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RandySF's JournalDNC Struggles Financially as Big Donors Close Wallets
Washington Post: “Party infighting and frustrating recriminations around Democrats’ 2024 losses had made 2025 a slog. Donors were avoiding fundraising requests from the committee. DNC officials, including chairman Ken Martin, told party officials that victories that November would boost their beleaguered fundraising, especially from top donors.”
“Democrats won resoundingly, flipping the Virginia governor’s mansion by 15 percentage points and sweeping other key races. But big checks did not flood back.”
https://politicalwire.com/2026/04/10/dnc-struggles-financially-as-big-donors-close-wallets/
League of Women Voters of Idaho to co-host voter registration drive at LUSH
The League of Women Voters of Idaho and LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics are teaming up to co-host a voter registration drive on Saturday in Meridian.
The nonpartisan voter registration event will be held from noon to 2 p.m. at the LUSH location at the Village at Meridian, 3597 E. Monarch Sky Lane #225, according to a press release from the League.
The cosmetics company is collaborating with League volunteers who will register voters and demonstrate VOTE411.org, the League’s nonpartisan, comprehensive voter guide, according to the release.
Early voting begins for the May 2026 primary election on April 27 in Idaho. More information on the election can be found on the Idaho Secretary of State’s VoteIdaho.gov website, where voters can check their registration status, request an absentee ballot, or view a primary election sample ballot.
https://idahocapitalsun.com/briefs/league-of-women-voters-of-idaho-to-co-host-voter-registration-drive-at-lush/
Some notable elections on the May 2 ballot.
Some notable elections this May include:
- Arlington mayor and city council
- Denton mayor and city council
- Waco mayor and city council
- Lubbock mayor and city council
- Dallas ISD school board
- Richardson ISD school board
- Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD school board
- North East ISD school board
- Hays CISD school board
- Alamo Colleges District board of trustees
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/04/10/texas-2026-local-elections-guide-arlington-school-board-dallas-isd/
Voter ID and closed GOP primary -- changes to note for WV voters in upcoming primary election
There are notable changes for West Virginia voters in the upcoming May primary election, including new voter identification rules and a closed Republican primary.
West Virginians will have the opportunity to vote for primary candidates in Congressional races and multiple state Senate and Houses races. Elections for the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals will be on the ballot, as well.
“Your vote matters even more than it does in the presidential election, because you’re going to be, you could be a deciding vote. I mean, what we saw in 2022, and a lot of our state legislative races, a few of these came down to less than 10 votes,” said Josh Holstein, chair of the West Virginia Republican Party. He also serves in the House of Delegates.
Early voting runs April 29 through May 9. Primary Election Day is May 12.
https://westvirginiawatch.com/2026/04/10/voter-id-and-closed-gop-primary-changes-to-note-for-wv-voters-in-upcoming-primary-election/
WNBA expansion in Philadelphia, Cleveland and Detroit officially approved
Three new franchises are on the way in the WNBA.
The WNBA and NBA Board of Governors on Thursday formally approved new expansion teams coming to Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia.
The initial announcement of expanding to those cities, totaling to 18 teams, came on June 30, 2025. The movement was subject to the approval, which is now formal.
Cleveland will begin play first in the 2028 season, with Detroit following in 2029. Philadelphia will be last in 2030.
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/wnba/wnba-expansion-philadelphia-cleveland-detroit-officially-approved/4383156/
$1 million athlete: Jackie Young, Aces reportedly agree to historic deal
April 10 - All-Star guard Jackie Young and the Las Vegas Aces are close to agreeing on a one-year deal, according to a Thursday report from ESPN. The deal is expected to be worth $1.19 million, the maximum amount for players not eligible for the WNBA's max contract of $1.4 million.
That number would make Young the WNBA's first million dollar athlete, making in excess of $1 million a year.
The contract keeps Young, 28, off the free-agent market. The four-time All-Star averaged 16.5 points, 5.1 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 1.3 steals a game for Las Vegas in 2025, helping the Aces to their third WNBA championship in four years.
Young was drafted first overall by the Aces in 2019 out of Notre Dame and signed a contract extension with Las Vegas in May of 2024. Young is a four-time All-Star and two-time All-WNBA selection and was named the WNBA's Most Improved Player in 2022. She has also won a pair of Olympic gold medals -- with the 3x3 team in Tokyo in 2020 and 5-on-5 team in Paris in 2024 -- and a national championship with Notre Dame in 2018.
https://www.reuters.com/sports/1-million-athlete-jackie-young-aces-reportedly-agree-historic-deal--flm-2026-04-10/
Milwaukee Election Commission reports late delivery of absentee ballots
MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Election Commission announced it received an unusually high number of absentee ballots the day after Election Day, raising questions about mail delivery timing.
Milwaukee Election Chief Paulina Gutierrez called out the U.S. Postal Service, stating that 269 ballots were received on Wednesday, the day after the election.
Of the ballots received on Wednesday, the MEC said the majority were either postmarked on or before Monday, April 6, or carried no postmark at all. Under Wisconsin law, absentee ballots that arrive after Election Day cannot be counted.
"Our vision is that every eligible vote counts, and the fact that we have voters here who followed the rules and did everything they were supposed to do, their ballot, their vote did not count," Gutierrez said. "And that is deeply unsettling."
https://www.wisn.com/article/milwaukee-election-commission-reports-late-delivery-of-absentee-ballots/70977867
RNC takes Virginia to court, blasts 'nonresident voting' loophole in election fight
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The Republican National Committee (RNC) is leading a lawsuit against Virginia, accusing the state of violating state law by allegedly accepting ballots from people who have never lived in the state.
Under federal law, military service members stationed overseas and their spouses are allowed to cast absentee ballots based upon the state of their last residence.
But a Virginia statute allows voters who have never lived in the state to cast a ballot based on Virginia being their parent’s last eligible voting location.
https://wfin.com/fox-political-news/rnc-takes-virginia-to-court-blasts-nonresident-voting-loophole-in-election-fight/
Special election nears for Grand Blanc's $149M school bond proposal
GRAND BLANC, Mich. (WJRT) - Special elections in Michigan are less than a month away and several school districts, including Grand Blanc Community Schools, are fronting proposals.
ABC12's Morgan Kirsch spoke with Grand Blanc Community Schools officials and parents about what's on the docket.
The century-old Perry Center is one of many buildings that could potentially change with this $149 million bond proposal.
Grand Blanc Community Schools Superintendent Trevor Alward says the bond has four focuses. Among them: expanding the Perry Center to allow more students into early childhood education programs, creating a new performing arts center, upgrading security and infrastructure, and maintaining the school's technology resources.
https://www.abc12.com/news/special-election-nears-for-grand-blancs-149m-school-bond-proposal/article_8ba2c95e-3e9c-440c-bbca-ee917d57fcce.html
Absentee ballots for primary election now available to Bangor voters
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Registered voters in Bangor can now request an absentee ballot for the 2026 primary election.
The primary will be on Tuesday, June 9.
Some of the offices included in the primary election are U.S. Senator, Representatives to Congress, and Governor.
Party candidates who are elected during the primary qualify to appear on the November 3 general election ballot.
https://www.wabi.tv/2026/04/09/absentee-ballots-primary-election-now-available-bangor-voters/?outputType=amp
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