All Voting Is Local analysis on April 2, 2025, revealed 34,364 Ohio provisional ballots rejected in 2024 election (10,000 more than 2020 despite lower turnout) after HB 458’s photo ID law took effect. Rejection rate for ID issues tripled, jumping to 28.4% in November 2023. Multiple local races …
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The Supreme Court rules 5-4 to uphold Ohio’s aggressive voter purge system—the most severe in the nation—that removes voters from registration rolls if they fail to vote in a single federal election and don’t return a mailed confirmation notice. Justice Samuel Alito’s majority …
Congress included $120 million for Abrams tank upgrades in the FY2015 National Defense Authorization Act, marking the third consecutive year lawmakers overrode Army leadership requests to suspend tank production—the first such production halt proposed since World War II. Representative Mike Turner …
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Congress approved $255 million to upgrade M1 Abrams tanks through 2014 despite explicit Army testimony that it had ceased ordering tanks and wanted to save billions by halting production to develop next-generation armor. The appropriation represented a direct override of military leadership by both …
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