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Divided Nation: Study Shows Most Trump Voters See American Values Under Siege, Deepening Psychological Rift




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Should Voters Pick Judges?

Only a few localities nationwide allow voters to elect judges. What impact would democratizing judge selection have on the judiciary?








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PCC VOTER GUIDES

Presidential Voter Guide https://www.hbgdiocese.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024-PA-Presidential-Voter-Guide.pdf Allentown Diocese https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/38ozcuv2k9a8284l3g5oj/State-Voter-Guide-for-Diocese-of-Allentown.pdf?rlkey=d736o5zt9dim845lp5i8x264g&e=1&st=n431ntpo&dl=0 Harrisburg Diocese  https://www.hbgdiocese.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024-State-Voter-Guide-Harrisburg.pdf Erie Diocese  https://www.eriercd.org/images/pdf/2024-PCC-Voter%20Guide.pdf Altoona-Johnstown Diocese https://www.dioceseaj.org/2024-pcc-voter-guide/ Scranton Diocese https://www.dioceseofscranton.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/PCC-Voter-Guide-Scranton.pdf Pittsburgh Diocese https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:50d08636-546a-4ad1-8030-46a1fa4ed5e3        




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NAB Announces Hispanic Media Coalition to Increase Voter Participation

Washington, D.C. – The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), in collaboration with Hispanic media groups and organizations, today announced a first of its kind coalition focused on get out the vote (GOTV) efforts for the Hispanic community. The nonpartisan coalition consisting of 13 organizations is dedicated to increasing voter registration and voter turnout in the Hispanic community for the 2024 national elections.




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NAB Launches 'Martes de Acción' to Support Hispanic Voter Participation Ahead of 2024 Elections

Washington, D.C. – The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), in collaboration with members of the Hispanic Media GOTV Coalition, today launched Martes de Acción (Tuesdays of Action), an initiative aimed at encouraging Hispanic voter participation and strengthening civic engagement ahead of the November elections.




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Despite Climate Concerns, Young Voter Turnout Slumped & Its Support Split Between the Parties

As early exit polling comes out, it appears that young voters—often expected to reliably support Democratic candidates—did not vote as a monolith. Although Kamala Harris still took the majority of the youth vote, her margin of support from young voters, 6 points, was much smaller than Biden’s 25 point lead in 2020, and young men—unlike in 2020—broke in favor of Trump...
Alice Siu, associate director of the Deliberative Democracy Lab at Stanford University, said that young voters’ opinions were more diverse than may have been expected...
Climate Didn’t Necessarily Move Young Voters to Harris: Young voters also consistently rank climate change as an important issue, and in the lead up to the election some experts suggested that young climate voters could tip the race in favor of Harris.




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Progressives thought voters loved their climate agenda, but Trump’s victory suggests it didn’t sell

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/left-thought-voters-loved-climate-agenda-trumps-victory-suggests-its-not By Kevin Killough Kamala Harris hoped to secure the White House with a platform that vaguely appeared moderate on one hand, while cozying up to radical climate activists on the other. Donald Trump has repeatedly called climate change a “hoax,” something Democrats hammered the Republican candidate on for years, and promised voters America would “drill, baby, drill” if […]




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10Best poll: Voters give nods to top theme parks, roller coasters, other attractions

Orlando's theme parks and attractions dominate the nominations of 10Best travel website's reader poll.





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Many California voters get their info from social media, even if they don't trust it, poll shows

A new poll shows that California voters are increasingly moving to social media, such as TikTok, for election information.




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Voters are seeing more deepfakes — and worrying more about their influence. How to spot them

A survey shows that most Americans have seen a deepfake in recent months, and most worry about AI-generated misinformation influencing elections.




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Issues of the Environment: Voters approve three ballot issues put forth by Washtenaw County

Washtenaw County put three ballot issues before voters in Tuesday's primary elections. All three touch on components of our environment. All three passed by a wide margin. WEMU's David Fair discusses the results and future impacts with Washtenaw County Commissioner Yousef Rabhi.




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Voter Pride And Purpose In Richmond / Book It: The Power Of Stories In Medicine

Residents in Richmond’s District 5 are calling for investment in arts and culture from their city leaders. And, in a new episode of Book It, the power of stories in medicine.




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Reparations Bills / Black Voices & the Election / Immigrant Community Voters

Today, we hear how states can begin to repair fractured histories around slavery. Then, local experts weigh in on Kamala Harris’s track record. And, we consider the power of Black immigrant voters.




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Unhoused Voters / Encampment Sweeps / Bay Poets

Today, we hear from unhoused people in the East Bay on their role in the presidential race. Then, photos and voices from the lives that are swept up when an encampment is cleared.




