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Arizona Senate GOP’s 2020 election report delayed again; COVID-19 infections to blame - https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/arizona-senate-gops-2020-election-report-delayed-again-covid-19-infections-to-blame
Washington Republican legislators push election fraud narrative at hearing on Sunday - https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/washington-republican-legislators-push-election-fraud-narrative-at-hearing-on-sunday/
Bad-faith Election Audits Are Sabotaging Democracy Across the Nation - https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/bad-faith-election-audits-are-sabotaging-democracy-across-nation
Election officials face complex challenges looking to 2022 - https://apnews.com/article/health-elections-coronavirus-pandemic-election-2020-5c21e771075acfbfc0bd65e152c2a069
Elections bill passes out of committee as Texas House has quorum, for now - https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/elections-bill-continues-in-committee-as-texas-house-has-quorum-for-now/
10 new state laws shift power over elections to partisan entities - https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dozen-state-laws-shift-power-elections-partisan-entities/story?id=79408455
'Democracy will be on the ballot': Secretary of state races emerge as newest US political flashpoint - https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/11/politics/secretary-of-state-races/index.html
Election officials call for audit guidelines after Trump-fueled surge - https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/17/election-officials-call-for-audit-guidelines-after-trump-fueled-surge-505562
No Evidence for Voter Fraud: A Guide To Statistical Claims About the 2020 Election - https://www.dropbox.com/s/o120sormtbw9w10/fraud_extended_public.pdf?dl=0
House Passes a Voting Rights Bill, but a G.O.P. Blockade Awaits in the Senate - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/24/us/politics/house-democrats-voting-rights-bill.html
H.R.4 - John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021 - https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4/text
How the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act Targets Discrimination - https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/how-john-lewis-voting-rights-advancement-act-targets-discrimination
House Democrats Just Got Serious About Reining In the Supreme Court - https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/08/john-lewis-house-democrats-supreme-court-reform.html
The For the People Act is not dead yet - https://thefulcrum.us/voting/for-the-people-act-2370986
“WE CANNOT OUT-ORGANIZE VOTER SUPPRESSION”: CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS ARE HITTING THE PANIC BUTTON FOR 2022 - https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/08/voter-suppression-civil-rights-leaders-joe-biden-2022
Can Democrats Move Forward A Voting Rights Bill By Making A Moral Case For It? - https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/can-democrats-move-forward-a-voting-rights-bill-by-making-a-moral-case-for-it/
John Roberts and the Supreme Court might block anything Democrats do on voting rights - https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/11/politics/congress-democrats-john-lewis-voting-rights-supreme-court/index.html
Five takeaways from a groundbreaking census report - https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/567669-five-takeaways-from-a-groundbreaking-census-report?rl=1
Mapping America’s racial population shifts over the last decade - https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/census-maps-race-population-demographics/
Seattle grew by more than 100,000 people in past 10 years, King County population booms, diversifies, new census data shows - https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-grew-by-more-than-100000-people-in-past-10-years-kent-among-fastest-growing-cities-new-census-data-shows/
Census data shows Latinos now make up more than half of Yakima County's population - https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/census-data-shows-latinos-now-make-up-more-than-half-of-yakima-countys-population/article_6ee0b9f7-b01c-5d4f-a54e-7f5c6310b0b2.html
Census Shows a Nation That Resembles Its Future More Than Its Past - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/us/politics/census-demographic-shifts.html
Addition Without Representation - https://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2021-08-13/minority-gains-in-census-likely-wont-be-reflected-in-congress
Democrats face new hurdles in legal fight over redistricting - https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-race-and-ethnicity-us-supreme-court-voting-rights-47cae4259991179d10a51126269cbe5d
Power Up: Census data could make voting rights legislation even more important to Democrats - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/13/power-up-census-data-could-make-voting-rights-legislation-even-more-important-democrats/
Princeton Gerrymandering Project - https://gerrymander.princeton.edu/
The Blueprint for Corporate Power Turns 50 - https://washingtonmonthly.com/2021/08/24/the-blueprint-for-corporate-power-turns-50/
THE POWELL MEMO AT 50 - 50 YEARS OF “GUERRILLA WARFARE” FROM CORPORATE AMERICA - https://rethinkmedia.org/preview/5315
The Powell Memo Explained, 50 Year Anniversary VIDEO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwSK7t1IAZg
Foreign lobbyists gave millions to influence 2020 elections amid foreign influence concerns - https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/08/foreign-lobbyists-gave-millions-to-influence-2020-foreign-influence-concerns/
New intel reports indicate fresh efforts by Russia to interfere in 2022 election - https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/13/politics/intel-report-russia-election-interference-2022/index.html
Why colleges should invest in civic engagement - https://thefulcrum.us/civic-ed/civic-engagement-college-programs
America needs democracy learning communities - https://thefulcrum.us/big-picture/democracy-learning-communities
Report finds mail voting increased in 2020, but ballot rejections did not - https://thefulcrum.us/voting/eac-2020-election-report
Almost all eligible Georgians are registered to vote, data show - https://www.ajc.com/politics/almost-all-eligible-georgians-are-registered-to-vote-data-show/WVN373LTIZAN7IJECDODHRJWLM/
Court rules North Carolina must allow former felons to vote - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/23/north-carolina-grants-voting-rights/
WASHINGTON STATE JOINS THE MOVEMENT TO HONOR VOTING RIGHTS FOR ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS - https://www.sightline.org/2021/08/10/washington-state-joins-the-movement-to-honor-voting-rights-for-all-community-members/
Did Seattle’s Democracy Vouchers combat 'big money' in August's mayoral primary? - https://www.kuow.org/stories/did-seattle-s-democracy-vouchers-combat-big-money-in-the-august-mayoral-primary
Report finds small-dollar donors in Portland achieved new influence in local elections - https://www.opb.org/article/2021/08/09/portland-elections-oregon-politics-city-hall-small-donors-campaign-funding/
AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION CONTINUES TO KICK ASS IN OREGON - https://www.sightline.org/2021/08/03/automatic-voter-registration-continues-to-kick-ass-in-oregon/
SOME GOOD NEWS ON STATE VOTING RIGHTS BILLS - https://www.sightline.org/2021/08/19/some-good-news-on-state-voting-rights-bills/
Don't shy away from honest, open discourse - https://thefulcrum.us/big-picture/open-dialogue