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October 22, 2018

State Court in New Hampshire Blocks Proof of Residency Law Aimed at Curbing Student Voting

Source: Election Law Blog

The court’s opinion finding the law likely unconstitutional is here. The court gave no credit to the state’s unsupported claim that the law was necessary to prevent voter fraud or instill public confidence.

Despite the proximity to the election, the court enjoined the law’s use in November.

Read more: https://electionlawblog.org/?p=101670



Here is a link to the opinion https://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/athena/files/2018/10/22/5bce0fade4b055bc94836c93.pdf
October 22, 2018

Texas voter registration question

I am covering calls from several campaigns in my county. A candidate's mom just called and one of their intern's voter registration says that it is not effective until Nov. 1. Texas is strange and you have to be registered 30 days before you can cast a ballot. October 9 was the cut off if you were going to vote on election day. Here, the intern's registration was processed around Sept 30 and so the intern can vote on Nov 1 which is still an early voting day

This is my second voter protection call of the day

October 21, 2018

Sri Preston Kulkarni-campaigning in 13 languages

This video also has a shot of Pete Olson calling Sri an "Indo American carpetbagger" Pete has really aged
https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1053292938229215233

October 21, 2018

Cruz Won't Say If Trump Is a Friend

This is amusing https://politicalwire.com/2018/10/21/cruz-wont-say-if-trump-is-a-friend/

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) declined to say whether he views President Trump as a friend or a foe, describing him as simply “the president,” the Washington Post reports.

Said Cruz: “He’s the president. I work with the president in delivering on our promises. What I told the president the week after the election, I said, ‘Mr. President, I want to do everything humanly possible to roll up my sleeves and lead the fight in the Senate to deliver on our promises.
October 21, 2018

New Fire Carnival Cruz ad-Cruz for Iowa

I love these ads. Here is the latest

October 19, 2018

Congratulations to the Boston Red Sox

Last year the city of Houston needed the Astros win after Harvey. The World Series win helped the City of Houston rebound from Harvey.

https://twitter.com/abc13houston/status/1053130872667467776

Congratulations to the Boston Red Sox

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