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Kira Lerner

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Democracy editor @GuardianUS

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Revealed: Magician David Copperfield accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

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Former US Capitol police officer Harry Dunn has lost his congressional primary election in Maryland, after a pro-Israel group spent millions of dollars supporting Democratic state Senator Sarah Elfreth in the race. Elfreth advanced to the general election. theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

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This county undercounted 4,000 Biden votes in 2020. Now the head of elections is looking to win back trust.

My dispatch from Prince William County, Virginia -- the latest in the Guardian US Election Office series theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

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The 5th Circuit today is hearing arguments in a redistricting case out of Galveston, Texas today that poses a significant threat to the Voting Rights Act. Ed Pilkington is covering and had this dispatch from the historic island last year theguardian.com/us-news/2023/s…

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Derrick Evans, a former West Virginia state lawmaker who served three months in prison after pleading guilty to a felony for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, is hoping to return to Washington washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

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I've declined the Emerging Voices Fellowship from @PENAmerica. I didn't want to opt for personal gain when my fellow reporters and writers have been attacked and killed in Gaza, without the sort of urgency that this unprecedented level of violence should elicit.

I've declined the Emerging Voices Fellowship from @PENAmerica. I didn't want to opt for personal gain when my fellow reporters and writers have been attacked and killed in Gaza, without the sort of urgency that this unprecedented level of violence should elicit.
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Black Louisiana voters are working against the clock to keep a panel of conservative federal judges from blocking a new majority-Black congressional district from being in effect for the November election theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

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NEW: Judge Merchan says he doesn't think we're at the point where MISTRIAL is warranted.

Merchan concedes 'there were some things that should have been left unsaid'

But Merchan says he was surprised there were not more objections and that he, sua sponte, once stepped in

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Milwaukee is replacing it's top election official just 6 months before the election. New from Alice Herman and Sam Levine theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

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Gateway Pundit employees were were worried contributors were not credible and expressed concerns about plagiarism, a court filing in a defamation suit against the far-right outlet last month revealed. New reporting from Sam Levine theguardian.com/us-news/2024/m…

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Great piece via George Chidi on the inflammatory Mark Robinson and the NC governor's race theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

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How Peter Bernegger, a Wisconsin 'election integrity' activist, has drained election offices of already-limited resources and stoked mistrust in the electoral process in his years-long quest to uncover election fraud theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

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I spent some of Pennsylvania's primary day on Tuesday in the election office in Luzerne county, which has had enormous turnover and high profile errors since 2020. Officials there saw it as a high-stakes test to get things right: theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

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The pro-Trump Arizona fake electors scheme: what’s in the charging document? theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

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Arizona grand jury indicts Trump allies including Giuliani over 2020 fake elector scheme theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

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Since the ruling came down, the Arizona for Abortion Access measure has seen volunteers grow from 3,000 to more than 5,000. More than 5,300 small-dollar donors gave money for the first time since the ruling. via Rachel Leingang theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

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Pennsylvania race previews Democrats’ plan to focus campaign on democracy washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

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