Utah Auditor Slams Legislature For Making Him "Bathroom Monitor" After "Snitch Form" Flooded With Meme Complaints

After receiving thousands of meme submissions to a form used to report transgender people in bathrooms, Utah's auditor shared scathing words for the legislature tasking him with the role.

Erin In The Morning
Elections always tell you more about the voters than about the candidates, #elections #Louisiana #Florida #statelegislators

Folks in and around #Connecticut!

Please reach out to your #StateLegislators to demand a #budget that meets the #education needs of #CT. The budget as it currently stands would mean a 26% workforce reduction, the loss of entire programs including #manufacturing and #nursing, a 10% #TuitionIncrease over two years and potentially #CampusClosures!

For community supporters: https://act.seiu.org/a/communitybudget

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For current CSCU students: https://act.seiu.org/a/studenttuition

Here’s how your Mass. state legislators would like to improve your health care

The hospital bill came as a “total shock” to a Massachusetts mom, who assumed childbirth would be covered under her family’s insurance plan — particularly after encountering $30 copays for doctor’s visits throughout her pregnancy.

masslive
Transgender and nonbinary state legislators press Biden on proposed transgender students athletics rule

The state lawmakers, including Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr, want trans students to be able to "fully participate in the sports of their choosing."

CBS News
I'm A Nurse Practitioner Caring For Trans Kids. Here's What The GOP Doesn't Want You To Know.

"For those of us who took oaths of service, this definitely seems like causing harm."

HuffPost
Find Your State Legislators - Open States

Find out who represents you in your state legislature with Open States.

How do you succeed in #democracy when the majority of people don't agree with your policy?

Easy. Remove the democracy.

Now is a really great time to get in touch with your #stateLegislators (see follow-up post below).

#abortion #progressivePolitics #reproductiveJustice #reproductiveRights #powerToThePeople

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/conservatives-look-curtail-ballot-measure-process-rcna62484

Conservatives look to curtail the ballot measure process

Republican-led legislatures are mounting an increasingly fierce battle to curb the ability of citizens and other lawmakers to place ballot measures.

NBC News

#SCOTUS considers massive change in #election authority

The Supreme Court on Wednesday began debating whether #StateLegislators have the power to set #FederalVotingRules w/o oversight from state courts, in what would be a fundamental change in the way elections are conducted.

By Robert Barnes & Ann E. Marimow
#SeparationOfPowers #SCOTUSstench #TermLimits #Gerrymandering #VotingRights
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/07/election-oversight-supreme-court-north-carolina/

Supreme Court majority questions massive shift of election authority

The case that the Supreme Court is hearing Wednesday could fundamentally alter oversight on legislative maps and other high-stakes, election-related issues.

The Washington Post