WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper on the ranked-choice voting (No. LSB10837) on Oct. 12, 2022 by legislative attorney Jimmy Balser: * * * Ranked-choice voting (RCV) is an alternative voting system that allows voters to rank multiple candidates on a ballot in order of preference. RCV has been adopted in at least 50 jurisdictions across the United States, including for statewide and federal elections in Maine and Ala  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper on the U.S. Supreme Court Consideration in Moore v. Harper (No. LSB10838) on Oct. 12, 2022 by legislative attorney L. Paige Whitaker: * * * During the fall 2022 term, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in a case that could significantly affect how states regulate federal elections. In Moore v. Harper, the Court is poised to consider the scope of a state court's a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: In last night's final gubernatorial debate in Oregon, Christine Drazan proved once again she'll stand with MAGA extremists over Oregonians. After being asked directly, Drazan refused to condemn dangerous election denialism in the Republican Party and also stood by her support for Oregon's GOP senate nominee Jo Rae Perkins -- an avowed Q-Anon supporter who was at the insurrection on January 6th. Watch (https:  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: The Democratic National Committee (DNC), the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), and the Pennsylvania Democratic Party (PA Dems) are intervening to stop Republicans' latest attempt to restrict voting by mail in Pennsylvania. Key points from the motion: * Republicans are attempting to overrule clear guidance from Pennsylvania's secreta  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Over the weekend, Donald Trump delved into his newest antisemitic rant, this time warning American Jews to "get their act together and appreciate what they have in Israel -- Before it is too late!" This isn't the first time that the leader of the Republican Party has used antisemitic tropes or surrounded himself with extremists and antisemites like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Steve Bannon. After Neo-Nazi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: A new Washington Post story highlights how top Republicans like Mike Pence, Glenn Youngkin, and Nikki Haley are actively campaigning for election-denying extremists across the country as they think about their future ambitions, despite previously distancing themselves from election lies. A recent New York Times investigation also found that about 70 percent of the GOP midterm candidates running for Congr  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Marco Rubio is back at it again with more anti-choice rhetoric, so for the FOURTH time MAGA Hot Mic honors fall on U.S. Senator of Florida Marco Rubio. Marco Rubio has made it clear he supports completely banning abortion without any exceptions for rape or incest. But last night, he went even further by refusing to rule out supporting a national abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest. Let's  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: While President Joe Biden and Democrats are laser-focused on protecting freedoms and delivering results for the American people, MAGA Republicans have been on an anti-choice warpath to push their extreme agenda that would strip away women's reproductive rights and restrict access to contraception. South Carolina GOP Senator Lindsey Graham is uniting extreme Republicans around ripping away women's freedo  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued the following news release: The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Pennsylvania Democratic Party (PA Dems) are intervening to stop Republicans' latest attempt to restrict voting by mail in Pennsylvania. Key points from the motion: * Republicans are attempting to overrule clear guidance from Pennsylvania  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 19 -- The Georgia Republican Party issued the following statement on Oct. 18, 2022: * * * Following tonight's debate, Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer said the following: "Tonight's debate confirmed what we already knew: Stacey Abrams is out of touch with Georgians and unfit to be Governor. "While Stacey Abrams has been spreading lies about Georgia on late-night talk shows and at West Coast donor events, Governor Brian Kemp has been showing up for Georgia  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 19 (TNStalk) -- The Georgia Republican Party issued the following statement on Oct. 18, 2022: * * * Following today's lieutenant governor debate, Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer said the following: "Burt Jones showed today why he will be our next Lieutenant Governor. He has a record of fighting for Georgia taxpayers and standing up for law enforcement. "His opponent Charlie Bailey - who was rejected four years ago as a candidate for Attorney General - re  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 19 -- The Georgia Republican Party issued the following statement on Oct. 18, 222: * * * Following this afternoon's debate, Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer said the following: "Today's debate lifted the mask on Sanford Bishop's failures. "Bishop has become little more than a rubber