Subject: Breaking: Supreme Court turns down GOP challenge to absentee ballot rules

From	TheVote <[email protected]>
Subject	Breaking: Supreme Court turns down GOP challenge to absentee ballot rules
Date	August 13, 2020 5:31 PM

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[The Vote]

[Breaking: Supreme Court turns down the Republican National Committee's cha=
llenge to Rhode Island absentee ballot rule change.]

"The Supreme Court will not intervene in a legal fight concerning absentee =
ballots in Rhode Island, meaning the state's order removing a requirement t=
hat absentee ballots must be signed by two witnesses or a notary public wil=
l stand. Thursday's order is a loss for the Republican National Committee, =
which had asked the court to step in after lower courts ruled to uphold the=
new absentee ballot rules." (CNN <[link removed]
supreme-court-rhode-island-absentee-ballots/index.html> )

Read the story from CNN <[link removed]
urt-rhode-island-absentee-ballots/index.html>

=E2=80=A2 What's happening: The Supreme Court ruled against the Republican=
National Committee's challenge to Rhode Island's last-minute change to its=
own absentee (mail-in) voting process.
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Conservative Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Clarence Thomas all =
noted their dissent, i.e. disagreement with the decision, which suggests a =
6-3 decision.
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Here are the facts of this emergency Supreme Court case, as SCOTUSBlog, wh=
ich solely covers Supreme Court cases, explained well <[link removed]
og.com/2020/08/rnc-rhode-island-republicans-ask-justices-to-intervene-in-ab=
sentee-ballot-dispute/> . In summary:
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(1) Rhode Island law usually requires that voters submitting a ballot by m=
ail (i.e. voting absentee) sign the ballot in the presence of two witnesses=
or a notary.
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(2) After a legal challenge from outside groups, the Rhode Island Secretar=
y of State said the witness requirement would be dropped for upcoming elect=
ions due to COVID-19. That means you could mail in a ballot in the presiden=
tial election without following the normal rules.
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(3) The Republican National Committee and the state GOP appealed the decis=
ion all the way up to the Supreme Court, which ruled against them. This mea=
ns Rhode Island's changes will stand.
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=E2=80=A2 What's at stake: The 2020 election. This case removed a ballot i=
ntegrity protection that the state (and its Democratic governor!) already h=
ad in place.
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This decision both sets the rules for Rhode Island and could be used as a =
legal precedent in other states -- and potentially affect what happens cros=
s the country.
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The Republican National Committee and state GOP got their case all the way=
up to the Supreme Court based on a similar case from Alabama that the Cour=
t considered earlier this year.
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=E2=80=A2 What else to know: This isn't just happening in Rhode Island. Ou=
tside groups have filed lawsuits in other states -- including, recently, in=
the key swing state of Ohio -- to drop or reduce existing ballot protectio=
n measures. <[link removed]
_challenge_ohios_mail_voting_security_policy_access.html>

[Liberal political group sending "potentially misleading" mailings, unreque=
sted absentee ballot applications to voters across the country.]

"A liberal political organization is sending hundreds of thousands of mail-=
in and absentee ballot applications to voters across the country in an appa=
rent attempt to promote the voting method in states not automatically maili=
ng the ballot applications themselves. The 'potentially misleading' mailing=
s, which contain legitimate ballot applications but at first glance appear =
to many recipients to be from an official government source, have confused =
voters and peeved election officials." (Washington Examiner <[link removed]
shingtonexaminer.com/news/liberal-group-sends-masses-of-mail-in-ballot-appl=
ications-to-voters-many-with-errors-peeving-election-officials> )

Read the full story on the=C2=A0Washington Examiner <[link removed]
examiner.com/news/liberal-group-sends-masses-of-mail-in-ballot-applications=
-to-voters-many-with-errors-peeving-election-officials>

=E2=80=A2 What's happening: Here's a good overview from the Washington Exa=
miner <[link removed]
f-mail-in-ballot-applications-to-voters-many-with-errors-peeving-election-o=
fficials> of the the low-profile nonprofit named the Center for Voter Info=
rmation. Yesterday, we shared how they mailed out more than 500,000 incorre=
ct absentee ballot applications <[link removed]
licited-absentee-applications-cause-confusion-in-virginia/> .
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Today we saw another story: a Florida county elections office claiming the=
Center for Voter Information's efforts in their state is "eroding voter co=
nfidence," as The Suncoast News reported <[link removed]
early-voting-open-for-aug-18-primary/article_027afd74-dcca-11ea-9208-b31735=
a1a4bb.html> . That's because, like in Virginia in other states, the Florid=
a absentee ballots were not requested by voters.
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=E2=80=A2 What's at stake: In every election, organizations work hard to r=
egister voters and get out the vote, i.e. encourage people to vote on Elect=
ion Day. That's regularly conducted -- and important! -- work. But even giv=
en that, we think this story is interesting.
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(1) The name and self-description of the Center for Voter Information are =
vague -- even generic -- but some reporters have found that it's a left-lea=
ning group.
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-- NBC12 reported that "a job posting lists the organization as a 'progres=
sive' group" <[link removed]
sentee-ballot-applications-virginia-voters/>
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-- the Washington Examiner reported <[link removed]
ws/liberal-group-sends-masses-of-mail-in-ballot-applications-to-voters-many=
-with-errors-peeving-election-officials> that "when the Center for Voter In=
formation has spent on specific election activities reportable to the Feder=
al Elections Commission, it did so in favor of Democratic candidates and in=
opposition to Republicans"
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-- and the Washington Examiner also reported <[link removed]
er.com/news/liberal-group-sends-masses-of-mail-in-ballot-applications-to-vo=
ters-many-with-errors-peeving-election-officials> that Democratic primary c=
andidate Tom Steyer's NextGen Climate group donated more than $400,000 to t=
he group in June
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(2) The Center for Voter Information has reportedly mailed unrequested abs=
entee ballot applications to voters in multiple battleground states, includ=
ing:
-- Florida (reported by The Suncoast News) <[link removed]
ws/early-voting-open-for-aug-18-primary/article_027afd74-dcca-11ea-9208-b31=
735a1a4bb.html>
-- Ohio (reported by ABC6) <[link removed]
ns-getting-random-absentee-ballot-applications-from-center-for-voter-inform=
ation>
-- North Carolina (reported by WCNC) <[link removed]
litics/some-nc-voters-are-receiving-unsolicited-absentee-ballot-request-for=
ms-in-the-mail-heres-why/275-c90a706a-1d0e-47f0-8922-3b68028a7750>
-- Virginia <[link removed]
plications-cause-confusion-in-virginia/>
-- and maybe more
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(3) In some states, the Center for Voter Information is sending absentee b=
allot applications to voters with some information (e.g. name or address) p=
re-filled.
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The Suncoast News in Florida reported that's concerning voters <[link removed]
.suncoastnews.com/news/early-voting-open-for-aug-18-primary/article_027afd7=
4-dcca-11ea-9208-b31735a1a4bb.html> . "Voters react defensively and suspici=
ously to mail that misspells their name and is seemingly tied to their actu=
al voter registration," the Pasco County Supervisor of Elections explained =
in their story.
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And voters have also reported receiving ballots for their pets, their chil=
dren, or even deceased people.
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As the same county elections supervisor told Orlando Weekly, <[link removed]
orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2020/07/31/florida-elections-officials-urg=
e-caution-over-confusing-vote-by-mail-applications-arriving-to-pasco-county=
-homes> "While it=E2=80=99s amusing to reference that Fluffy the dog got a =
pre-filled ballot, it=E2=80=99s not funny when a voter whose husband or wif=
e passed away."
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=E2=80=A2 What else to know: Earlier this year, the North Carolina Board o=
f Elections issued a press release about the group's first mailings in Nort=
h Carolina <[link removed]
10> ; those violated a new state law and future mailings were corrected.

