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Arizona Central reports: House Bill 2876 would kill Arizona’s phenomenally popular, three-decade-old early voting program that is used by nearly 90% of voters. Henceforth, only those who are aged, infirm or out of state on Election Day would be able to cast an early ballot. HB 2876, ending early voting and mandating a return to precinct polling, was approved Wednesday …

The Michigan Advance reports: A lawsuit filed by nearly a dozen Michigan Republican lawmakers seeks to roll back voting rights measures passed by voters in 2018 and 2022. The suit, filed Thursday in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, was brought by 11 Republican lawmakers. Proposal 3 of 2018 and Proposal 2 of 2022 both …

The Hill reports: “When Republicans vote early, we win,” RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel says in the 30-second video, which comes as part of the RNC’s “Bank Your Vote” campaign to raise awareness about absentee ballots and other early voting methods nationwide. “That’s how we’re going to beat the Democrats at their own game,” says Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), who along …

The New York Times reports: After years of deriding early and mail-in voting, claiming they lead to fraud and help Democrats to steal elections, top Republicans are changing their position, leading to a split in the party as the 2024 election approaches. The Republican National Committee recently announced that it had created a program to promote early voting, both by …

Politico reports: If there was any doubt Donald Trump’s vilification of early voting is only hurting the GOP, new receipts from the midterm elections show it. Election data from a trio of states that dramatically expanded the ability to cast ballots before Election Day, either early or by mail, demonstrate that the voting methods that were decidedly uncontroversial before Trump …

Politico reports: There is a growing sense of alarm among the GOP ranks that the conspiracy theories Trump pushed about early voting and mail ballots not only hurt them dearly in the just completed midterms, but could take multiple cycles to remedy. But they are up against not only Trump and his outsized megaphone but also a sizable swath of …

The Hill reports: Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on Tuesday urged members of her party to stop discouraging early voting and vote by mail. “Our voters need to vote early,” McDaniel told Fox News. “I have said this over and over again. There were many in 2020 saying, ‘Don’t vote by mail, don’t vote early.’ And we have …

Axios reports: Georgia has seen record-breaking early vote turnout ahead of its Dec. 6 Senate runoff between incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Republican Herschel Walker. The Peach State set a new record for daily turnout during early voting on Tuesday, after setting the previous record on Monday. As of Tuesday evening, more than 800,000 Georgians had voted in the …

USA Today reports: Georgia voters are heading to the polls Saturday as the state’s runoff Senate election between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker nears in the coming weeks. Democrats will maintain control of the Senate through 2024 due to important wins in Nevada and Arizona, guaranteeing at least a 50-50 split. Democrats hold the majority in an even Senate thanks …

Axios reports: Georgia’s highest court on Wednesday denied the state GOP and national Republican groups’ attempt to stop in-person early voting on Saturday, Nov. 26 for the state’s high-profile Senate runoff. Driving the news: In an order Wednesday, all justices agreed to deny Republicans’ request to overturn two lower court rulings, which determined counties may in fact hold in-person early …

The Associated Press reports: A judge on Friday said Georgia law allows counties to offer early voting on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, which is the only possibility for Saturday voting before next month’s Senate runoff election between Democratic Sen Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker. Warnock’s campaign, along with the Democratic Party of Georgia and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, …

From Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger: Georgia voters will exceed 2.4 million votes cast by Friday evening. As of Friday morning, Georgia’s record breaking turnout continues with 2,056,545 voters casting their ballot during Early Voting, with 157,334 showing up on Thursday, November 3rd. Georgia has had record Early Voting turnout since the first day of Early Voting this year, …

The Heartland Signal reports: During a tele-town hall, Ron Johnson said that he only recommends early voting if you have a Republican county clerk running elections, casting doubt on Milwaukee County’s Democratic clerk. “I would recommend early voting particularly if you have a Republican election clerk,” Johnson said when a caller asked if she should vote early. “I’m not sure …

From Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger: Georgia voters continued to hit record breaking turnout on the first mandatory Saturday of Early Voting. As of Sunday morning, approximately 740K Georgia voters have cast their ballot during in-person Early Voting, with a whopping 79,682 showing up on Saturday, October 22nd. Saturday’s total marks an astounding 159% increase from day six of …

From Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger: Georgia voters continued to hit record breaking turnout on day three of Early Voting. As of Thursday morning, just under 400,000 Georgia voters have cast their ballot during in-person Early Voting, with 126,918 showing up on Wednesday, October 19th. Wednesday’s total marks a 63.3% increase from day three of 2018 midterm Early Voting …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: The first day of early voting in Georgia set a new midterm turnout record, with nearly 123,000 in-person voters casting their ballots, an early sign of strong interest in this year’s elections. Turnout on Monday far exceeded the last midterms in 2018, when about 71,000 people showed up at the start of early voting, according to …

NBC News reports: One week before thousands of neighborhood precincts open for the Georgia Primary next Tuesday, more than 400,000 voters had already cast ballots in party contests for governor, U.S. Senate and dozens of other statewide and local offices. As the third week of early voting for Georgia’s 2022 primary election began, over 380,000 people early voted in Georgia …

The Mississippi Free Press reports: The Mississippi Supreme Court today killed the medical-marijuana program that 68% of Mississippi voters approved in 2020, and with it, the state’s entire ballot-initiative process. The ruling means that voter-driven efforts to adopt early voting and expand Medicaid in the state are also now dead. The language of the law says that citizens collecting signatures …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: A record 3 million Georgia voters cast their ballots before early voting ended for the U.S. Senate runoffs, setting up a showdown that will be decided on election day Tuesday. The high turnout so far reflects the national importance of the dual runoffs, which will determine control of the Senate. Republican U.S. Sens. Kelly Loeffler and …

Reuters reports: More than 95 million Americans had cast their votes in the 2020 presidential election by Monday, according to a tally by the U.S. Elections Project at the University of Florida, a harbinger of what is expected to be the highest turnout of modern times. Just a day before Election Day, the record-breaking number is equal to 69% of …