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The Guardian
March 14, 2018
Students at Ocean View High School in Huntington Beach sport t-shirts reading: NEVER AGAIN - STAND UP ahead of their 17-minute protest. Photograph: Andrew Gumbel/for the Guardian. Vella, an unabashed left-wing activist who previously organized a walkout in defense of undocumented immigrant,Ãâà...
The Guardian
January 14, 2018
North Carolina's 'partisan gerrymander' could prompt supreme court action. Bombshell ruling commands Republican-led state to draw electoral maps fair to Democratic voters and fuels expectations highest court will set new standard. Andrew Gumbel. Sun 14 Jan 2018 07.00 EST Last modified on Sun 14 Jan 2018 08.27Ãâà...
The Guardian
January 7, 2018
Trump's 'voter fraud' commission is dead – but activists fear new DHS push. Panel pushed by Kris Kobach was a 'shit show' but Kansas secretary of state is now looking to immigration and homeland security to fuel effort. Trump scraps his widely denounced commission on voter fraud Ãâ÷ Andrew Gumbel inÃâà...
The Guardian
December 12, 2017
Alabama court gives last-minute order that could impede recount procedure. Voting rights experts denounce ruling that gives election officials permission not to preserve electronic ballot records as blow to transparency. Andrew Gumbel. Tue 12 Dec 2017 15.32 EST Last modified on Tue 12 Dec 2017 17.27 EST. Share onÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
November 17, 2017
By Andrew Gumbel. Nov 17, 2017 | 4:00 AM. Relishing jury duty in the age of Trump. A courtroom artist's drawing of a trial in New York City on Oct. 16. (Elizabeth Williams / Associated Press). Nobody relishes serving on a jury. It's inconvenient, time-consuming and — to anyone self-employed in this gig economy — aÃâà...
The Guardian
September 17, 2017
The Trump presidency is opening up a new battlefront in the intense and controversial war over American voting rights. After a decade of wrangling between Democrats who have sought to expand voting opportunities and Republicans who have invoked the specter of voter fraud to restrict them, the focus isÃâà...
The Guardian
September 13, 2017
America's shameful history of voter suppression. Voter fraud is more rare than being struck by lightning, yet the fear-mongering persists. Don't blame Donald Trump – blame America's democratic model. by Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles. Wed 13 Sep 2017 05.00 EDT Last modified on Fri 9 Feb 2018 13.38 EST. Share onÃâà...
lareviewofbooks
July 24, 2017
NOW THAT WE are well into the second hundred days of the Trump presidency, what are we dealing with, exactly? An aberration, an embarrassment, a chaotic comedy of errors? Or the prelude to full-blown fascism? The question has been vexing pundits, historians, political scientists, and tens of millionsÃâà...
The Guardian
July 13, 2017
Trump election group backs away from its request for voter data after outcry. Commission on election integrity's 'repugnant' request for voter data prompted privacy concerns and numerous legal challenges. Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles. Thu 13 Jul 2017 05.00 EDT Last modified on Fri 9 Feb 2018 13.41 EST. Share onÃâà...
The Guardian
July 1, 2017
States fight Trump commission's effort to gather voters' personal data. Effort to gather voters' details to prevent alleged fraud meets backlash; Trump suggests states 'hiding' from 'very distinguished panel'. Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles. Sat 1 Jul 2017 10.16 EDT First published on Fri 30 Jun 2017 19.44Ãâà...
The Guardian
March 23, 2017
When Ben Sheffner bought his house in the Hollywood hills seven years ago, he welcomed being just steps away from a trailhead leading directly to the Hollywood sign and the hills beyond. Access was in fact one of the big selling points when the original suburb of Hollywoodland was built almost aÃâà...
