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U.S. Representative George Santos competed as a drag queen in Brazilian beauty pageants 15 years ago, two acquaintances told Reuters on Wednesday, adding to contrasts that have drawn criticism of the openly gay Republican congressman's staunchly conservative views.
The embattled freshman congressman has also faced calls from fellow New York Republicans to step down over fabrications about his career and history.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/embatt ... 023-01-19/
maj. tom wrote:Ohio Republicans quietly enact ‘alarming’ new voting restrictions
Law puts Ohio among states with strictest voter ID rules and will make it harder for elderly people, the disabled and the poor to vote
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/18/activists-sue-ohio-republican-voting-access-restrictions
Ohio Republicans quietly enacted a measure earlier this month that imposes sweeping new restrictions on voting access in the state, including more stringent voter ID requirements, cutting the early voting period and giving voters less time to return their mail-in ballots.
The new law puts Ohio among a handful of states with the strictest voter ID rules in the country. The state had already required voters to show identification at the polls, but allowed an exception for voters who couldn’t produce one, allowing them to present a bank statement, paystub or other document to prove their identity. The new law gets rid of that exception and only allows someone to vote if they provide certain forms of photo ID.
Those new restrictions will make it harder for people who tend to lack identification – elderly people, the disabled and the poor – to vote, voting rights advocates said.
“Black and brown communities have higher numbers of those communities who don’t have ID,” said Camille Wimbish, the election administration director at Ohio Voice, a civic engagement advocacy group. “This is gonna impact Black and brown voters, students, rural voters, military voters, seniors. I mean there’s really everyone who’s gonna be impacted by these substantial changes.”
The new measure also gets rid of early voting on the final Monday before an election – typically a busy day. It extends polling hours on other days instead. It also takes aim at mail-in voting, which surged in popularity during the pandemic. Now, counties will only be able to offer a single ballot drop box, which must be available in front of boards of elections.
The new law also tightens the window during which voters must request and return mail-in ballots. Voters must now request a mail-in ballot seven days before election day instead of three. A ballot postmarked by election day must now arrive no later than four days after election day to be counted, a drop from the 10 days that were allowed.
redmanjp wrote:maj. tom wrote:Ohio Republicans quietly enact ‘alarming’ new voting restrictions
Law puts Ohio among states with strictest voter ID rules and will make it harder for elderly people, the disabled and the poor to vote
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/18/activists-sue-ohio-republican-voting-access-restrictions
Ohio Republicans quietly enacted a measure earlier this month that imposes sweeping new restrictions on voting access in the state, including more stringent voter ID requirements, cutting the early voting period and giving voters less time to return their mail-in ballots.
The new law puts Ohio among a handful of states with the strictest voter ID rules in the country. The state had already required voters to show identification at the polls, but allowed an exception for voters who couldn’t produce one, allowing them to present a bank statement, paystub or other document to prove their identity. The new law gets rid of that exception and only allows someone to vote if they provide certain forms of photo ID.
Those new restrictions will make it harder for people who tend to lack identification – elderly people, the disabled and the poor – to vote, voting rights advocates said.
“Black and brown communities have higher numbers of those communities who don’t have ID,” said Camille Wimbish, the election administration director at Ohio Voice, a civic engagement advocacy group. “This is gonna impact Black and brown voters, students, rural voters, military voters, seniors. I mean there’s really everyone who’s gonna be impacted by these substantial changes.”
The new measure also gets rid of early voting on the final Monday before an election – typically a busy day. It extends polling hours on other days instead. It also takes aim at mail-in voting, which surged in popularity during the pandemic. Now, counties will only be able to offer a single ballot drop box, which must be available in front of boards of elections.
The new law also tightens the window during which voters must request and return mail-in ballots. Voters must now request a mail-in ballot seven days before election day instead of three. A ballot postmarked by election day must now arrive no later than four days after election day to be counted, a drop from the 10 days that were allowed.
if fraud is a concern then u can have the ID requirement but just exempt elderly and disabled- provide poor ppl free IDs. i dont see why a younger hard back man have a problem getting one. in T&T u need 2 to open bank accounts and do other things - it cyah be dat hard. u need ID for so many things- u cant get just 1 for voting?
DeSantis violated First Amendment by removing elected official, judge rules
A federal judge ruled Friday that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis violated the First Amendment and the Florida Constitution by removing an elected state prosecutor from office, the Associated Press reports.
Why it matters: This is the latest turn in the ongoing saga over DeSantis' decision to suspend Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren from office. Warren alleged in a lawsuit that DeSantis violated his First Amendment rights.
https://www.axios.com/2023/01/21/ron-desantis-first-amendment-andrew-warren-ruling?
adnj wrote:I can't wait to see Trump run in the 2024 Republican primary. All of the secrets are coming out.
From what I read, no one even new that they were missing. Same thing with Mike Pence and his returned classified documents.maj. tom wrote:Did the NARA request them back and were they returned?
Dizzy28 wrote:Saw this and the Trump thread were locked earlier. Guess they unlocked them
Wokies: Freedom of speech for all!!!!SuperiorMan wrote:The Trump thread is still locked.
timelapse wrote:Wokies: Freedom of speech for all!!!!SuperiorMan wrote:The Trump thread is still locked.
Also wokies : Censor anything Trump related!!!!
Trinis who can't vote in the US,but know more about their politics than their own are the worse.matr1x wrote:Dems are worse, than Republicans
redmanjp wrote:Protests taking place in various parts of the US after bodycam video of Tyre Nichols being beaten to death is released.
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