UK: Boris Johnson turned away from polling station for forgetting voter ID under rules he introduced

Bungling Boris Johnson was turned away from his local polling station as he didn't have the right ID, the Mirror understands.

The former Prime Minister fell foul of the voter ID rules introduced when he was in Downing Street when he tried to cast his ballot in South Oxfordshire today. Polling station staff initially turned him away as he only had an envelope with his name and address on it, according to a source.

Voters must show photo ID like a passport or a driving licence to vote under heavily-criticised rules that Mr Johnson pushed through. Mr Johnson is believed to have returned to vote with the correct ID later.

His spokesman did not deny that he failed to bring his ID, saying only: "Mr Johnson voted Conservative." Earlier in the day, Mr Johnson tweeted: "The polls are now open. Vote Conservative today!"





https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/boris-johnson-turned-away-polling-32724518

Right-Wing Legal Group Files Lawsuits to Access Voter Rolls in Minnesota and Wisconsin

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The right-wing legal group, Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), filed two new lawsuits on Tuesday in Minnesota and Wisconsin to gain full access to their voter registration records.

PILF, which has ties to numerous election deniers like former Trump attorneys Cleta Mitchell and John Eastman, has filed lawsuits in multiple states — including Michigan and South Carolina — to access their voter rolls because the group claims that many states updating their lists.

However, PILF has taken a different legal approach in these recent lawsuits. The National Voter Registration Act’s (NVRA) Public Disclosure Provision requires states to publicly share how they maintain their voter lists for a period of at least two years.

Section 4 of the NVRA, also known as the Motor Voter Law, exempts six states — Idaho, Minnesota, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming — that did not have a voter registration requirement or that allowed any voter to register at a polling place on Election Day prior to Aug. 1, 1994, over a year after the law was passed in May of 1993.



https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/right-wing-legal-group-files-lawsuits-to-access-voter-rolls-in-minnesota-and-wisconsin/

Tweet of the Day

UK polls close in local elections with Rishi Sunak braced for Tory losses

British prime minister Rishi Sunak is braced for a difficult set of election results which could increase pressure on his leadership of the UK Conservative Party and the country after polls closed on Thursday night.

Forecasts suggest the Tories could lose up to half of the council seats they are defending in England, with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt saying the party expects to suffer “significant losses”.

With a general election expected later this year, the results from council, mayoral and police and crime commissioner contests and the Blackpool South parliamentary by-election will be closely scrutinised for signs of whether Labour’s national opinion poll leads can be turned into electoral success.

Most of the council seats up for re-election in England were last contested in 2021, at the peak of Boris Johnson’s popularity as the covid-19 vaccine was rolled out.




https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-41387416.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Lara Trump calls for violence at polling sites.

MO: Republican who led inquiry of Dean Plocher (R) may be subject of new ethics complaint

Days after ending an investigation into Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher, the Republican who led that inquiry has recused herself from the committee as it prepares to discuss a new complaint.

According to a letter to legislative staff from House Speaker Pro Tem Mike Henderson, a member of Plocher’s leadership team, state Rep. Hannah Kelly requested she be temporarily removed from the ethics committee as it looks into a new complaint filed Wednesday.

Although the complaint itself, as well as who filed it, are confidential under House rules, Kelly’s decision to step away from the committee is an indication she may be the subject.

Kelly declined comment Thursday morning.





https://missouriindependent.com/2024/05/02/republican-who-led-inquiry-of-dean-plocher-may-be-subject-of-new-ethics-complaint/

Missouri reproductive freedom campaign to submit signature petitions tomorrow.

MI: Lambert Junttila trial in voting machine tampering case set for October

Attorney Stefanie Lambert Junttila is slated to proceed to trial on Oct. 21 due to scheduling concerns with the previously scheduled trial date.

While Oakland County Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Matis previously scheduled a trial for July 15, Lambert Junttila’s attorney, Dan Hartman, objected to the date due to a potential conflict with another trial he had scheduled in late July, as Lambert Junttila’s trial is expected to last two to three weeks.

Lambert Junttila is one of three individuals indicted as part of an investigation into alleged tampering with voting machines following the 2020 election that former President Donald Trump lost to President Joe Biden. Former state Rep. Daire Rendon (R-Lake City) and attorney and Republican former Attorney General nominee Matt DePerno are also facing charges.

Rendon’s and DePerno’s cases have been remanded to district court for preliminary examination, while Lambert and her attorney have opted to go directly to trial.




https://michiganadvance.com/briefs/lambert-junttila-trial-in-voting-machine-tampering-case-set-for-october/

Latino voter campaign ramps up in battleground Arizona and Nevada

Chicanos Por La Causa, one of the largest Latino organizations in the nation, kicked off a campaign on Wednesday to increase the number of Latinos who vote in the November election in Arizona and Nevada. The two battleground states could play an outsize role in deciding who wins the presidential race, Joe Biden or Donald Trump.

Organizers of the Latino voter campaign emphasized during the kickoff at the group's headquarters in Phoenix that the drive to increase participation by Latino voters is strictly nonpartisan.

"This is a nonpartisan get-out-the-vote campaign," said Alicia Nuñez, president and CEO of CPLC, who also chairs Sí Se Vota CPLC Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) advocacy nonprofit organization leading the Latino Loud voter engagement campaign. "I want to underscore that fact because we believe if Latinos are seated at the tables where decisions are being made, Latino issues will be heard and addressed regardless of political party or even no party preference at all."

But Latino voters in general tend to vote Democratic, so any effort to get more Latinos to the polls could ultimately help Democrats. Though Trump overall made gains with Latino voters in 2020, Biden received 61% of the Latino vote in Arizona and the same in Nevada, helping Biden eke out wins in both battleground states, according to exit polls. Biden captured the two states' 17 combined electoral votes — 11 from Arizona and six from Nevada — helping him win the presidency in 2020 with 306 electoral votes to Trump's 232.





https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/02/chicanos-por-la-causa-latino-loud-voter-drive-kicks-off-arizona-nevada/73532210007/

State Supreme Court reverses sanctions against Arizona GOP in 2020 election challenge

The Arizona Supreme Court in a Thursday decision reversed sanctions against the Arizona Republican Party on a 2020 election challenge.

The decision overturns lower courts' rulings and could chill similar sanctions in future election lawsuits.

Maricopa County officials declined to comment Thursday on the Arizona Supreme Court's ruling. Attorney Dennis Wilenchik, who represented the Arizona GOP in the case, called the decision "a total unanimous victory."

He said he believes lower courts will "pay attention" to the ruling and "will not be as quick to find sanctions for whatever other purposes beyond the actual merits."


https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/02/state-supreme-court-reverses-sanctions-against-arizona-gop-in-2020-election-challenge/73543403007/