Judge temporarily blocks law abolishing Harris County election administrator’s office; Texas AG files appeal
Under Texas Senate Bill 1750, Elections Administrator Clifford Tatum's post was going to be eliminated effective September 1, until Judge Karin Crump of Travis County granted an injunction last Tuesday morning to keep the law from taking effect. However, the state Attorney General has already appealed the decision to the Texas Supreme Court. The county is currently preparing to administer early voting in the upcoming fall election without Tatum, with the start of early voting beginning in just two months election officials feel they
Majority of Americans think Trump’s charges in Georgia election interference case are serious: POLL
A recent poll indicates 63% of Americans believe the charges approved by a grand jury in Georgia related to Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election are serious or somewhat serious. Additionally, only 15% of respondents believe the charges against Trump are not serious at all and a mere 10% believe they are not too serious. Poll results seem to show that the American public thinks Trump’s Georgia indictment is more serious than his two non-election related indictments.Visit ABC News to learn moreImage Credit:Gage
Desantis’ debate memo urges him to defend Trump and take ‘a sledge-hammer’ to Ramaswamy
A two page memo regarding the first Republican presidential primary debate written by a pro-Desantis super PAC was recently leaked and published online. The memo outlines a potential strategy for the Florida Governor to use during the debate, encouraging him to defend Donald Trump when Chris Christie attacks him. It also recommended aggressive rhetoric towards 38 year old businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, specifically to call him “fake Vivek” or “Vivek the fake.” Interestingly, a pro-Christie super PAC responded to the leaked memo with a one
Exclusive: Georgia prosecutors have messages showing Trump’s team is behind voting system breach
Atlanta-area prosecutors are now in possession of text messages and emails directly connecting members of Donald Trump’s legal team to the January 2021 voting system breach in Coffee County, Georgia. The newly obtained evidence further substantiates the prosecutors claim that allies of the former president attempted to access voting systems after the 2020 election as part of their broader push to produce evidence that could back up Trump’s unproven claims of widespread voter fraud.Visit CNN to learn moreImage Credit:National Archives and Records Administration (CC0
Mississippi GOP Gov. Tate Reeves will face Democrat Brandon Presley in the November election
Current Mississippi Republican Governor Tate Reeves won the Republican nomination for a potential second term in office, he will now face Democrat Brandon Presley in the November 7th gubernatorial election. Presley, a cousin of rock ‘n’ roll legend Elvis Presley, hopes to unseat the GOP governor in the heavily conservative state. Visit Associated Press to learn moreImage Credit:Brian.S.W (CC BY-SA 4.0)