Voters Overwhelmingly Say Schools Should Not Keep Student Gender Transitions Hidden

Kids in Class

The overwhelming majority of Americans do not believe schools should hide a student’s gender change at school from parents, according to a recent poll of over 2,200 likely voters.

The issue of parental notification regarding a student’s gender transition has been hotly contested in recent years, especially in California, where the state has sided against school districts that have passed policies to let parents know students are using different names or pronouns.

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Michigan Judge Blocks Republican Effort to Limit Votes of Children and Spouses of Americans Overseas

A federal judge in Michigan on Monday blocked a Republican-led effort to limit the votes of certain adult children and spouses of military servicemembers and other personnel who are stationed overseas.

The Republican National Committee and the Michigan Republican Party sued Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson earlier this month, questioning the constitutionality of allowing voters who were born to military service members or diplomatic staff stationed overseas to vote in the state if they never actually resided there.

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Dave McCormick Leads Sen. Bob Casey in Two Pennsylvania Polls as Fact Checkers Rip Democrat’s New Ad

Dave McCormick and Bob Casey

Dave McCormick is polling ahead of Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) in two surveys of Pennsylvania voters as fact checkers push the senator on the false claims about McCormick made in his latest ad, and as the Democrat seeks to distance himself from the Biden-Harris administration.

McCormick led Casey by 1.2 percent in a survey released this week by Atlas Intel, leading the Democrat 48.3 percent to 47.1 percent. This, first survey showing McCormick ahead was conducted October 12-17, meaning respondents were questioned both before and after Casey and McCormick met for their second debate.

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Texas AG Ken Paxton Calls on FCC to ‘Immediately’ Tighten Campaign Finance Rules Following ActBlue Investigation

Ken Paxton

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) announced Monday that he has petitioned the Federal Election Commission (“FEC”) to take immediate action to “close fundraising loopholes that jeopardize American election integrity” following his investigation into the Democrat fundraising platform ActBlue.

In a press release, Paxton said that suspicious actors appear to be using ActBlue “to make a large number of straw political donations.”

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Overwhelming Majority of College Faculty Plan to Vote for Harris, Poll Shows

Kamala Harris

Nearly 80% of college faculty support the Democratic presidential ticket in the upcoming election, according to an Inside Higher Ed/Hanover Research survey released Monday.

Only 8% of faculty surveyed expressed support for former president Donald Trump, while 78% expressed support for Vice President Kamala Harris, the poll shows. More than half of respondents said their politics are “somewhat” or “much” further left than the students on their campus.

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