stamp for Biden's policies that have given us record-high inflation, skyrocketing violent crime and debilitating energy dependence. "Sanford Bishop has failed the farmers and  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 19 -- The Kansas Democratic Party issued the following news release: Former Kansas Attorney General and Republican Carla Stovall announced her support of Governor Laura Kelly's campaign for re-election, the third former boss of Derek Schmidt's to do so: Governor Kelly has also earned the support of Governor Bill Graves and Senator Nancy Kassebaum, both of whom Schmidt worked for at the start of his political career. "Since leaving office 20 years ago, I have intentionally   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2022: Today's MAGA Hot Mic comes from none other than Trump's former MAGA wingman -- Mike Pence, who spoke at the ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation yesterday to lay out his extreme, anti-choice "vision" for America Yesterday, Mike Pence said that one of the first things Republicans would do if they take power is try to ban abortion in EVERY STATE. Mike Pence: "On January 22, 2023 we're   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Today's MAGA Hot Mic honors fall on Tim Michels, the Trump-endorsed GOP nominee for Wisconsin governor. Anti-choice extremist Tim Michels said he would tell a 12-year-old rape victim that her pregnancy "was created by God" and should be carried to term, implying that a 12-year-old rape victim should be forced to give birth. Tim Michels: "But I think in the end, what I would try and tell them is: There'  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Oct. 22 -- The Maine Democratic Party issued the following news release: Members of the Maine media are again fact-checking Paul LePage and his Republican allies' latest false campaign claims. In the past 24 hours, LePage and his allies have been caught deliberately misleading Maine voters on Governor Mills' record: On gas tax claims: * Bangor Daily News: "No, Janet Mills didn't support raising the gas tax" and "A new ad from the Maine Republican Party stretches to pin high co  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Oct. 22 -- The Maine Democratic Party issued the following news release: Less than three weeks away from Maine's gubernatorial election, Mainers from all across the state are making their voices heard, and the consensus is loud and clear: Governor Mills deserves to be re-elected: Matthew Scott, Belgrade: "Janet Mills is one of us. She comes from the rural town of Farmington and understands our ways of the sporting community and the life we live. Janet Mills is very pragmatic an  more

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 19 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2022: The Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) today released two more in a series of digital ads called Karamo Unplugged, which highlights the dangerous and bizarre assertions spouted by GOP Secretary of State candidate Kristina Karamo on her 2020-2021 podcast. You can view the ads, and hear Karamo in her own words, here (https://michigandems.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=266b0912aa1a246d  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 20 (TNSres) -- Michigan State University issued the following news: As the midterm elections approach, Michigan State University offers a host of experts to media who can discuss pressing issues to the nation, ranging from political communication to the economy to education. Politics/Communication/Debates Johannes Bauer, Quello Chair for Media Information and Policy in the MSU College of Communication Arts and Sciences and professor in the Department of Media and   more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 20 (TNSres) -- The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2022: * * * 71 percent of Latino voters support federal marijuana legalization * * * The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund, in partnership with BSP Research, released today the sixth week of results from their 2022 National Latino Voter Tracking Poll, along with insi  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 21 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: In April 2022, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) and the Republican Party of Pennsylvania (PAGOP) launched "Operacion iVamos!" a record investment in field and communications outreach focused on delivering the Republican message to the Hispanic community. This week, Operacion iVamos! hit a major milestone by contacting the most Hispanic voters in a single elect  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: Democrat Senate candidate John Fetterman aired an ad last week that falsely showcased a voter as a former Republican. But in reality, the voter has been a Democrat since 2011. As reported by Breitbart: Records show [the voter, Bradley] Stein has been a Democrat since at least 2011, contradicting Fetterman's ad that Stein has recently turned his back on the Republican Party. Stein claimed in  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: A new Atlanta Journal-Constitution/Georgia News Collaborative poll found that Hispanic voters in Georgia favor Hershel Walker over Raphael Warnock and it's pretty clear why. Democrats are completely lost when it comes to connecting with Hispanic families, who care about the real issues impacting them, not the Democrats' woke ideology. Georgia Recorder: Meanwhile, GOP U.S. Senate candidate Her  more

