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The recent transformation of the state’s election laws explicitly enabled citizens to file unlimited challenges to other voters’ registrations. Experts warn that election officials’ handling of some of those challenges may clash with federal law.

Choosing sides in the longest, hottest summer

“A lot’s gonna come out sooner or later,” one of the jurors said. “And it’s gonna be massive. It’s gonna be massive.”

The excerpt released hints at “recommendations on indictments and relevant statutes.” In fact, the jurors offer an explicit endorsement of any further crimes the District Attorney might wish to charge.

A reign of terror from coast to coast

Republicans may not have enjoyed big victories like many expected in the 2022 midterm elections, but the predicted "red wave" did materialize in at least one critical arena: Southern state legislatures.

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