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Groups That Track Legislation on Specific Issues
There are hundreds of organizations on the internet that monitor important legislation. We thank them for their efforts and gratefully link to them here.
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National Online Resources
The Fight To Vote - Guardian UK Series on US Democracy
www.theguardian.com
This series examines the systemic ways that voting rights are denied to so many Americans and how this will impact the US presidential elections
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Letters from an American - Heather Cox Richardson
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
Historians are fond of saying that the past doesn’t repeat itself; it rhymes. To understand the present, we have to understand how we got here. That’s where this newsletter comes in. I’m a professor of American history. This is a chronicle of today’s political landscape, but because you can’t get a grip on today’s politics without an outline of America’s Constitution, and laws, and the economy, and social customs, this newsletter explores what it means, and what it has meant, to be an American.
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NCSL — State Elections Legislation Database
www.ncsl.org
Track Texas’s voting legislation by using this database by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). Contains state legislation related to the administration of elections introduced in 2011 through this year.
State Info
How your secretary of state affects elections and why you should care
www.pbs.org
A once under-the-radar governmental role with significant control over elections is getting a lot more attention this year. In 38 states, the secretary of state is the chief election official, a role required by federal law, often in charge of running and certifying elections of their local, state and national leaders – think county-level officials, governors and state legislators, plus U.S. senators and representatives. In 31 states, the secretary of state has to run for office, meaning they are not nonpartisan, but usually affiliated as Democrats or Republicans. Out of the 27 races for secretary of state this year, only six GOP candidates for the role – including Brad Raffensperger in Georgia, who defied Trump’s pressure over the election results in that state – have defended the 2020 election results. Dozens of GOP candidates running for secretary of state this cycle, however, have raised doubts or outright denied the results of the 2020 election.
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