Pubs work on plans to outright steal next election.

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US Supreme Court rejects challenge to Alaska campaign finance law

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge based on constitutional free speech protections to a voter-approved measure in Alaska that required greater public disclosure of certain political donations as the justices passed up a chance to further curtail campaign finance regulation.

The justices turned away an appeal by several Alaskan residents and advocacy groups, represented by a conservative legal group, of a lower court's ruling upholding the law narrowly approved as a ballot initiative in 2020.

The initiative, called Ballot Measure 2, adopted sweeping changes to the state's elections system. The plaintiffs objected to what they called some of the most stringent disclosure requirements in the United States on political donors....

A trial court judge handling the case declined to block the law's enforcement. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Circuit upheld that ruling in March, saying the disclosure requirements were "reasonably tailored to the state's important interests in keeping the public informed."

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North Carolina GOP lawmakers override veto to strip power from Democratic officials
Republicans tuck new law into relief bill for Hurricane Helene as they attempt to shift state government control

Butthurt assholes can't admit how stupid it was to nominate wingnut Robinson for Gov. They hate democracy. Shameful.

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Republicans on the NC Supreme Court block certification of the Democratic incumbent’s election

Democracy haters. Assholes.

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Republicans on the NC Supreme Court block certification of the Democratic incumbent’s election

Democracy haters. Assholes.

Still a mess 3 months after the election despite no actual fraud being found. Election denial meets voter suppression meets male White supremacy, only in four of the state's 100 counties. Dem counties, of course. Shades of Florida 2000. The potentially disenfranchised are many overseas military voters and, as usual, women and POCs. Disgusting.

"I'm in disbelief that this is actually happening": GOP election denial hits North Carolina voters

RepuQs are democracy haters and assholes.

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Update to the above: On Feb 7 Superior Court Judge William Pittman ruled in favor of the incumbent Dem winner of the Nov election.
https://apnews.com/article/north-caroli ... 722cf00b3a
The case now goes to the RepuQ-dominated NC Supreme Court and to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
https://ballotpedia.org/North_Carolina_ ... ions,_2024
This is the last undecided race in the nation from Nov. Yay NC.
RepuQs are democracy haters and assholes.

Cutting Out Those Who Answer To Voters
Conservatives have long talked about cutting government, but Republicans in Congress have shied away from approving deep reductions because of fear of how voters would react.

Damn straight, voters like the federal programs that help Americans.

Now, President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to make major cuts in government through the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, run by billionaire Elon Musk — an initiative led by an unelected businessman who’s unlikely to ever run for office and was appointed by a termed-out president who no longer needs to face voters again.

The dynamic of cutting government while also cutting out those who answer to voters has alarmed even some fiscal conservatives who have long pushed for Congress to reduce spending through the means laid out in the Constitution: a system of checks and balances that includes lawmakers elected across the country working with the president....

MAGA are democracy haters and assholes.