[AOC invited to speak at the Democratic National Convention ... in a 60-sec=
ond pre-recorded video.]

"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be given just 60 seconds to deliver a p=
re-recorded message at the Democratic National Convention next week. The pa=
rty=E2=80=99s progressive firebrand has been afforded the limited role whil=
e Democrats like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and former Mayor Pete=
Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, will get to deliver live, virtual speech=
es at the coronavirus-revamped event, Business Insider reported Wednesday."=
(New York Post <[link removed]
-to-deliver-pre-recorded-message-at-dnc/> )

Read the full story on the=C2=A0New York Post <[link removed]
08/12/aoc-gets-just-60-seconds-to-deliver-pre-recorded-message-at-dnc/>

=E2=80=A2 What's happening: The full speaker line-up for next week's Democ=
ratic National Convention has been released -- and it's not flattering for =
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC). Though AOC was finally given a role, i=
t's to deliver one 60-second, pre-recorded video speech.
=20
=E2=80=A2 What's at stake: Though the media won't talk about it, the Democ=
ratic Party is deeply divided, and there were previous rumors of a progress=
ive "convention rebellion." <[link removed]
e-supporters-medicare-single-payer-381972>
=20
Both Bernie Sanders and AOC have speaking roles, but their influence seems=
to be intentionally blunted.=20
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Sanders will speak the same night as John Kasich, a former GOP presidentia=
l candidate and governor, and AOC just gets a short video appearance that t=
he DNC will, theoretically, approve since it's pre-recorded.
=20
This may keep in-fighting at bay during the convention, but it won't help =
Joe Biden's campaign this fall. He needs the votes of Bernie supporters, bu=
t he needs to balance courting the far-left progressives with not losing mo=
derate voters in the November election.
=20
=E2=80=A2 What else to know: The convention speeches are just the latest e=
xample of the deep divide in the Democratic Party.
=20
Progressives are also reportedly outraged by his pick of Kamala Harris as =
VP, with comments like how it's a "middle finger to progressives" and shows=
"contempt for the base" per Fox News' reporting. <[link removed]
politics/bernie-supporters-progressives-journalists-trash-biden-harris-tick=
et>

[Not a joke (but it sounds like one): Biden's potential VP picks asked what=
nickname President Trump would give them.]

"Candidates on presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden=E2=
=80=99s list of potential running mates were reportedly asked what they tho=
ught President Trump would nickname them if they were given the gig. Accord=
ing to The Wall Street Journal, candidates on Biden=E2=80=99s list were ask=
ed the question by his search committee as part of the months-long vetting =
process." (The Hill <[link removed]
-asked-potential-vp-candidates-what-they-thought-trump-would-nickname> )

Read the full story on The Hill <[link removed]
511773-biden-asked-potential-vp-candidates-what-they-thought-trump-would-ni=
ckname>

=E2=80=A2 What's happening: Too ridiculous for satire: Biden's search comm=
ittee reportedly asked VP candidates what nickname they thought President T=
rump would use for them. We wonder if Kamala Harris guessed "phony"!
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=E2=80=A2 What's at stake: It's not nearly as important as the other stori=
es today ... but it's far funnier.
=20
This also shows that Democrats expect President Trump to define the debate=
-- and the candidates -- in the 2020 election as he did in the 2016 presid=
ential race. (There's even an entire Wikipedia page devoted to nicknames cr=
eated by President Trump. <[link removed]
used_by_Donald_Trump> )
=20
That shows the advantage that President Trump will is expected to have hea=
ding into the presidential debates.

