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A group of Republicans has united to defend the legitimacy of US elections and those who run them

Politics
Amanda Smith

ATLANTA (AP) — It was Election Day last November, and one of Georgia’s top election officials saw that reports of a voting ...

Kari Lake won’t contest claims she defamed Arizona election official

U.S.
Amanda Smith

Kari Lake signaled on Tuesday that she will not contest claims that she lied about a top Arizona election official and defamed ...

Kari Lake declines to defend her statements in defamation suit filed by Arizona election official

U.S.
Amanda Smith

Kari Lake, a prominent election denier running for a Senate seat in Arizona, has decided not to contest her liability in a ...

Supreme Court rejects appeal by former New Mexico county commissioner banned for Jan. 6 insurrection

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a former New Mexico county commissioner who was kicked out ...

India bank ordered to disclose anonymous political donations

World
David Turner

India’s Supreme Court has given a government-run bank one day to disclose details of a controversial scheme that allowed people and companies ...

Maine House votes down GOP effort to impeach election official who removed Trump from ballot

Politics
Amanda Smith

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Democrats who control the Maine Legislature on Tuesday turned back a Republican effort to impeach the state’s top ...

In Tense Election Year, Public Officials Face Climate of Intimidation

Politics
Amanda Smith

The caller had tipped off authorities in Maine on Friday night: He told them that he had broken into the home of ...

Elections head in Nevada’s lone swing county resigns, underscoring election turnover in key state

Politics
Amanda Smith

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The rapid turnover among election officials in Nevada continued on Tuesday, when the top election official in the ...

Maine’s top election official rules Trump ineligible for 2024 primary ballot

Politics
Amanda Smith

CAMDEN, Maine — Maine’s top election official ruled Thursday that Donald Trump is constitutionally ineligible to appear on the state’s primary ballot ...

Maine elections official disqualifies Trump from presidential primary ballot

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Maine’s top election official on Thursday disqualified Donald Trump from the state ballot in next year’s U.S. presidential primary ...