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Missouri Enacts Strict New Voter Rules and Will Switch to Caucuses

A new photo ID requirement is the latest in a Republican-controlled state. The law also does away with the state’s presidential primaries in favor of a series of caucuses.




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Kansas Rep. Steve Watkins Charged With Felonies Over Voter Registration At UPS Store

Just weeks before his first primary to defend his congressional seat, U.S. Rep. Steve Watkins is facing multiple charges stemming from him registering to vote using the address of a UPS storefront. The charges were filed Tuesday, before the freshman Republican appeared in a debate with two GOP challengers. Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay filed multiple felony counts against Watkins: interference with law enforcement; providing false information; voting without being qualified; and unlawful advance voting. He was also charged with a misdemeanor for failing to tell the Department of Motor Vehicles about a change of address. The charges stem from a ballot Watkins cast in a local election last year. In December, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported that Watkins used a UPS store address on his voter registration. The congressman listed his official residence as a UPS Store in Topeka on a change-of-address form for voter registration in August 2019. Then, he signed an application




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Voter frustration with rising prices had a major impact on the election

We look at the impact of inflation on the outcome of the presidential elections this week.




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One thing I’m sure of: Harris ignored voters’ anger over Gaza, and it cost the Democrats dear | Nesrine Malik | The Guardian




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Ballot Question 3A gives Aurora voters final say on whether to keep pit bull ban

Aurora's decades-long debate over whether to ban pit bulls should finally find resolution in the Nov. 5 election, when voters will have the final say on whether to repeal an existing ban. Here's an explainer.





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California voters reject 2 housing-affordability measures

By Megan Myscofski

Californians voted on two housing-related measures Tuesday — Propositions 5 and 33 — and rejected both, according to respective Associated Press race calls. Still, many voters cited affordability as a major issue in the state. 

Proposition 33 would’ve rolled back state-wide restrictions on rent control. Proposition 5 would’ve made it easier for local governments to approve bonds for affordable housing, among other projects. 

Mary-Beth Moylan is a law professor at the University of the Pacific. She said the rejection is a sign voters think lawmakers should solve the problem. 

“Maybe the messaging is — we want there to be changes, we want there to be more affordable housing,” she said. “But we want the Legislature to figure out how to do it on its own and not involve the voters.”

But she added that could be bad news for local officials tasked with addressing affordability in their communities. 

“The fact that these two measures didn't pass means that those people will not have, really, the tools that they need to get anything done,” she said. 

Moylan said attack ads probably played a large part in the no votes, too. 

“There were effective campaigns that had people not really understanding what both of them would do and what the consequences of them would be,” she said. 

She also said that when voters don’t understand a measure, they tend to vote it down. 

“Which I'm not saying is a bad thing,” she added. “Because we probably shouldn't be voting for things that we don't understand.” 

Either way, Moylan said that voters didn’t see these as viable solutions to California’s housing affordability problem.




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California voters pass $10B bond measure funding environmental projects

By Manola Secaira

California voters passed Proposition 4, according to a race call by the Associated Press. About 58% of voters statewide supported the measure that will issue $10 billion in bonds for climate-related projects. 

The money will fund a variety of projects, including those that boost access to safe drinking water, wildfire prevention and the protection of lands and communities in California. 

“The way that Prop 4 was designed to focus on prevention and preparedness really represents  a pivotal shift away from just reacting to climate change,” said Guillermo Rodriguez, the California state director for the conservation nonprofit Trust for Public Land.

Rodriguez said he sees Proposition 4’s passage as evidence of increased voter interest in projects that tackle climate change impacts. 

“The voters of California are willing to make these kinds of significant investments in the future because I think we're all being impacted by climate change,” he said. 

He says the measure will help his nonprofit’s efforts to make public lands more accessible. The measure promises $700 million toward expanding and renovating local and state parks. 

Ariana Rickard, the public policy and funding program manager for the conservation nonprofit Sonoma Land Trust, said she’s expecting 2025 to be another deficit year for California’s budget. This has previously meant slashed funding for environmental projects. 

But she said this money ensures nonprofits who rely on state funding from agencies like the Wildlife Conservation Board — which will receive funding from the measure — can continue their work regardless of budget cuts.  

“We're really thrilled because it means that our projects can go forward,” Rickard said. “There's not going to be added delays to the timeline because we have that reassurance that that funding will be there.”




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Last-minute Colorado voter guide for the 2024 election

It's too late to mail your ballot but it's not too late to vote. Coloradans can vote in person or use a ballot drop box until 7 p.m. on Nov. 5.





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Denver DA launches investigation into voter system passwords breach by secretary of state’s office

The Denver district attorney has launched an investigation into how a spreadsheet of voting system passwords ended up on the Colorado secretary of state's website earlier this year.