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span style=3D"color: #00ccff;"><span style=3D"font-size: 20px;"><strong>Bre=
aking: Supreme Court turns down the Republican National Committee's challen=
ge to Rhode Island absentee ballot rule change.</strong></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
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orgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px;pad=
ding-right:25px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:25px;">
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ght: 1.2; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #55=
5555; mso-line-height-alt: 17px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; ms=
o-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><em><span style=3D"background-color: #=
ffffff;">"The Supreme Court will not intervene in a legal fight c=
oncerning absentee ballots in Rhode Island, meaning <span style=3D"bac=
kground-color: #ffff99;"><strong>the state's order removing a requirement t=
hat absentee ballots must be signed by two witnesses or a notary public wil=
l stand</strong></span>. Thursday's order is a loss for the Republican Nati=
onal Committee, which had asked the court to step in after lower courts rul=
ed to uphold the new absentee ballot rules."</span> (<a style=3D"text-decor=
ation: underline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
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arget=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">CNN</a>)</em></p>
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te.online/c/6/?T=3DOTkyNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMjI2LWE1ZThhMmUwZTNlYjRmZTU4MjNhMT=
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291cnQtcmhvZGUtaXNsYW5kLWFic2VudGVlLWJhbGxvdHMvaW5kZXguaHRtbA&K=3D0v8CbijF6=
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ext-decoration: none; display: inline-block; color: #ffffff; background-col=
or: #3AAEE0; border-radius: 4px; -webkit-border-radius: 4px; -moz-border-ra=
dius: 4px; width: auto; width: auto; border-top: 1px solid #3AAEE0; border-=
right: 1px solid #3AAEE0; border-bottom: 1px solid #3AAEE0; border-left: 1p=
x solid #3AAEE0; padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; font-family: Arial,=
Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center; mso-border-alt:=
none; word-break: keep-all;"><span style=3D"padding-left:20px;padding-righ=
t:20px;font-size:16px;display:inline-block;"><span style=3D"font-size: 16px=
; line-height: 2; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 32px;">Read =
the story from CNN</span></span></a>
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=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"color:#555555;font-family:Ge=
orgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px;pad=
ding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"line-height: 1.2; font-si=
ze: 12px; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #55=
5555; mso-line-height-alt: 14px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style><strong>=E2=80=A2 <em>What's happening</em></=
strong>: The <strong>Supreme Court ruled <em>against</em> the Republican Na=
tional Committee's challenge to Rhode Island's last-minute change </strong>=
to its own absentee (mail-in) voting process. </span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style>Conservative Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gors=
uch, and Clarence Thomas all noted their dissent, i.e. disagreement with th=
e decision, which suggests a 6-3 decision.</span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;">Here are the facts of this emergency Supreme Court case, =
as </span><span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style><a style=3D"text-dec=
oration: underline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
?T=3DOTkyNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMjI2LWE1ZThhMmUwZTNlYjRmZTU4MjNhMTNhZjgxZmQwNTE0=
%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMg%3A%3AaHR0=
cHM6Ly93d3cuc2NvdHVzYmxvZy5jb20vMjAyMC8wOC9ybmMtcmhvZGUtaXNsYW5kLXJlcHVibGl=
jYW5zLWFzay1qdXN0aWNlcy10by1pbnRlcnZlbmUtaW4tYWJzZW50ZWUtYmFsbG90LWRpc3B1dG=
Uv&K=3DTHB1MCy9vdWrTpRjhl9XEA" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">SCOTUSBlo=
g, which solely covers Supreme Court cases, explained well</a>. In summary:=
</span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style>(1) <strong>Rhode Island law usually requires=
that voters submitting a ballot by mail (i.e. voting absentee) sign the ba=
llot in the presence of two witnesses <em>or</em> a notary.</strong></=
span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style>(2) After a legal challenge from outside grou=
ps, the Rhode Island Secretary of State said the <strong>witness requiremen=
t would be dropped</strong> for upcoming elections due to COVID-19. That me=
ans you could mail in a ballot in the presidential election without followi=
ng the normal rules.</span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style>(3) The Republican National Committee and the=
state GOP appealed the decision all the way up to the Supreme Court, which=
ruled against them. <strong>This means Rhode Island's changes will stand.<=
/strong></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style><strong>=E2=80=A2 <em>What's at stake</em></s=
trong>: </span></span><span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style>The 2020=
election. This case removed a ballot integrity protection that the state (=
and its Democratic governor!) <em>already had in place</em>.</span></span><=
/p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style><strong>This decision both sets the rules for=
Rhode Island <em>and</em> could be used as a legal precedent in other stat=
es -- and potentially affect what happens cross the country</strong>. </spa=
n></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style>The Republican National Committee and state G=
OP got their case all the way up to the Supreme Court based on a similar ca=
se from Alabama that the Court considered earlier this year.</span></span><=
/p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><strong>=E2=80=A2 <em>What else to know</em></strong>: Th=
is isn't just happening in Rhode Island. <strong><a style=3D"text-decoratio=
n: underline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
TkyNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMjI2LWE1ZThhMmUwZTNlYjRmZTU4MjNhMTNhZjgxZmQwNTE0%3AYml=
namFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMw%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly=
93d3cucmVhbGNsZWFycG9saXRpY3MuY29tL2FydGljbGVzLzIwMjAvMDgvMDcvbGF3c3VpdHNfY=
2hhbGxlbmdlX29oaW9zX21haWxfdm90aW5nX3NlY3VyaXR5X3BvbGljeV9hY2Nlc3MuaHRtbA&K=
=3DEBYgTERIO0Rrbrcs2flR6w" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">Outside group=
s have filed lawsuits in other states -- including, recently, in the key sw=
