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Days after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced Bhagwant Mann as its chief ministerial candidate based on ‘public opinion’ through a phone-in poll, the Congress on Monday termed the campaign a ‘fake’. Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu said the AAP is in a race to win the elections by deceit, and has created an illusion and fake perception of their party and leaders and misled the public. “AAP launched a private number to host the fake contest to elect their CM candidate by popular vote. A private line was launched to receive and record responses. AAP announced the CM candidate by popular vote of 21,59,475 responses received within a span of 4 days whereas the population of state of Punjab is over 2 crore. That does not even make their candidate a viable option, “ Mr. Sidhu said. “Even if one were to believe that they received such responses, the math doesn’t add up. In normal circumstances, a toll-free number can still hold some load. However, there is no way a private … [Read more...] about Punjab Assembly elections | AAP ‘faked’ phone-in poll for CM nominee: Sidhu

A federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled Saturday against an effort by President Donald Trump 's campaign to name ballot boxes unconstitutional, while also criticizing "uncertain assumptions" made by the campaign regarding voter fraud. As the opinion by District Judge Nicholas Ranjan explained, Republicans were challenging as unconstitutional the use of ballot "drop boxes," restrictions that require poll watchers to be residents of the county they're assigned to, and guidance by Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Kathy Boockvar that signatures on mail-in ballots do not need to match ones on file. The court ruled in favor of the defendants and dismissed the case. "Plaintiffs have not presented a concrete injury to warrant federal-court review," Ranjan wrote about the fear of voter fraud, saying that the plaintiffs failed to prove that fraud was "certainly impending." The judge continued to explain that the assumptions weren't concrete: "At most, they have pieced together a … [Read more...] about Federal judge knocks “uncertain assumptions” behind Trump case to make PA ballot boxes unconstitutional

In the year since Joe Biden Joe Biden US threatens sweeping export controls against Russian industries Headaches intensify for Democrats in Florida US orders families of embassy staff in Ukraine to leave country MORE was sworn into office, there has been no shortage of stories about efforts by Republican state legislatures to keep that from happening again. Dozens of those legislative bodies have been churning out legislation to restrict voting and gerrymander House districts. The main line of defense against the restrictive voting laws crumbled on Jan. 19, just as Biden completed his first year in office. Sens. Joe Manchin Joe Manchin Voting rights failed in the Senate — where do we go from here? Biden: A good coach knows when to change up the team The Memo: Biden looks for way to win back deflated Black voters MORE (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema Kyrsten Sinema Voting rights failed in the Senate — where do we go from here? … [Read more...] about It’s up to America’s state courts to rescue democracy

A federal judge in Washington State has declared that all civic groups nationwide must accept people of both sexes into their single-sex spaces and activities, or else be stigmatized and sued by the federal government. In legal jargon, Judge Marsha Pechman declared in a lawsuit against the Pentagon’s “transgender” policy that the federal government must use its powers to champion people who want to live as members of the sex, either inside the military or outside, just as it must use federal powers to suppress racism: Today, the Court concludes that transgender people constitute a suspect class. Transgender people have long been forced to live in silence, or to come out and face the threat of overwhelming discrimination. Therefore, the Court grants summary judgment in Plaintiffs’ and Washington’s favor as to the applicable level of scrutiny. The Ban specifically targets one of the most vulnerable groups in our society, and must satisfy strict scrutiny if it is to survive. … [Read more...] about Gov’t Must Impose ‘Transgender’ Demands Nationwide, Says Judge

LONDON — Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain suffered a major setback in a tumultuous election on Thursday, losing her overall majority in Parliament and throwing her government into uncertainty less than two weeks before it is scheduled to begin negotiations over withdrawing from the European Union. Mrs. May, the Conservative leader, called the snap election three years early, expecting to cruise to a smashing victory that would win her a mandate to see Britain through the long and difficult negotiations with European leaders over the terms of leaving the union. But according to results reported early Friday morning, the extraordinary gamble Mrs. May made in calling the election backfired. She could no longer command enough seats to avoid a hung Parliament , meaning that no party has enough lawmakers to establish outright control. With all but one of the 650 seats in the House of Commons accounted for, the BBC reported that Mrs. May’s Conservatives would remain the … [Read more...] about Theresa May Loses Overall Majority in U.K. Parliament