Some New Hampshire Democrats have begun a write-in campaign for President Joe Biden since his name will no longer appear on the state s 2024 presidential primary ballot. Biden chose to remove his name when the state announced it would maintain its first-in-the-nation primary status despite the national Democratic Party moving the top spot to South Carolina. Kathleen Sullivan, former chair of the New Hampshire Democratic Party, said organizers hope to reach as many voters any way they can. .
Many Alabama voters are celebrating the state s new voting maps for congressional districts and the groups who worked to get them redrawn are reflecting on their journey. The battle for fair representation for Alabama voters of color made it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, twice. .
There are warnings of cuts to municipal governments and schools, and some loss of local control for budget decisions, amid efforts to eliminate property taxes in North Dakota. Organizers of a possible ballot question downplay those concerns. Petitions are being circulated to get the issue on the 2024 ballot, asking voters to do away with property taxes by way of a constitutional amendment. .
An election law expert says guilty pleas from Trump lawyers in Georgia s election interference case probably won t change the minds of voters who think the 2020 election was stolen. David Becker, executive director of the Center for Election Innovation & Research, said he has empathy for "good" Americans who sincerely wanted to see Donald Trump re-elected as president in 2020. He said he believes they re still convinced it was rigged, because they ve been targets of a long-term disinformation effort to keep them angry - and sending money to pay his legal bills. .