ing state of Ohio -- to drop or reduce existing ballot protection measures.=
</a></strong></span></p>
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=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"color:#555555;font-family:Ar=
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;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;">
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span style=3D"color: #00ccff;"><span style=3D"font-size: 20px;"><strong>Lib=
eral political group sending "potentially misleading" mailings, unrequested=
absentee ballot applications to voters across the country.</strong></span>=
</span></p>
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=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
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orgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px;pad=
ding-right:25px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:25px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-hei=
ght: 1.2; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #55=
5555; mso-line-height-alt: 17px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; ms=
o-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><em>"<span style=3D"background-color: =
#ffff99;"><strong>A liberal political organization is sending hundreds=
of thousands of mail-in and absentee ballot applications to vote=
rs across the country</strong></span> in an apparent attempt to promote the=
voting method in states not automatically mailing the ballot applications =
themselves. The 'potentially misleading' mailings, which contain legitimate=
ballot applications but at first glance appear to many recipients to be fr=
om an official government source, have confused voters and peeved election =
officials." (<a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" href=
=3D"[link removed]
UwZTNlYjRmZTU4MjNhMTNhZjgxZmQwNTE0%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA=
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S9uZXdzL2xpYmVyYWwtZ3JvdXAtc2VuZHMtbWFzc2VzLW9mLW1haWwtaW4tYmFsbG90LWFwcGxp=
Y2F0aW9ucy10by12b3RlcnMtbWFueS13aXRoLWVycm9ycy1wZWV2aW5nLWVsZWN0aW9uLW9mZml=
jaWFscw&K=3Dr3OfSQOtjMZl4z0sCTa1cg" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">Wash=
ington Examiner</a>)</em></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<a href=3D"[link removed]
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get=3D"_blank" style=3D"-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; text-decoration: no=
ne; display: inline-block; color: #ffffff; background-color: #3AAEE0; borde=
r-radius: 4px; -webkit-border-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius: 4px; width: =
auto; width: auto; border-top: 1px solid #3AAEE0; border-right: 1px solid #=
3AAEE0; border-bottom: 1px solid #3AAEE0; border-left: 1px solid #3AAEE0; p=
adding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, H=
elvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center; mso-border-alt: none; word-break:=
keep-all;"><span style=3D"padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;font-size:1=
6px;display:inline-block;"><span style=3D"font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; =
word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 32px;">Read the full story on =
the=C2=A0<em>Washington Examiner</em></span></span></a>
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=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"color:#555555;font-family:Ge=
orgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px;pad=
ding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"line-height: 1.2; font-si=
ze: 12px; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #55=
5555; mso-line-height-alt: 14px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style><strong>=E2=80=A2 <em>What's happening</em></=
strong>: </span></span><span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style>Here's =
a <a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
rk.thevote.online/c/6/?T=3DOTkyNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMjI2LWE1ZThhMmUwZTNlYjRmZT=
U4MjNhMTNhZjgxZmQwNTE0%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3A=
ZmFsc2U%3ANw%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbmV4YW1pbmVyLmNvbS9uZXdzL2xpY=
mVyYWwtZ3JvdXAtc2VuZHMtbWFzc2VzLW9mLW1haWwtaW4tYmFsbG90LWFwcGxpY2F0aW9ucy10=
by12b3RlcnMtbWFueS13aXRoLWVycm9ycy1wZWV2aW5nLWVsZWN0aW9uLW9mZmljaWFscw&K=3D=
-RUs2hd56oEWn4YujZzO2Q" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">good overview fr=
om the <em>Washington Examiner</em></a> of the the low-profile no=
nprofit named the Center for Voter Information. </span></span><span style=
=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style>Yesterday, we shared how <strong><a style=
=3D"text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
.online/c/6/?T=3DOTkyNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMjI2LWE1ZThhMmUwZTNlYjRmZTU4MjNhMTNh=
ZjgxZmQwNTE0%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3A=
OA%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud3RvcC5jb20vdmlyZ2luaWEvMjAyMC8wOC91bnNvbGljaXRlZC1=
hYnNlbnRlZS1hcHBsaWNhdGlvbnMtY2F1c2UtY29uZnVzaW9uLWluLXZpcmdpbmlhLw&K=3DeU-=
9LARDSongBk1awEPpgA" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">they mailed out mor=
e than 500,000 incorrect absentee ballot applications</a>. </strong></span>=
</span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style>Today we saw another story: <strong>a Florida=
county elections office claiming the Center for Voter Information's effort=
s in their state is "eroding voter confidence,"</strong> <a style=3D"text-d=
ecoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
6/?T=3DOTkyNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMjI2LWE1ZThhMmUwZTNlYjRmZTU4MjNhMTNhZjgxZmQwNT=
E0%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AOQ%3A%3AaH=
R0cDovL3d3dy5zdW5jb2FzdG5ld3MuY29tL25ld3MvZWFybHktdm90aW5nLW9wZW4tZm9yLWF1Z=
y0xOC1wcmltYXJ5L2FydGljbGVfMDI3YWZkNzQtZGNjYS0xMWVhLTkyMDgtYjMxNzM1YTFhNGJi=
Lmh0bWw&K=3DW7YbvR-pHjX2LkZVUHxw9A" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">as T=
he <em>Suncoast News</em> reported</a>. That's because, like in Virginia in=
other states, the Florida absentee ballots were <em>not</em> requested by =
voters.</span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style><strong>=E2=80=A2 <em>What's at stake</em></s=
trong>: </span></span><span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style>In every=
election, organizations work hard to register voters and get out the vote,=
i.e. encourage people to vote on Election Day. That's regularly conducted =
-- and important! -- work. But even given that, we think this story is inte=
resting.</span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style>(1) The name and self-description of the Cent=
er for Voter Information are vague -- even generic -- but <strong>some repo=
