Author: Christina A. Cassidy
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MyPillow exec Lindell says FBI agents seized his cellphone
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WASHINGTON • MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell said Tuesday that federal agents seized his cellphone and questioned him about Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who has been charged in what prosecutors say was a “deceptive scheme” to breach voting system technology used across the country. Lindell was approached in the drive-thru of a Hardee’s fast-food…
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Federal vote-protection efforts lag ahead of first primaries
With the first primaries of the 2018 elections less than a month away, you might expect federal officials to be wrapping up efforts to safeguard the vote against expected Russian interference. You’d be wrong. Federal efforts to help states button down elections systems have crawled, hamstrung in part by wariness of federal meddling. Just 14…
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US sees surge in women interested in running for office
ATLANTA — Inside a classroom at a community college in Dallas, about two dozen women took turns sharing their names, hometowns and what they hoped would be their future titles. Congresswoman. State representative. County judge. It was part of a training held by EMILY’s List, an organization dedicated to electing women at all levels of…
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Trump voting commission criticized for lack of transparency
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President Donald Trump’s advisory commission on election integrity has integrity questions of its own — with some of its own members raising concerns about its openness. This past week, two members fired off letters to commission staff complaining about a lack of information about the panel’s agenda and demanding answers about its activities. That comes…
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Medical marijuana gains track in the Deep South
ATLANTA – Medical marijuana has been a non-starter in recent years in the Deep South, where many Republican lawmakers feared it could lead to widespread drug use and social ills. That now appears to be changing, with proposals to allow a form of medical marijuana gaining momentum in a handful of Southern states. Twenty states…