Arizona is gearing up for its presidential preference election that takes place in less than a month, and registered Democrats and Republicans were mailed their ballots last week. Adrian Fontes, Arizona Secretary of State, said all 15 counties in the Grand Canyon State passed their logic and accuracy equipment tests ahead of the vote on March 19th to ensure accuracy and election integrity. "We ve had teams deployed across the entire state making sure that those equipments are ready for your ballots," Fontes explained. " .
Pro-Ukraine rallies are planned in Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco as well as cities across the United States this weekend, marking the second anniversary of the Russian invasion. Advocates are pressing Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to relent and allow a vote on aid to Ukraine. "It s extremely unfortunate and self-serving of the Speaker and members to hold Ukraine s international aid hostage as a political tool," said Alex Cornell du Houx, a former Maine state representative and Marine combat veteran who co-founded and now is president of Elected Officials to Protect America, a nonprofit that fights climate change. " .
New York activists are voicing serious concerns about the state s new congressional maps. The state s top court ordered new voting-district maps to be drawn by an independent commission last year, but critics of the new maps point out they are similar to 2022 maps, which favored Republican candidates. Groups have signed a letter demanding state lawmakers create new maps to prevent districts where majority-white communities overrule the needs of people of color. .
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Berkeley Rent Board filed a ballot measure to amend the city’s rent ordinance, potentially giving tenants the right to organize and more protections from eviction.