Alabama has long been at the forefront of voting rights issues in the United States and despite some progress, advocates said residents continue to face barriers at the ballot box. In a recent discussion held in Montgomery, the Center for American Progress brought together voting rights experts to shed light on the ongoing struggle against voter suppression in the state. Kathy Jones, president of the League of Women Voters-Alabama, was on the panel and highlighted ongoing efforts hindering equitable access. .
Pennsylvania is among the states where massive protests and tent encampments opposing the war in Gaza are growing. Elez Beresin-Scher, a sociology student at Bryn Mawr College, is at the Free Gaza encampment on campus. She explained there are about 44 tents full of students who have been sleeping there since Saturday night. .
Massive protests and tent encampments opposing the war in Gaza are growing at universities across California, with classes canceled at the University of California-Los Angeles Wednesday, after tensions boiled over into violence there. Police arrested 25 students at California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Tuesday. An organizer named Rithik from the Students for Gaza encampment at San Francisco State University recently spoke to Sonali Kolhatkar for her TV and radio show Yes! .
A new report showed turnover among California chief election officials reached 57% in 2022, a record high. It then declined this year to 40%. Researchers at the University of California-Los Angeles partnered with the Bipartisan Policy Center to analyze the data from 18,000 jurisdictions nationwide. .
December 10, 2020
The Electoral College is responsible for formally voting for the next president. Their ballots will be cast Dec. 14, and then certified by Congress.
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Weeks after Election Day, attention turns to the Electoral College and its members who are responsible for formally electing the next president. When we go to vote for president in November, we are not actually voting for president. You are casting your ballot for the electors of that person, said Gayle Alberda, an assistant professor of politics at Fairfield University. It used to be a little clear on our ballots where it said, you re voting for the electors of, you know, Joe Biden or the electors of Donald Trump. Our ballots don t say that anymore, said Matthew Weil, the director of the Elections Project for the Bipartisan Policy Center.