CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP HeroOpinion: Will courts void Georgia voting law?

The new Georgia voting law, which includes a mix of onerous voter restrictions and a few mild expansions for voters, is bad enough. Courts' deference to state legislatures on election laws compounds the problem.

April 01, 2021 at 02:00AM https://ift.tt/2PGyVW9 new Georgia voting law, which includes a mix of onerous voter restrictions and a few mild expansions for voters, is bad enough. Courts' deference to state legislatures on election laws compounds the problem.

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CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP HeroMichigan voting rights battle looms as Republicans plan to side-step Whitmer veto

Michigan is emerging as the latest battleground in Republicans' nationwide push to restrict voting rights, with GOP officials planning to end-run Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's all-but-certain veto of proposed restrictions and progressives beginning to mobilize to stop them.

March 31, 2021 at 03:37PM https://ift.tt/3sHroFg is emerging as the latest battleground in Republicans' nationwide push to restrict voting rights, with GOP officials planning to end-run Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's all-but-certain veto of proposed restrictions and progressives beginning to mobilize to stop them.

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CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP Hero'Are you outraged?': See Don Lemon's reaction to lawmaker's arrest

CNN's Don Lemon discusses the new voting law in Georgia that restricts ballot access and gives state officials more power over local elections. Georgia state representative Park Cannon was arrested and removed from the Georgia Capitol after the passage of the state's voting bill.

March 27, 2021 at 07:14PM https://ift.tt/3sE3dY0 Don Lemon discusses the new voting law in Georgia that restricts ballot access and gives state officials more power over local elections. Georgia state representative Park Cannon was arrested and removed from the Georgia Capitol after the passage of the state's voting bill.

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CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP HeroMultiple victims found at the scene of a deadly shooting in Orange, California, police say

Police found "multiple victims" at an office complex in Orange, California, after responding to a call of shots fired Wednesday night.

April 01, 2021 at 09:55AM https://ift.tt/3dDVbIL found "multiple victims" at an office complex in Orange, California, after responding to a call of shots fired Wednesday night.

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CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP HeroHong Kong court convicts Jimmy Lai and other pro-democracy activists over 2019 protest

A Hong Kong court has convicted pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai and eight other prominent opposition activists over their roles in an unauthorized assembly at the height of the 2019 protests.

April 01, 2021 at 09:57AM https://ift.tt/3ufCuBt Hong Kong court has convicted pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai and eight other prominent opposition activists over their roles in an unauthorized assembly at the height of the 2019 protests.

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