotry, Coronavirus, Corporate Welfare, Disinformation, Economy, Elections, Herrenvolk, Militarized Policing, Parodies, Propaganda, Protests, Public Health, Trump, Trumpism, Tyranny
The Juice Media: A Message from the White House (Pandemic, Autocracy, Corporate Cronyism, and Disenfranchisement)
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Courts, Elections, Law, Legislature, Politics, Public Health, Wisconsin
‘This Principle Is More Important Than Winning’
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In the New York Times, Justice-elect Jill Karofsky writes I’m the Judge Who Won in Wisconsin. This Principle Is More Important Than Winning (‘We must get away from a partisan view of the law‘): In cities like Milwaukee and Green Bay, the wait [to vote] ended up being as long as three hours. And because the…
Coronavirus, Elections, Irony, Public Health, Speaker Vos, WISGOP
Speaker Vos – wearing personal protective equipment – insists it’s ‘incredibly safe to go out’
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Corruption, Courts, Elections, Law
Judge Jill Karofsky’s Commitment to Stop Corruption
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Elections
The Flaw
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Democrats, Elections, Never Trump, Politics, Presidential race 2020, Republicans, Television, Trump
The Unexpected (But Welcome) Never-Trump Haven @ MSNBC
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Democrats, Elections, Presidential race 2020
About that Democratic ‘Establishment’
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
I’m neither a Democrat nor a Republican, and I never will be. One doesn’t have to be a member of a major party, however, to see that repeated talk about a Democratic ‘establishment’ is mostly bunk: millions of Democratic voters are casting their ballots based on their own estimation of the candidates, without regard to…
City, Courts, Elections, Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Supreme Court Race
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Yesterday’s spring primary included a statewide contest for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, with incumbent Justice Dan Kelly and challengers Judge Jill Karofsky and Professor Ed Fallone. (It was the only race on Whitewater’s ballot, as there were no contested local races). A few remarks — Statewide. Kelly and Karofsky will move on to the spring…
Elections, Fair Maps, Gerrymandering
Fair Maps
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I am proud to stand with @GovEvers tonight as he calls for non-partisan redistricting in Wisconsin. In 2011 Republicans drew some of the worst gerrymanders in the country. It’s time to change that and make things fair. It’s time to give power back to the people-where it belongs. https://t.co/34jB9j04yZ — Eric Holder (@EricHolder) January 23,…