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Why do signature checks always move the electorate further to the GOP? Three months after the November general election one congressional seat in New York has still not been certified after the state supreme court justice Scott DelConte ruled that dozens of votes were invalid. Some of the biggest batches the court invalidated: 128 ballots from voters who voted in the right election district but wrong polling place, in addition to 20 ballots cast in the wrong county. 85 ballots from voters who were listed in the state voter database as “purged.” 51 ballots from voters who dropped their absentee...

The 117th Congress has started busily filing bills. None of the text is available yet, but the bill titles are informative. This what I’ve found to date. All of these are in the House. As of this writing nothing directly affecting Second Amendment rights appears to have been filed in the Senate.~~~SNIP~~~13 house bills filed among which this one filed by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee:H.R.127 – To provide for the licensing of firearm and ammunition possession and the registration of firearms, and to prohibit the possession of certain ammunition.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rules Committee Chairman James McGovern (D-MA) unveiled the rules for the 117th Congress on Friday, which contain “future-focused” proposals, including the elimination of gendered terms, such as “father, mother, son, and daughter.”