rters have found that it's a left-leaning group.</strong></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style>-- <a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; co=
lor: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
tYjIwMjI2LWE1ZThhMmUwZTNlYjRmZTU4MjNhMTNhZjgxZmQwNTE0%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmt=
AZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMTA%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmJjMTIuY=
29tLzIwMjAvMDgvMDcvbm9ucHJvZml0LW1haWxzLWVycm9uZW91cy1hYnNlbnRlZS1iYWxsb3Qt=
YXBwbGljYXRpb25zLXZpcmdpbmlhLXZvdGVycy8&K=3DjSJLM21nczCcL609RMlGug" target=
=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">NBC12 reported that "a job posting lists the o=
rganization as a 'progressive' group"</a></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style>-- <a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; co=
lor: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
tYjIwMjI2LWE1ZThhMmUwZTNlYjRmZTU4MjNhMTNhZjgxZmQwNTE0%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmt=
AZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMTE%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ=
3RvbmV4YW1pbmVyLmNvbS9uZXdzL2xpYmVyYWwtZ3JvdXAtc2VuZHMtbWFzc2VzLW9mLW1haWwt=
aW4tYmFsbG90LWFwcGxpY2F0aW9ucy10by12b3RlcnMtbWFueS13aXRoLWVycm9ycy1wZWV2aW5=
nLWVsZWN0aW9uLW9mZmljaWFscw&K=3D4wn2kJu2g73NyUC7af7pIQ" target=3D"_blank" r=
el=3D"noopener">the <em>Washington Examiner</em> reported</a> that "</span>=
</span><span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style>when the Center for Vot=
er Information has spent on specific election activities reportable to the =
Federal Elections Commission, <strong>it did so in favor of Democratic cand=
idates and in opposition to Republicans</strong>"</span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style>-- <a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; co=
lor: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
tYjIwMjI2LWE1ZThhMmUwZTNlYjRmZTU4MjNhMTNhZjgxZmQwNTE0%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmt=
AZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMTI%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ=
3RvbmV4YW1pbmVyLmNvbS9uZXdzL2xpYmVyYWwtZ3JvdXAtc2VuZHMtbWFzc2VzLW9mLW1haWwt=
aW4tYmFsbG90LWFwcGxpY2F0aW9ucy10by12b3RlcnMtbWFueS13aXRoLWVycm9ycy1wZWV2aW5=
nLWVsZWN0aW9uLW9mZmljaWFscw&K=3DBnhmvAYocXTiObZ-R8MS6g" target=3D"_blank" r=
el=3D"noopener">and the <em>Washington Examiner</em> also reported</a> that=
<strong>Democratic primary candidate Tom Steyer's NextGen Climate group do=
nated more than $400,000 to the group in June</strong></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style>(2) <strong>The Center for Voter Information =
has reportedly mailed unrequested absentee ballot applications to voters in=
multiple battleground states, </strong></span></span><span style=3D"font-s=
ize: 14px;"><span style>including:</span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style>-- <a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; co=
lor: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
tYjIwMjI2LWE1ZThhMmUwZTNlYjRmZTU4MjNhMTNhZjgxZmQwNTE0%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmt=
AZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMTM%3A%3AaHR0cDovL3d3dy5zdW5jb2Fzd=
G5ld3MuY29tL25ld3MvZWFybHktdm90aW5nLW9wZW4tZm9yLWF1Zy0xOC1wcmltYXJ5L2FydGlj=
bGVfMDI3YWZkNzQtZGNjYS0xMWVhLTkyMDgtYjMxNzM1YTFhNGJiLmh0bWw&K=3D228ZGzRbnU7=
eJHf6zrH99g" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">Florida (reported by <=
em>The Suncoast News</em>)</a></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style>-- <a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; co=
lor: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
tYjIwMjI2LWE1ZThhMmUwZTNlYjRmZTU4MjNhMTNhZjgxZmQwNTE0%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmt=
AZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMTQ%3A%3AaHR0cDovL3d3dy5hYmM2b255b=
3Vyc2lkZS5jb20vbmV3cy9sb2NhbC9vaGlvYW5zLWdldHRpbmctcmFuZG9tLWFic2VudGVlLWJh=
bGxvdC1hcHBsaWNhdGlvbnMtZnJvbS1jZW50ZXItZm9yLXZvdGVyLWluZm9ybWF0aW9u&K=3DKZ=
_euVeo5JeOotPRTrdMZg" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">Ohio (reported by =
ABC6)</a></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style>-- <a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; co=
lor: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
tYjIwMjI2LWE1ZThhMmUwZTNlYjRmZTU4MjNhMTNhZjgxZmQwNTE0%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmt=
AZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMTU%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2NuYy5jb=
20vYXJ0aWNsZS9uZXdzL3BvbGl0aWNzL3NvbWUtbmMtdm90ZXJzLWFyZS1yZWNlaXZpbmctdW5z=
b2xpY2l0ZWQtYWJzZW50ZWUtYmFsbG90LXJlcXVlc3QtZm9ybXMtaW4tdGhlLW1haWwtaGVyZXM=
td2h5LzI3NS1jOTBhNzA2YS0xZDBlLTQ3ZjAtODkyMi0zYjY4MDI4YTc3NTA&K=3D_XvkIJ8SIZ=
yzL_sU_k0yKg" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">North Carolina (reported b=
y WCNC)</a></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style>-- <a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; co=
lor: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
tYjIwMjI2LWE1ZThhMmUwZTNlYjRmZTU4MjNhMTNhZjgxZmQwNTE0%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmt=
AZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMTY%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud3RvcC5jb=
20vdmlyZ2luaWEvMjAyMC8wOC91bnNvbGljaXRlZC1hYnNlbnRlZS1hcHBsaWNhdGlvbnMtY2F1=
c2UtY29uZnVzaW9uLWluLXZpcmdpbmlhLw&K=3D45ZBhDE601XcEb_YFvtTWg" target=3D"_b=
lank" rel=3D"noopener">Virginia</a></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style>-- and maybe more</span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style>(3) In some states, the <strong>Center for Vo=
ter Information is sending absentee ballot applications to voters with some=
information (e.g. name or address) pre-filled</strong>.</span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style><a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; color=
: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
IwMjI2LWE1ZThhMmUwZTNlYjRmZTU4MjNhMTNhZjgxZmQwNTE0%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ2=
1haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMTc%3A%3AaHR0cDovL3d3dy5zdW5jb2FzdG5l=
d3MuY29tL25ld3MvZWFybHktdm90aW5nLW9wZW4tZm9yLWF1Zy0xOC1wcmltYXJ5L2FydGljbGV=
fMDI3YWZkNzQtZGNjYS0xMWVhLTkyMDgtYjMxNzM1YTFhNGJiLmh0bWw&K=3D6ShiRN1G-czF78=
MIoriX6w" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">The <em>Suncoast News</em> in =
Florida reported that's concerning voters</a>. "Voters react defensively an=
d suspiciously to <strong>mail that misspells their name and is seemingly t=
ied to their actual voter registration</strong>," the Pasco County Supervis=
or of Elections explained in their story.</span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"><strong><span style=3D"font-size=