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Denver voters rejecting fur ban and slaughterhouse ban initiatives

Denver voters were giving a strong thumbs-down Tuesday night to ballot measures that would ban businesses from making or selling fur-based products and outlaw slaughterhouses within city limits.




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Wheat Ridge voters can help shape plans for former hospital property

Now that Lutheran Hospital has moved from its 100-acre campus in Wheat Ridge to the new Lutheran Medical Center at Interstate 70 and 40th Avenue, Wheat Ridge has a unique opportunity to develop the area and better serve the community. On Tuesday, voters will decide whether to approve an amended charter to increase the height […]





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Editorial: Here’s how savvy Colorado voters navigated the monstrous 2024 ballot

Colorado’s election results tell us that more of our neighbors are feeling bad about Tuesday night’s presidential outcome than are feeling good, but what about the down-ballot races?




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Ballot measures in 41 states give voters a say on abortion and other tough questions

By DAVID A. LIEB Life, death, crime and taxes will be on ballots for voters to decide this fall. More than 140 measures are going before voters in 41 states during the general election alongside choices for president and other top offices. The ballot questions will give voters a chance to directly decide some consequential […]




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Voters let RTD, Arapahoe and Jefferson counties keep tax revenue in TABOR measures

Metro Denver voters in Tuesday's election decided to let the Regional Transportation District and Arapahoe and Jefferson counties keep tax money that otherwise, under Colorado's Taxpayer Bill of Rights, must be returned to taxpayers. 





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Voters back $1 billion bond measures for Denver, Aurora and Cherry Creek schools

Denver Public Schools' nearly $1 billion bond measure appeared poised to pass Tuesday evening, according to preliminary results.




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Savannah Vigilante Attack on Phd Thousands of Black Voters Face Ballot Block

Carry Smith wrote her PhD thesis on the Voting Rights Act and challenges to the right to vote in Georgia. Now dig this: Smith, the expert on challenges to voting rights, lost her vote because a Republican vigilante challenged her registration—along with 900 other Savannah voters—until she was forced to... READ MORE




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Will Vigilantes or Voters Choose our President?

Here’s the number that should scare you: In 2020 there were 88 vigilante votes challengers, almost all in Georgia. But the group that provided the hit list of voters to challenge, True the Vote of Texas, has proudly proclaimed it has, this year, signed up an astonishing 40,000 vigilantes. True the Vote crows that... READ MORE




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Essential Election Day Vote-Saving TipFrom Jay Ponti, Save Your Vote's Director of Voter Justice

Unless it’s absolutely necessary, do not accept a provisional ballot. Watch this clip from our recent Save Your Vote broadcast to find out why — and what to do if someone tries to shunt you to a provisional "placebo" ballot.... READ MORE




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Global Existential Challenges: Designing Mechanisms for Addressing Political Polarization in Voter Behavior

Simon A. Levin, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University Samuel S. Wang, Professor of Neuroscience, Princeton University Discussant: Keena Lipsitz, Associate Professor of Political Science at Queens College, City University of New York




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Voters Concerned About Energy Security Have A Choice To Make

By David Blackmon Voters concerned about national security matters must also be concerned about America’s energy security. Modern society can no longer function without abundant, affordable and uninterrupted sources of energy to fuel the technologies that make modern life possible. Like it or not, this is an unavoidable fact of life. No development in this […]

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Voters in progressive county recall far-left mayor and district attorney

Even Democrats can get sick of the crime that results from left-wing policies. So the voters in California’s Alameda County — which voted lopsidedly for the Democrats in every statewide and national election — have voted to remove a soft-on-crime mayor and district attorney. A San Francisco news source reports: Voters in the East Bay […]

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College official wishes Trump voters would ‘f***ing’ kill themselves

“A University of Oregon administrator has been placed on leave after expressing ‘hope’ that Donald Trump supporters would ‘go jump off a f***ing bridge’ in a now-deleted video posted to his Instagram account,” reports The College Fix. After this created lots of bad press for the University, it put the administrator on temporary leave. “Copies […]

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Democrats' bet on a generation of liberal voters has backfired badly

Latino, black and younger voters once helped Obama win power - Trump made gains with all three groups this election. Why?




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US voters on one reason Trump won... and why Harris lost

After Donald Trump's decisive victory, we asked Americans what they think made the difference for each campaign.





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Iowa Pediatrician Blistered for Telling Trump Voters that He Hopes Their Children Die

A scumbag, left-wing (is there any other kind?) doctor in Iowa is facing an uncertain future at his hospital after he began posting obscene wishes on social media saying that he hopes the children of Trump voters are murdered. The creep is question is one Dr. Mayank Sharma, 35, a pediatric cardiology fellow for the […]

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