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Todd Blanche Floats Chilling Likelihood of Trump Election Interference
Attorney General Todd Blanche is open to blocking states from certifying the November midterm elections.
Blanche made the comments during a Thursday press gaggle in Virginia.
“Is there any scenario in which DOJ would weigh in on that certification process or try to block states from certifying?” a reporter asked.
“Is there any scenario? Yes,” Blanche said.
“Of course there’s scenarios that we c…

Todd Blanche Floats Chilling Likelihood of Trump Election Interference
Donald Trump may try to steal the election—again.

Israel elects its parliament through nationwide proportional representation.
Citizens aged eighteen and older vote for a party, not a candidate,
and the number of seats in the Knesset that a party gets corresponds to the percentage of votes they receive.
Before the election, parties submit lists of prospective members of the Knesset.
To enter the Knesset, a party must receive at least 3.25 percent of the national vote, which is equivalent to four seats.

Israel’s Election: Who’s Who and What’s at Stake? | Council on Foreign Relations
Israel’s October 27 election could reshape the country’s political landscape, but neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s allies nor the opposition has a clear path to a governing majority. The outcome of the vote could determine not only who leads Israel, but how the country contends with various domestic and foreign policy concerns.

It seems that the counting of votes of the #Alberta #referendum has stopped. The unofficial results table
https://results.elections.ab.ca/8400…

Top Democrats in Congress have joined a California immigrant and the Nevada State Democratic Party in
suing the Trump administration over its unprecedented voter fraud probes in both states
and broader efforts to meddle in state-run elections nationwide
— alleging they are a
“pretext to seize control over elections.”

A California immigrant and a Nevada group, joined by top Democrats, sue over federal election probes
The lawsuit accuses Trump and his administration of using “shoddily compiled lists of supposed noncitizens” and “coercive threats" against state officials to assert federal control over the midterms.

My brother described headless guitars as invoking a kind of body horror among guitarists, similar to the reflexive feelings that surround the subject of amputation, and I can't help thinking he's right.
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“Guitarists with other brands will play their Strandberg at home then get on stage with their signature guitars”: Ola Strandberg on the fight to change the public perception of headless guitars
Headless guitars are on the up, but they are still shunned by a large portion of guitar players

I wish #Elections #Alberta would publish numbers of invalid votes together with Yes/No numbers. That would help with interpreting the partial unofficial results and estimating the final result.
Question 7 is a nail biter: The vote to keep the

If you were wondering whether AI could make the midterms even more confusing, here’s one data point:
Several people who thought they were donating to James Talarico unwittingly gave their money to someone else.
Talarico, a Texas Democrat, is running for Senate in what’s probably the most closely watched race of the upcoming elections.
Search Google for how to contribute to his campaign, and you might get an AI-generated answer that links to ways “you can chip in securely…

America Is About to See What Happens When Voters Turn to AI
Chatbots are adding a new layer of chaos ahead of the midterms.

Delays resulting from the U.S. Postal Service’s cost-cutting measures have endangered the validity of ballots cast in rural areas, a ProPublica analysis found.
The rates of ballots rejected for arriving late this year doubled or tripled in areas affected by the cuts compared to the 2022 primary.
That wasn’t the case elsewhere.
Postal Service leaders say special procedures in place for the Nov. 3 election should prevent similar delays,
but experts warn that mistakes a…

Ballot Rejections Soared in Rural Counties After USPS Reduced Mail Service
A ProPublica data analysis shows that delays resulting from the agency’s cost-cutting measures have endangered the validity of ballots mailed in rural areas. Counties that voted for Trump in 2024 have been most affected.