Feb. 27, 2025: Election Reform Highlights
Feb. 27, 2025: 11:00 p.m.:
Feb. 27, 2025: Election Reform Highlights
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The America First Policy Institute’s Center for Litigation sent letters to the Wisconsin Elections Commission and local officials, demanding an end to early-voting poll-location gerrymandering in Madison, La Crosse, and Oshkosh.
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Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo proposed legislation requiring mail-in ballots to be received by Election Day, aiming to expedite election results reporting.
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The New Jersey Assembly passed two election reform bills, including significant changes to primary ballot design, now awaiting Governor Phil Murphy’s approval.
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Austria’s three main centrist parties reached a coalition agreement to form a government, excluding the far-right Freedom Party, which had won the most seats in the recent parliamentary election.
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Protesters in Michigan, led by Rep. Bill G. Schuette, urged Governor Gretchen Whitmer to schedule a special election to fill the vacant Senate District 35 seat, emphasizing the need for representation for its 270,000 residents.