House Republicans pointed to the success of state election reforms during a hearing Friday, citing high turnout and smooth operations in the 2022 midterm elections as evidence.
At one point, Ohio’s top election official spoke of “a crisis of confidence in our elections.”
After Senate Bill 202 passed, expanding voter ID requirements to mail-in voting, Democrats falsely called the measure “Jim Crow 2.0,” a reference to the era of racist laws in Southern states that lasted from post-Civil War to the passage of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act in the mid-1960s.
During the 2022 midterm elections, Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams criticized Georgia’s updated voting laws believing they were a form of voter suppression; however, a recent University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs post-election poll shows that 0% of black Georgians had trouble voting.
Persistent questions from voters and a petition with 5,000 signatures have convinced the Lycoming County Commissioners in Pennsylvania to recount its 2020 election results.
Worth as much as $26.5 billion, Bankman-Fried donated $36 million to Democrats during the 2022 midterms. He said he gave “about the same amount” to Republicans in dark money, but has not provided evidence for the claim.
“Ticket-splitting was everywhere. We won eight races statewide in Georgia, but then [Sen. Raphael] Warnock wins the runoff. [Sen.] Ron Johnson wins in Wisconsin, but [Gov. Tony] Evers holds the governorship,” McDaniel told WABC 77 on Sunday, describing the phenomenon as “massive” in scope.
The GOP currently holds 218 seats after mail-in ballots caused over a week of delays in results, The Associated Press reported, though that number may grow as the last few remaining races wrap up.
THE disappointing results in the US mid-term elections from the point of view of popular opposition shouldn’t have been surprising to anyone. The United States is now effectively a one-party state, and seeking redress through elections is no longer a plausible path.
This was a confusing outcome, with challenges facing both Republicans and Democrats
“Trump’s batting average on his candidates were better than almost anybody’s and that “to blame Donald Trump [for the poor results] is silly.”
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