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She said most previous lawsuits have been from “more fringe groups” rather than directly from the RNC. Opponents of the lawsuit have said it relies on unsubstantiated, flawed data and runs the risk of purging legitimate voters. Experts that year wondered whether the blitz of legal action was an aberration caused by false claims of a stolen election and changes to voting processes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, said Miriam Seifter, attorney with the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
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Recent lawsuits over voter roll maintenance in Michigan and Nevada are part of a larger strategy targeting various aspects of voting and election administration. Formerly of Old Compton Street, Bun House are now serving their tasty steamed buns filled with chicken, pork, fish, or vegetables in Chinatown. At just £2.50 each they’re a pretty good grab-and-go option for when you’re in the area, but if you’re looking for something more substantial you should stop in for 15 minutes and order a couple of buns, plus a side of wok fried cheung fun. Because there are only so many buns one can eat, the small but well-though-out menu takes in a selection of small dishes and rice pots too, as well as beer and tea.
A crush of lawsuits over voting in multiple states is creating a shadow war for the 2024 election
On Friday, the RNC announced plans to train poll watchers, poll workers and lawyers and send out more than 100,000 attorneys and volunteers to monitor vote-counting across battleground states in November. Various other groups have filed similar litigation recently, including a lawsuit against the Maryland State Board of Elections claiming the state’s voting system is not in compliance with federal and state law. This is not a new tactic, said Caren Short, director of legal and research for the League of Women Voters, which has filed to intervene in the Michigan lawsuit.
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The lawsuits are useful for campaign messaging, fundraising and raising doubts about the validity of the election. The GOP and affiliated groups are involved in dozens of other cases with more on the way, RNC officials have said. In this election cycle, the RNC’s legal team has been involved in more than 80 lawsuits in 23 states, said Alvarez, the RNC spokesperson.
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Bun House’s version is doused in hoisin and peanut sauce, pooled together like a syrupy Rorschach test and sprinkled with sesame seeds.New to the menu, the kaya french toast is a Bun House’s take on the Hong Kong favourite – two slices of deep fried bread doused in butter and syrup. Sweet pastry is where Bun House can really flex its muscle, and this version comes slathered in kaya spread, a sweet coconut jam made from coconut milk, eggs, and sugar. Transforming their corner of Camden Market Hawley Wharf with the sights and scents of Cantonese cuisine, this is your go-to location if you’re a fan of super-soft filled buns, tender dumplings, glass noodles and fragrant rice boxes. Recently relocated from Soho, you can now pick up a few special extras alongside their classic buns – try the curried fish balls and Cheung Fun. Christina Bobb, who has promoted false claims of a stolen 2020 election and was part of a Trump-backed fake elector scheme, was tapped to lead the department. Prioritizing election litigation also is reflected in recent changes within the RNC since Whatley and Lara Trump, the former president’s daughter-in-law, took control and reshaped the organization with a renewed focus on “election integrity.” The RNC now has “election integrity directors” in 13 states.
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Maintaining accurate voter rolls by updating voters’ status is routine for election officials, who watch for death notices, changes in motor vehicle records or election mail being repeatedly returned. Michigan also uses ERIC, an interstate data-sharing pact that helps states update voter lists but has been targeted by conspiracy theories. They’re known primarily for their custard buns, which drip with a sweet, yolky filling when you bite into them. But don’t sleep on the savoury varieties – the fragrant, lemongrass-laced chicken, or the soft barbecued pork belly. Democrats and legal experts are warning about how the lawsuits might overwhelm election officials and undermine voter confidence in the the results of the balloting.
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The buns are as you’d expect – fluffy, light dough wrapped around delicious morsels (ie, more filling, please), but added sides make the whole into a fine lunch. A rice pot of chicken, ginger and spring onions was almost as good as homemade, and chilli tripe, while looking like something out of ‘Alien’, offered a deep and delicious fermented black bean flavour. Sides of smashed cucumber and picked daikon were perfect accompaniments in a space cutely taking its design cues from Hong Kong tea rooms of the 1960s.
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A federal appeals court earlier sided with the RNC in a lawsuit in Pennsylvania questioning whether officials should count improperly dated absentee ballots. A Wisconsin lawsuit is targeting absentee voting procedures and ballot drop boxes. An RNC lawsuit in Arizona is aiming to invalidate or adjust the state’s 200-page elections manual while another in Mississippi seeks to prevent mail ballots from being counted if they are postmarked by Election Day but received days later. Democracy groups and legal experts said the lawsuits could pave the way for false narratives challenging the validity of the 2024 election while consuming time and staff at election offices across the country. Post-election lawsuits also could delay or obstruct certification of the results. But with recent internal changes at the RNC and added pressure from the former president, the legal maneuvering is expected to play an increasingly significant role for the party as Election Day in November approaches.
“Now seeing a prominent political party attempting to purge people from the rolls, it’s very concerning,” she said. Danielle Alvarez, a senior adviser to the RNC and the Trump campaign, said the lawsuits were one of the organization’s main priorities this year. Created by series showrunner Ryan Condal and Martin, House of the Dragon season 1 laid the groundwork for the Dance of the Dragons, a civil war within the Targaryen empire in Westeros that takes place hundreds of years before the events of HBO's Game of Thrones. The Game of Thrones prequel series is a contract production with Equity, the labor group for actors in the U.K.
Election litigation soared after the 2020 election as Trump and his allies unsuccessfully challenged his loss to Biden in dozens of lawsuits. The Democratic National Committee has a legal strategy of its own, building “a robust voter protection operation, investing tens of millions of dollars,” to counter the GOP’s efforts that seek to restrict access to the polls, spokesperson Alex Floyd said. Marly Hornik, CEO of United Sovereign Americans, one of the groups behind the Maryland lawsuit, said more lawsuits are intended in other states this year.
But a meal here is pleasant – the food is above average, and the designed space gives it a fun, throwback atmosphere that sets it apart from the paper-tablecloth restaurants in the area. Voter ID rules, mail ballots and voter roll maintenance are among the RNC’s litigation targets. The latest is a lawsuit this month alleging that Michigan has failed to keep its voter rolls up to date. The Republican National Committee, newly reconstituted under Trump, has filed election-related lawsuits in nearly half the states.
The actors of the SAG-AFTRA labor organization officially voted on Thursday to strike over fair wages and the use of A.I. However, this will not affect one of the industry's biggest productions, House of the Dragon, at this point in time. “One of our biggest changes from last cycle to this cycle was making the election integrity department its own department with its own dedicated budget and focus,” Alvarez said.
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