What is the 118th Congress going to do about the pollen count. This is urgent

SCOTUS rejection of the WA State VRA challenge may signal similar reluctance to hear a challenge to NY's new VRA NYS Senator Zellnor Y. Myrie 米维 Latrice Walker Legal Defense Fund Steven Romalewski Brian Lee Brigid Bergin Bill Mahoney The Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics Podcast Errol Louis (@errol.louis on Threads) Susan Arbetter David Lombardo

The New York Senate passed legislation in January that would mandate a centralized state election database that anyone could access.

But the bill has since languished in the Assembly, leaving voting rights lawyers anxious. boltsmag.org/election-data-…

'Today I'm proud to say we’ve reached an agreement” on tenant protections Hochul says.
She offered no details at all on what those protections will look like, and I've been told that the specifics on a 'good cause' eviction compromise are still getting ironed out

Analysts spend countless hours and resources looking for the precinct-level election results they need for litigation and research. They want legislation to force states to just share it all online. boltsmag.org/election-data-…

Hell Gate Supports Good Cause Eviction With These Important Exceptions

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Democrats Abroad cast their Democratic Presidential Preference Primary votes from March 5-12. The traditionally colored country winner map.

President Biden handily won Democrats in most countries, except in some in the Middle East and Uruguay.

ETer Benjamin Rosenblatt got a shout out in this excellent article that covers the joy of attaining/compiling precinct level data/shape files.

With no centralized election database of precinct results, voting rights lawyers in New York must spend hours going from town to town, village to village, collecting data for lawsuits — if local offices are even willing to provide it in the first place. boltsmag.org/election-data-…

This is a scandal. NYC has failed to disclose $1.2 BILLION in NYPD misconduct settlements and judgments since 2013, years-long investigation shows. cityandstateny.com/policy/2024/04…

Does Mayor Eric Adams actually care about police accountability?

That he absolved Kawaski Trawick's killers of any discipline in a Friday afternoon news dump, without telling Trawick's family, should answer the question:

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Voting rights lawyers & researchers keep hitting an infuriating obstacle: many counties & state just don't make their precinct-level results available!

A huge obstacle to lawsuits & remedies, delaying things for months if not scuttling altogether.

NEW: boltsmag.org/election-data-…

Wow. We feel this piece *deeply*

Analysts spend countless hours and resources compiling the precinct-level election results they need for litigation and research. They want legislation to force states to make it all accessible.

NEW in Bolts from Dara Gold: boltsmag.org/election-data-…

Everyone who uses election data knows how incredibly frustrating it can be to track down and work with. Dara Gold (@WPElexInsights alum!!) on why that is:

boltsmag.org/election-data-…