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Here's what Harris and Trump got right and wrong on the debate stage in Philadelphia. Fact check: Trump calls Harris’ dad a Marxist“Her father’s a Marxist professor in economics, and he taught her well," Trump said. Fact check: Trump claims Harris ‘wants to confiscate your guns’“She wants to confiscate your guns,” Trump claimed. We’re not taking anybody’s guns away.”Fact check: Harris says Trump oversaw manufacturing job losses“Donald Trump said he was going to create manufacturing jobs. Fact check: Trump says he has ‘nothing to do with Project 2025’“I have nothing to do with Project 2025.

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Two executives at Smartmatic, a voting machine company, were indicted in Florida on Thursday for allegedly bribing officials in the Philippines to secure contracts ahead of the 2016 election there, the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of Florida announced. “No voter fraud has been alleged and Smartmatic is not indicted. These are the values that Smartmatic lives by,” the company said in a statement. Smartmatic has since filed a major defamation suit against Fox News and its parent company over the network’s reporting on the stolen election claims. Fox News promoted the indictment of the Smartmatic executives in an email to reporters.

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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on extreme weather at the D.C. President Joe Biden suggested to Democratic governors that he may limit evening events after 8 p.m. so he can get more sleep, according to two sources familiar with the exchange. Normal presidents strike a balance, and so does Joe Biden," campaign spokesman Kevin Munoz said in a statement. "That was the Joe Biden I remember from two weeks ago. That was the Joe Biden that I remember from two years ago.

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☆ Can Trump vote in November if he's convicted of a felony in New York?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Jane C. Timm | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

That means that Florida voters like Trump would lose their voting rights only if the state where they are convicted would disenfranchise them for the crime, too. New York prohibits those serving time behind bars for felony convictions from voting, and voting rights are restored as soon as the individual leaves prison. Those convicted of felonies who do not go to prison never lose their voting rights. In the event of Trump losing his voting rights in Florida, there would also be avenues for him to regain them. Trump could seek clemency to restore his voting rights in Florida, where GOP Gov.

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☆ Trump and Mike Johnson zero in on noncitizen voting. It’s already illegal and very rare.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Jane C. Timm | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Former President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson pitched new legislation to crack down on noncitizen voting on Friday, despite the fact the practice is already illegal and occurs rarely. It is already a crime to register or vote as a noncitizen in all state and federal elections, though Washington, D.C., and a handful of municipalities in California, Maryland and Vermont allow noncitizen voting in local elections. Many have investigated noncitizen voting and found little evidence of it. The Brennan Center found just 30 suspected noncitizen votes amid 23.5 million votes in 2016, suggesting that suspected noncitizen votes accounted for 0.0001 % of votes cast. But Johnson and Trump have both long advanced baseless claims about election integrity.

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☆ North Carolina Republicans override governor's vetoes of sweeping elections bills
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Jane C. Timm | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

North Carolina Republican lawmakers voted to override the Democratic governor's vetoes on two election bills on Tuesday, giving themselves new power over election administration and shortening a key voting deadline ahead of the 2024 election. Currently, all election boards in the state are controlled by the governor's party, with nominations made by state parties and appointments made by the governor. "The legislative takeover of state and local elections boards could doom our state's elections to gridlock and severely limit early voting," Cooper said when he vetoed the bill. If county or state election boards do not approve early voting sites and schedules in accordance with state law, early voting can only take place at the county board of elections office. In populous counties, that could leave hundreds of thousands of voters with just one early voting option.

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☆ Alabama Republicans refuse to draw a second Black congressional district in defiance of Supreme Court
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Jane C. Timm | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Alabama Republicans on Friday defied a U.S. Supreme Court order by passing a new congressional map that includes only one majority-Black district. But on Friday, state Republicans approved a new map with just one majority-Black seat and a second district that is approximately 40% Black. "There was never any intent in this building to comply with their court order," said state Rep. Chris England, a Democrat from Tuscaloosa. "There was never any intent in this building to comply with the Voting Rights Act." "We've chosen to outright, blatantly disobey the law and to further attempt and vote to bury the Voting Rights Act."

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