: 14px;"><span style>And voters have also reported receiving ballots for th=
eir pets, their children, or even deceased people.</span></span></strong></=
p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style><a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; color=
: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
IwMjI2LWE1ZThhMmUwZTNlYjRmZTU4MjNhMTNhZjgxZmQwNTE0%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ2=
1haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMTg%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cub3JsYW5kb3dl=
ZWtseS5jb20vQmxvZ3MvYXJjaGl2ZXMvMjAyMC8wNy8zMS9mbG9yaWRhLWVsZWN0aW9ucy1vZmZ=
pY2lhbHMtdXJnZS1jYXV0aW9uLW92ZXItY29uZnVzaW5nLXZvdGUtYnktbWFpbC1hcHBsaWNhdG=
lvbnMtYXJyaXZpbmctdG8tcGFzY28tY291bnR5LWhvbWVz&K=3DEeAs8-tD04xz8PZ_ReE9hw" =
target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">As the same county elections supervisor =
told <em>Orlando Weekly</em>,</a> "While it=E2=80=99s amusing to reference =
that Fluffy the dog got a pre-filled ballot, it=E2=80=99s not funny when a =
voter whose husband or wife passed away."</span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;">=E2=80=A2 <em><strong>What else to know: </strong></em>Ea=
rlier this year, the <a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5=
;" href=3D"[link removed]
1ZThhMmUwZTNlYjRmZTU4MjNhMTNhZjgxZmQwNTE0%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29=
t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMTk%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmNzYmUuZ292L1ByZXNzL=
VJlbGVhc2VzP3VkdF8yMjI2X3BhcmFtX2RldGFpbD0yMjEw&K=3DGQ55PvXJnAHtn9hCsZRWAw"=
target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">North Carolina Board of Elections issue=
d a press release about the group's first mailings in North Carolina</a>; t=
hose violated a new state law and future mailings were corrected.</span></p=
>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"color:#555555;font-family:Ar=
ial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px=
;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-hei=
ght: 1.2; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sa=
ns-serif; mso-line-height-alt: 17px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-he=
ight: 1.2; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><=
span style=3D"color: #00ccff;"><span style=3D"font-size: 20px;"><strong>AOC=
invited to speak at the Democratic National Convention ... in a 60-second =
pre-recorded video.</strong></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"color:#555555;font-family:Ge=
orgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px;pad=
ding-right:25px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:25px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-hei=
ght: 1.2; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #55=
5555; mso-line-height-alt: 17px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; ms=
o-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><em>"<span style=3D"background-color: =
#ffff99;"><strong>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be given just 60 secon=
ds to deliver a pre-recorded message at the Democratic National Convention<=
/strong></span> next week. The party=E2=80=99s progressive firebrand has be=
en afforded the limited role while Democrats like Senate Minority Leader Ch=
uck Schumer and former Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, will ge=
t to deliver live, virtual speeches at the coronavirus-revamped event,&nbsp=
;Business Insider reported Wednesday." (<a style=3D"text-decoration: u=
nderline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
jA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMjI2LWE1ZThhMmUwZTNlYjRmZTU4MjNhMTNhZjgxZmQwNTE0%3AYmlnamF=
ja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMjA%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d=
3cubnlwb3N0LmNvbS8yMDIwLzA4LzEyL2FvYy1nZXRzLWp1c3QtNjAtc2Vjb25kcy10by1kZWxp=
dmVyLXByZS1yZWNvcmRlZC1tZXNzYWdlLWF0LWRuYy8&K=3Dd-dWyvx-xY8TBEyECCmRaA" tar=
get=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">New York Post</a>)</em></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<a href=3D"[link removed]
hevote.online/c/6/?T=3DOTkyNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMjI2LWE1ZThhMmUwZTNlYjRmZTU4Mj=
NhMTNhZjgxZmQwNTE0%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFs=
c2U%3AMjE%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnlwb3N0LmNvbS8yMDIwLzA4LzEyL2FvYy1nZXRzLWp1=
c3QtNjAtc2Vjb25kcy10by1kZWxpdmVyLXByZS1yZWNvcmRlZC1tZXNzYWdlLWF0LWRuYy8&K=
=3D_iPV_geIx5qVSrDH0ye2Aw" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"-webkit-text-size-adj=
ust: none; text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; color: #ffffff; ba=
ckground-color: #3AAEE0; border-radius: 4px; -webkit-border-radius: 4px; -m=
oz-border-radius: 4px; width: auto; width: auto; border-top: 1px solid #3AA=
EE0; border-right: 1px solid #3AAEE0; border-bottom: 1px solid #3AAEE0; bor=
der-left: 1px solid #3AAEE0; padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; font-fa=
mily: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center; mso=
-border-alt: none; word-break: keep-all;"><span style=3D"padding-left:20px;=
padding-right:20px;font-size:16px;display:inline-block;"><span style=3D"fon=
t-size: 16px; line-height: 2; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: =
32px;">Read the full story on the=C2=A0<em>New York Post</em></span></span>=
</a>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"color:#555555;font-family:Ge=
orgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px;pad=
ding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"line-height: 1.2; font-si=
ze: 12px; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #55=
5555; mso-line-height-alt: 14px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style><strong>=E2=80=A2 <em>What's happening</em></=
strong>: The full speaker line-up for next week's Democratic National Conve=
ntion has been released -- and it's not flattering for Rep. Alexandria Ocas=
io-Cortez (AOC). <strong>Though AOC was finally given a role, it's to deliv=
er one 60-second, pre-recorded video speech.</strong></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style><strong>=E2=80=A2 <em>What's at stake</em></s=
trong>: </span></span><span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style>Though t=
he media won't talk about it, the Democratic Party is deeply divided, and <=
a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
thevote.online/c/6/?T=3DOTkyNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMjI2LWE1ZThhMmUwZTNlYjRmZTU4M=
jNhMTNhZjgxZmQwNTE0%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmF=
sc2U%3AMjI%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucG9saXRpY28uY29tL25ld3MvMjAyMC8wNy8yNy9iZXJ=
uaWUtc3VwcG9ydGVycy1tZWRpY2FyZS1zaW5nbGUtcGF5ZXItMzgxOTcy&K=3D8iykHh24BtFv9=
