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GOP Lawmakers Call on Pennsylvania Secretary of State to Resign Over Election Guidance
Two Pennsylvania state Republican lawmakers have asked Kathy Boockvar, Pennsylvania’s secretary of state, to step down over her handling of the 2020 election. On Tuesday, state Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati and state Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman called for the secretary to resign. “Twice in the last two days, the Secretary of State… -
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Colorado Joins States Pledging to Surrender Electoral Votes to Winner of Popular Vote
Colorado residents approved a measure Wednesday to join a list of states pledging to award their electoral votes to the presidential candidate who obtains the majority of the popular vote. Proposition 113 passed with roughly 52% approval from voters, entering Colorado into the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, according to The Denver Post. The state joins 15… -
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Arizona Voters Approve Proposition 207 to Legalize Recreational Marijuana Products
Arizona voted to legalize the recreational use of marijuana products Tuesday, allowing individuals over 21 to legally possess up to 28 grams of cannabis and smaller quantities of concentrates, The Associated Press reported. Proposition 207 followed four years after a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana use was defeated, the AP reported. Republican lawmakers previously rejected changes… -
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Oregon Votes to Decriminalize Certain Amounts of Meth, Heroin, Cocaine
Oregon residents on Tuesday voted to decriminalize certain possession amounts of hard drugs. Roughly 60% of Oregonian voters favored making it no longer a crime to possess a “non-commercial” amount of methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine, among others, according to The Hill. Those caught with the specified amount of narcotics face a $100 fine, but the penalty can be avoided… -
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Louisiana Passes Amendment Saying There Is No Constitutional Right to Abortion
Louisiana voters passed an amendment to the state constitution Tuesday evening establishing that there is no constitutional right to an abortion. The New York Times reported that 62% of Louisiana voters supported Amendment 1, “Love Life Amendment,” an amendment stating that nothing in the Louisiana state constitution protects the right to abortion or abortion funding. Louisiana also has a… -
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Hispanic Vote Helps Win Florida for Trump
President Donald Trump captured the state of Florida on Tuesday night, in no small part by overperforming expectations with the Latino vote, according to statistics and media pundits. The liberal New Yorker magazine tweeted: “In every Presidential election since 1992, the winner of Florida has gone on to the White House. This year, Donald Trump… -
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GOP Raises Concern About Voting Practices in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s Republican Party has raised concerns over voting practices in the battleground state. “New picture from the field: an official ballot box being taken away by an unidentified civilian. What’s going on here?” Philly GOP tweeted Tuesday. Only two hours before polls closed, the Philly GOP account tweeted, “Unidentified civilians moving ballot boxes, Unlicensed poll… -
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Republicans Take Back Alabama Senate Seat as Tommy Tuberville Defeats Doug Jones
Former Auburn University football coach Tommy Tuberville defeated Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., The Associated Press reported, flipping a key seat in the battle for control of the Senate. Tuberville was declared the winner almost immediately after Alabama’s polls closed Tuesday night, according to AP. Coming into the night, Tuberville had been the heavy favorite to… -
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National Guard Moves Into Chicago to Quell Possible Election Unrest
Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has mobilized the National Guard to Chicago in preparation for potential unrest in the days following the 2020 general election. Pritzker said he’s putting the military personnel “in state of readiness,” as he claimed the election results for the state may not be available until “Wednesday, or Thursday, or even… -
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Meet Kim Foxx, the Rogue Prosecutor Whose Policies are Wreaking Havoc in Chicago
This commentary is part of a series on the rogue prosecutors around the country who have been backed by liberal billionaires such as George Soros and Cari Tuna, and the threat those prosecutors pose to victims and others alike. In one war zone, there were 3,481 Americans killed in action between 2003 and 2010, an… -
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Appeals Court Orders Minnesota to Separate Mail-In Ballots Arriving After Election Day
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that mail-in ballots from Minnesota that arrive after Nov. 3 must be separated from those that are received on or before Election Day. The ruling, from a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, authorized a Republican challenge against Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon's order extending the ballot… -
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Over 30 Illegal Immigrants in Texas Who ‘Threaten Public Safety’ Arrested in 1 Week
A five-day operation in South Texas resulted in over 30 arrests of illegal immigrants with criminal backgrounds deemed possible public security threats, border officials announced Thursday. The operation targeted illegal immigrants who allegedly pose a threat to public safety and are subject to deportation, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “Each arrest protects the victims involved in… -
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Rioters Hurl Rocks at New York City Cops, Drive Through Police Line
New York City rioters hurled rocks at cops, drove through a police line, and damaged several businesses Tuesday night following the Philadelphia officer-involved fatal shooting of a man armed with a knife, the New York Post reported. Around 200 violent demonstrators were seen parading through the streets with one man holding a burning American flag, according to… -
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China’s Next ‘5-Year Plan’ Likely to Increase Animosity Between Washington and Beijing
The Chinese Communist Party’s leadership will meet this week to formalize its plans for the next five years (2021-2025). This will be the 14th “five-year plan” created by the Communist Party Congress, and is likely be adopted early next year. These five year plans play a central role in Chinese economic and broader policy planning,… -
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Free Speech Won at Colleges in California and Ohio. It Should Win in Georgia, Too.
As Free Speech Week concludes, Americans nationwide are reminded that public university campuses provide a unique environment for students to engage in the marketplace of ideas while pursuing higher education. Sadly, however, many public officials have forgotten their own role in encouraging free speech on campus, and some colleges have even received a free pass after violating… -
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Faced With Lawsuit, Cuomo Reverses Closure of Jewish School in New York City
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio have spent months targeting the Jewish community for gathering for worship services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, some families have become fed up with this behavior, which they consider religious discrimination. Yitzchok and Chana Lebovits send their daughters to Bais Yaakov Ateres Miriam,… -
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Appeals Court Rules North Carolina Absentee Ballots Postmarked by Nov. 3 Are Valid If They Arrive Before Nov. 12
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the North Carolina State Board of Elections on Tuesday, allowing it to count absentee ballots that arrive before Nov. 12 as long as they were postmarked by Nov. 3. “All ballots must still be mailed on or before Election Day,” said Circuit Judge James… -
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Social Media’s Preemptive Spiking of New York Post Story Shows Bias Against Conservatives Continues
Twitter and Facebook are quickly backpedaling after suppressing a New York Post story damaging to former Vice President Joe Biden, but that doesn’t erase the fact that just weeks before an election, the social media platforms continue to enforce their rules differently for those with whom they disagree politically. When the Post published a story… -
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For Now, Florida Judge Stays in Proper Lane on Elections
Florida, like most other states, requires those who wish to vote in upcoming elections to register. Florida’s deadline for registering to vote in the upcoming general election was 11:59 p.m. Oct. 5. To facilitate the process, Florida provides a voter registration website, RegisterToVoteFlorida.gov. Unfortunately, the registration website malfunctioned for several hours on that day, potentially… -
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Ending California’s Lockdown on Churches Is Compatible With Science and Good Health
Forty million California residents have been living under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s statewide lockdown order since March 19. This lockdown order—which was the first in the nation—was based on Newsom’s assessment of the health risks of COVID-19. In Los Angeles County, 10 million residents are in lockdown, which was implemented at the county level by a series…