Tag: Elections

ICYMI: On Eve of Elections, Environmentalists Condemn Stein, Calling for Her to Drop Out

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The Nation: I’m an Environmentalist. That’s Why I Can’t Vote Green. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, MoveOn Political Action spotlighted environmentalists from all around the world condemning third-party spoiler Jill Stein – calling for her to drop out of the race and cease boosting Donald Trump’s bid for the White House. In 2016, Stein’s vote totals in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin alone were enough to sink Hillary Clinton’s campaign and usher in Trump’s toxic, polluter presidency that rolled back Obama-era climate goals and took the United States out of the Paris…

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November Could Determine Future of Ranked Choice Voting in US Elections

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Arizona and Nevada not only are major battlegrounds in the presidential race, but voters there also will decide Nov. 5 whether the two states will adopt some incarnation of the process known as ranked choice voting. Six western states and the District of Columbia will vote on some form of ranked choice voting or “jungle primary” that includes ranking the final candidates, according to Ranked Vote and Unite America, which advocate the alternate election process.  Another state will consider ditching the ranked choice system. In most states, supporters and opponents…

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How to beat MAGA Republicans and help Democrats win elections in 2024

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We’ve done it before. We can do it again. For 25 years, MoveOn members have been on the front lines of elections, mobilizing communities and providing voters with the resources they need to make their voices heard at the ballot box.      This year, MoveOn is unveiling a $ 32 million election program to reelect President Biden, secure another Democratic trifecta, and protect American democracy from Donald Trump. Our persuasion program will be our most ambitious election program ever and is designed to turn out the Biden-Harris coalition once again and…

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Alliance of Big Tech, Dark Money Groups Partners With Counties in State That Bans ‘Zuckerbucks’ for Elections

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The group that distributed most of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s controversial election grants in 2020 has designated at least two Utah counties as part of a new effort, despite a state ban on private money funding election operations.  The two local juridictions are Cache County, with a population of 137,00, and Weber County, population 267,000. The U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence, a group launched by the Center for Tech and Civic Life and other left-leaning organizations, designated the Utah counties as participants in its plans for 2024. In 2022, the…

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Head of a local elections board in Georgia is a QAnon-obsessed, Big Lie conspiracy theorist

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If you think not signing the landmark Voting Rights Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act was just another political debate, you’re dead wrong. Not having those voting bills in place means that an anti-vaxxer, Big Lie spreading, QAnon conspiracist Republican can take the helm of an election board and wreak havoc on local voters. Ben Johnson, CEO Liberty Technology, Head of Spalding Co. Elections Board Last year, Ben Johnson was appointed to head the five-member Spalding County, Georgia Board of Elections and Registration. He and his fellow members have the power to…

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