YiYSJj88g" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">there were previous rumors of=
a progressive "convention rebellion."</a></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"><strong><span style=3D"font-size=
: 14px;"><span style>Both Bernie Sanders and AOC have speaking roles, but t=
heir influence seems to be intentionally blunted. </span></span></stro=
ng></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style>Sanders will speak the same night as John Kas=
ich, a former GOP presidential candidate and governor, and AOC just gets a =
short video appearance that the DNC will, theoretically, approve since it's=
pre-recorded.</span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"><strong><span style=3D"font-size=
: 14px;">This may keep in-fighting at bay during the convention, but it won=
't help Joe Biden's campaign this fall. </span></strong><span style=3D=
"font-size: 14px;">He needs the votes of Bernie supporters, but he needs to=
balance courting the far-left progressives with not losing moderate voters=
in the November election.</span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style><em><strong>=E2=80=A2 What else to know</stro=
ng></em>: The convention speeches are just the latest example of the deep d=
ivide in the Democratic Party.</span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-ser=
if; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;"><span style>Progressives are also reportedly outraged by =
his pick of Kamala Harris as VP, with <strong>comments like how it's a "mid=
dle finger to progressives" and shows "contempt for the base" <a style=3D"t=
ext-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
ne/c/6/?T=3DOTkyNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMjI2LWE1ZThhMmUwZTNlYjRmZTU4MjNhMTNhZjgxZ=
mQwNTE0%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMjM%3=
A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZm94bmV3cy5jb20vcG9saXRpY3MvYmVybmllLXN1cHBvcnRlcnMtcHJ=
vZ3Jlc3NpdmVzLWpvdXJuYWxpc3RzLXRyYXNoLWJpZGVuLWhhcnJpcy10aWNrZXQ&K=3D1dtolj=
NvXenh6o_PPDLlvg" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">per Fox News' reportin=
g.</a></strong></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"color:#555555;font-family:Ar=
ial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px=
;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-hei=
ght: 1.2; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sa=
ns-serif; mso-line-height-alt: 17px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-he=
ight: 1.2; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><=
span style=3D"color: #00ccff;"><span style=3D"font-size: 20px;"><strong>Not=
a joke (but it sounds like one): Biden's potential VP picks asked what nic=
kname President Trump would give them.</strong></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"color:#555555;font-family:Ge=
orgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px;pad=
ding-right:25px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:25px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"font-size: 14px; line-hei=
ght: 1.2; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #55=
5555; mso-line-height-alt: 17px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; ms=
o-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><em>"</em><em>Candidates on presumptiv=
e Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden=E2=80=99s list of potential r=
unning mates were <span style=3D"background-color: #ffff99;"><strong>report=
edly asked what they thought President Trump would nickname them if they we=
re given the gig</strong></span>. According to The Wall Street Journal, can=
didates on Biden=E2=80=99s list were asked the question by his search commi=
ttee as part of the months-long vetting process." (<a style=3D"text-decorat=
ion: underline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
=3DOTkyNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMjI2LWE1ZThhMmUwZTNlYjRmZTU4MjNhMTNhZjgxZmQwNTE0%3=
AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMjU%3A%3AaHR0c=
HM6Ly93d3cudGhlaGlsbC5jb20vaG9tZW5ld3MvY2FtcGFpZ24vNTExNzczLWJpZGVuLWFza2Vk=
LXBvdGVudGlhbC12cC1jYW5kaWRhdGVzLXdoYXQtdGhleS10aG91Z2h0LXRydW1wLXdvdWxkLW5=
pY2tuYW1l&K=3DcdR_wx0gMG2Z966mjNdOww" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">Th=
e Hill</a>)</em></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<a href=3D"[link removed]
LWE1ZThhMmUwZTNlYjRmZTU4MjNhMTNhZjgxZmQwNTE0%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwu=
Y29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3%3AZmFsc2U%3AMjY%3A%3AaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaGlsbC5jb20vaG=
9tZW5ld3MvY2FtcGFpZ24vNTExNzczLWJpZGVuLWFza2VkLXBvdGVudGlhbC12cC1jYW5kaWRhd=
GVzLXdoYXQtdGhleS10aG91Z2h0LXRydW1wLXdvdWxkLW5pY2tuYW1l&K=3DRa3GCp3L7s_Cx-L=
9zAlyRA" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; text-de=
coration: none; display: inline-block; color: #ffffff; background-color: #3=
AAEE0; border-radius: 4px; -webkit-border-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius: =
4px; width: auto; width: auto; border-top: 1px solid #3AAEE0; border-right:=
1px solid #3AAEE0; border-bottom: 1px solid #3AAEE0; border-left: 1px soli=
d #3AAEE0; padding-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; font-family: Arial, Helve=
tica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center; mso-border-alt: none;=
word-break: keep-all;"><span style=3D"padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px=
;font-size:16px;display:inline-block;"><span style=3D"font-size: 16px; line=
-height: 2; word-break: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 32px;">Read the fu=
ll story on <em>The Hill</em></span></span></a>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09</div>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"color:#555555;font-family:Ar=
ial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:1.2;padding-top:10px=
;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<div style=3D"line-height: 1.2; font-si=
ze: 12px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sa=
ns-serif; mso-line-height-alt: 14px;">
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><=
span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style>=E2=80=A2 <strong><em>What's ha=
ppening</em></strong>: Too ridiculous for satire: Biden's search committee =
reportedly asked VP candidates what nickname they thought President Trump w=
ould use for them. We wonder if Kamala Harris guessed "phony"!</span></span=
></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;"> </p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><=
span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style><span style><strong>=E2=80=A2 <=
em>What's at stake</em></strong>: It's not nearly as important as the other=
stories today ... but it's far funnier.</span></span></span></p>
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[The Vote]

