Tag: voting
Georgia’s Voting Maps Are Struck Down
Republicans in the state violated a landmark civil rights law in drawing maps that diluted the power of Black voters, a federal judge in Atlanta ruled [...]
Supreme Court Delays Efforts to Redraw Louisiana Voting Map
The Louisiana dispute is one of several voting rights cases churning through the courts that challenge a state’s congressional map.
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Pro-crypto lawmaker stays interim US House Speaker as frontrunner loses first round of voting
North Carolina Representative Patrick McHenry, chair of the United States House Financial Services Committee and crypto proponent in Congress, is stil [...]
Justices Split on South Carolina Voting Map Said to Be Racial Gerrymander
Members of the Supreme Court struggled to disentangle race and politics in the voting districts drawn by state lawmakers.
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Zero-knowledge proofs show potential from voting to finance – Cointelegraph Magazine
In a world increasingly anxious about privacy and exploitation of one’s personal data by governments, corporations, social media platfor [...]
UAW members to strike Mack Trucks after voting down tentative deal
UAW members attend a rally in support of the labor union strike at the UAW Local 551 hall on the South Side on October 7, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. J [...]
Here’s the math on the voting that will determine Kevin McCarthy’s fate.
Absences, abstentions, and
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Marijuana financing bill SAFER Banking to move forward in Congress
Different strains of cannabis are displayed for sale at the Harborside dispensary in Oakland, California, U.S., on Monday, March 23, 2020.David Paul M [...]
Supreme Court Declines to Revisit Alabama Voting Map Dispute
The Supreme Court on Tuesday morning declined to reinstate a congressional map in Alabama drawn by Republican lawmakers that had only one majority-Bla [...]
DC doesn’t realize how powerful crypto voting is — Brian Armstrong
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has shared his predictions for the role crypto will play in next years' elections in the United States, claiming that rep [...]
Aave DAO opens voting on proposals to reduce CRV exposure
The Aave community is seeking to reduce its protocol exposure to the Curve DAO token, with two proposals open for voting on Aug. 10. The move comes in [...]
Aave Token Holders Voting on 2 Proposals Following Averted Curve Liquidation Crisis
The proposals, which aim to disable CRV borrowing and decrease Aave’s exposure to Curve’s native token on its Ethereum V2 markets, are responses to th [...]
Senate Targets China, Voting to Restrict Farmland Purchases and U.S. Investment
The Senate on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to block businesses based in China from purchasing farmland in the United States and place new mandates on [...]
Texas to Leave ERIC, a Voting Integrity Group Targeted by Right-Wing Attacks
Texas said on Thursday that it would drop out of a bipartisan voter integrity group that once included about three dozen states, further destabilizing [...]
Potential Trump Charges Include Civil Rights Law Used in Voting Fraud Cases
Federal prosecutors have introduced a new twist in the Jan. 6 investigation by suggesting in a target letter that they could charge former President D [...]