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COUNTERING DISINFORMATION
The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution: The Jolt:
Raffensperger calls disinformation top threat to
democracy
Georgia Secretary of State Brad
Raffensperger was in Chicago Thursday speaking to national political
reporters at the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics.
Georgia's top election official discussed overseeing the 2020 Georgia
elections, the lessons he learned and some of the fallout from the
chaos.
Asked by journalist John Harwood
about the "weakest link in the chain" for American democracy today,
Raffensperger said it isn’t voting machines or election officials,
which former President Donald Trump wrongly blamed for "election
fraud." Instead, Raffensperger pointed to disinformation from
candidates and bad actors.
ELECTION REFORM
Boise
State Public Radio: Organizers launch
initiative to open Idaho's primaries, implement ranked choice
voting
A coalition of community groups
announced Tuesday a new ballot initiative to hold open primaries and
implement ranked-choice voting in Idaho. That includes Reclaim Idaho,
which has successfully qualified two ballot initiatives in recent
years.
All statewide elected officials are
Republican. About 83% of state legislative seats are held by GOP
lawmakers, with the primary often acting as the only competitive
election.
NBC Philadelphia:
Pa. Senators Introduce Bill to Allow Independents to Vote in
Primaries
Two Pennsylvania senators have
introduced legislation that would allow independent voters to vote in
primary elections in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania currently has closed
primaries, which means only voters who are registered with a certain
party can vote in primary elections, such as the one coming up on
Tuesday, May 16. Pennsylvania has 926,842 voters with no party
affiliation, according to the Pennsylvania Department of
State.
Statesman
Journal: Volunteers hopeful new amendment
will bring open primaries to Oregon
Volunteers behind the effort to
bring open primaries to Oregon voters hope a new petition filed this
week will result in a new ballot title from the state attorney
general. A previous ballot measure, Initiative Petition 16, was
submitted last year.
The organization behind the
proposal, All Oregon Votes, collected 1,000 signatures to move
forward. But the group disagreed with the ballot title generated in
January by the Oregon Justice Department.
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