[Breaking: Supreme Court turns down the Republican National Committee's challenge to Rhode Island absentee ballot rule change.]

"The Supreme Court will not intervene in a legal fight concerning absentee ballots in Rhode Island, meaning the state's order removing a requirement that absentee ballots must be signed by two witnesses or a notary public will stand. Thursday's order is a loss for the Republican National Committee, which had asked the court to step in after lower courts ruled to uphold the new absentee ballot rules." (CNN <[link removed]> )

Read the story from CNN <[link removed]>

• What's happening: The Supreme Court ruled against the Republican National Committee's challenge to Rhode Island's last-minute change to its own absentee (mail-in) voting process.

Conservative Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Clarence Thomas all noted their dissent, i.e. disagreement with the decision, which suggests a 6-3 decision.

Here are the facts of this emergency Supreme Court case, as SCOTUSBlog, which solely covers Supreme Court cases, explained well <[link removed]> . In summary:

(1) Rhode Island law usually requires that voters submitting a ballot by mail (i.e. voting absentee) sign the ballot in the presence of two witnesses or a notary.

(2) After a legal challenge from outside groups, the Rhode Island Secretary of State said the witness requirement would be dropped for upcoming elections due to COVID-19. That means you could mail in a ballot in the presidential election without following the normal rules.

(3) The Republican National Committee and the state GOP appealed the decision all the way up to the Supreme Court, which ruled against them. This means Rhode Island's changes will stand.

• What's at stake: The 2020 election. This case removed a ballot integrity protection that the state (and its Democratic governor!) already had in place.

This decision both sets the rules for Rhode Island and could be used as a legal precedent in other states -- and potentially affect what happens cross the country.

The Republican National Committee and state GOP got their case all the way up to the Supreme Court based on a similar case from Alabama that the Court considered earlier this year.

• What else to know: This isn't just happening in Rhode Island. Outside groups have filed lawsuits in other states -- including, recently, in the key swing state of Ohio -- to drop or reduce existing ballot protection measures. <[link removed]>

[Liberal political group sending "potentially misleading" mailings, unrequested absentee ballot applications to voters across the country.]

"A liberal political organization is sending hundreds of thousands of mail-in and absentee ballot applications to voters across the country in an apparent attempt to promote the voting method in states not automatically mailing the ballot applications themselves. The 'potentially misleading' mailings, which contain legitimate ballot applications but at first glance appear to many recipients to be from an official government source, have confused voters and peeved election officials." (Washington Examiner <[link removed]> )

Read the full story on the Washington Examiner <[link removed]>

• What's happening: Here's a good overview from the Washington Examiner <[link removed]> of the the low-profile nonprofit named the Center for Voter Information. Yesterday, we shared how they mailed out more than 500,000 incorrect absentee ballot applications <[link removed]> .

Today we saw another story: a Florida county elections office claiming the Center for Voter Information's efforts in their state is "eroding voter confidence," as The Suncoast News reported <[link removed]> . That's because, like in Virginia in other states, the Florida absentee ballots were not requested by voters.

• What's at stake: In every election, organizations work hard to register voters and get out the vote, i.e. encourage people to vote on Election Day. That's regularly conducted -- and important! -- work. But even given that, we think this story is interesting.

(1) The name and self-description of the Center for Voter Information are vague -- even generic -- but some reporters have found that it's a left-leaning group.

-- NBC12 reported that "a job posting lists the organization as a 'progressive' group" <[link removed]>

-- the Washington Examiner reported <[link removed]> that "when the Center for Voter Information has spent on specific election activities reportable to the Federal Elections Commission, it did so in favor of Democratic candidates and in opposition to Republicans"

-- and the Washington Examiner also reported <[link removed]> that Democratic primary candidate Tom Steyer's NextGen Climate group donated more than $400,000 to the group in June

(2) The Center for Voter Information has reportedly mailed unrequested absentee ballot applications to voters in multiple battleground states, including:
-- Florida (reported by The Suncoast News) <[link removed]>
-- Ohio (reported by ABC6) <[link removed]>
-- North Carolina (reported by WCNC) <[link removed]>
-- Virginia <[link removed]>
-- and maybe more

(3) In some states, the Center for Voter Information is sending absentee ballot applications to voters with some information (e.g. name or address) pre-filled.

The Suncoast News in Florida reported that's concerning voters <[link removed]> . "Voters react defensively and suspiciously to mail that misspells their name and is seemingly tied to their actual voter registration," the Pasco County Supervisor of Elections explained in their story.

And voters have also reported receiving ballots for their pets, their children, or even deceased people.

As the same county elections supervisor told Orlando Weekly, <[link removed]> "While it’s amusing to reference that Fluffy the dog got a pre-filled ballot, it’s not funny when a voter whose husband or wife passed away."

• What else to know: Earlier this year, the North Carolina Board of Elections issued a press release about the group's first mailings in North Carolina <[link removed]> ; those violated a new state law and future mailings were corrected.

[AOC invited to speak at the Democratic National Convention ... in a 60-second pre-recorded video.]

"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be given just 60 seconds to deliver a pre-recorded message at the Democratic National Convention next week. The party’s progressive firebrand has been afforded the limited role while Democrats like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and former Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, will get to deliver live, virtual speeches at the coronavirus-revamped event, Business Insider reported Wednesday." (New York Post <[link removed]> )

Read the full story on the New York Post <[link removed]>

• What's happening: The full speaker line-up for next week's Democratic National Convention has been released -- and it's not flattering for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC). Though AOC was finally given a role, it's to deliver one 60-second, pre-recorded video speech.

• What's at stake: Though the media won't talk about it, the Democratic Party is deeply divided, and there were previous rumors of a progressive "convention rebellion." <[link removed]>

Both Bernie Sanders and AOC have speaking roles, but their influence seems to be intentionally blunted.

Sanders will speak the same night as John Kasich, a former GOP presidential candidate and governor, and AOC just gets a short video appearance that the DNC will, theoretically, approve since it's pre-recorded.

This may keep in-fighting at bay during the convention, but it won't help Joe Biden's campaign this fall. He needs the votes of Bernie supporters, but he needs to balance courting the far-left progressives with not losing moderate voters in the November election.

• What else to know: The convention speeches are just the latest example of the deep divide in the Democratic Party.

Progressives are also reportedly outraged by his pick of Kamala Harris as VP, with comments like how it's a "middle finger to progressives" and shows "contempt for the base" per Fox News' reporting. <[link removed]>

[Not a joke (but it sounds like one): Biden's potential VP picks asked what nickname President Trump would give them.]

"Candidates on presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s list of potential running mates were reportedly asked what they thought President Trump would nickname them if they were given the gig. According to The Wall Street Journal, candidates on Biden’s list were asked the question by his search committee as part of the months-long vetting process." (The Hill <[link removed]> )

Read the full story on The Hill <[link removed]>

• What's happening: Too ridiculous for satire: Biden's search committee reportedly asked VP candidates what nickname they thought President Trump would use for them. We wonder if Kamala Harris guessed "phony"!

• What's at stake: It's not nearly as important as the other stories today ... but it's far funnier.

This also shows that Democrats expect President Trump to define the debate -- and the candidates -- in the 2020 election as he did in the 2016 presidential race. (There's even an entire Wikipedia page devoted to nicknames created by President Trump. <[link removed]> )

That shows the advantage that President Trump will is expected to have heading into the presidential debates.

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