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 22 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: The DeVos family and super PACs like Koch-founded Americans for Prosperity aren't the only extreme entities influencing Tudor Dixon's campaign and pushing her wrong-for-Michigan agenda. A new report from The Daily Beast exposes Dixon's desperate alliance forged with "far-right," "anti-government" group Stand Up Michigan, led by executive director and fellow rabid conspiracy theorist Tammy Clark. Clar  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 21 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news on Oct. 20, 2022: In case you missed it, the Ohio Capital Journal reported today on the latest election lies being perpetrated by the Ohio Republican Party, this time from Auditor Keith Faber. At a Westerville Tea Party event last week, Faber floated a bizarre conspiracy theory that Ohio County Boards of Elections might use "special paper" to produce fake ballots to swing elections, trying to act tough when asked abo  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2022: U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today assailed public promises by House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy and other top Republicans to breach the debt ceiling and topple the entire U.S. economy unless their demands to gut Social Security and Medicare are met, should Republicans seize power in the midterm elections. "The Republican Party is openly promising to topple the entire  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 22 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Oct. 20, 2022, at a reception for Lt. Gov. John Fetterman: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. (Applause.) My name is Joe Biden. I'm Jill Biden's husband. (Laughter and applause.) I married a -- I married a Philly girl. (Laughter.) And I tell you what -- she is, like most of you, a rabid, rabid, rabid Phillies fan. (Laughter and applause.) A rabid Eagles fan. (Applause.) And as Bobby knows, she is also   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct. 15 -- The White House issued the following remarks in a reception at the Pacific Northwest Carpenter's Institute for Tina Kotek, a Democratic nominee for governor of Oregon: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Thank you -- hello, hello, hello? Is this working -- there we go. Thank you. Please, have a seat if you have one. (Laughs.) I -- Gov, a little premature, I know, but you're going to be our next governor. (Applause.) You know, I wrote a lot of stuff down here for me to say -- (la  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 20 -- The Republican Party of Texas issued the following news release: Last week the Republican Party of Texas broke the news that Planned Parenthood Texas Votes was mailing voter registration applications to deceased individuals. Since that release, we have confirmed numerous other examples of deceased individuals receiving registration applications from Planned Parenthood and continue receiving information about other applications sent to deceased individuals. The average   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The Ripon Society issued the following news release on oct. 19, 2022: The Ripon Society hosted a luncheon discussion yesterday with Machalagh Carr, the General Counsel for House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy, who shared her thoughts on the importance of government oversight and the role Congress may play in that regard if Republicans hold a majority on Capitol Hill next year. "It's no secret that Americans have lost confidence in their government," stated Jim Conzelman, who   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 21 (TNStalk) -- The U.S. Department of State issued the following foreign news center briefing on Oct. 20, 2022, featuring Andra Gillespie, associate professor of political science at Emory University: * * * Summary * With a rising number of African American and women candidates running for local, state and national office, will the 2022 midterms be a turning point? What are the differences between how Republican and Democratic parties mobilize voters across racial and gender c  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 22 (TNStalk) -- The U.S. Department of State issued the following foreign news center briefing on Oct. 21, 2022, featuring Andra Gillespie, associate professor of political science at Emory University: * * * Summary * The right to vote in a free and fair election is the most basic civil right. This briefing discusses the policies that safeguard U.S. elections, protect them from foreign interference, and make sure every vote counts. It will also share findings from Harvard Unive  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2022: This week, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) will re-introduce the Justice for All (JFA) Act of 2022, historic legislation that pushes back against decades of conservative court rulings to restore the original intent of our civil rights laws by reaffirming the availability of discrimination claims based on disparate impact. The legislation is co-sponsored by Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-0  more