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What drives voters? The years with the biggest spikes in voter registration tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Last year, more than 121 million Americans cast ballots, the second-highest midterm turnout in two decades, and registrations were also up, with 69.1% of eligible Americans on voter rolls - but just because someone is registered to vote doesn't mean they'll show up on election day.

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Democracy starts in the classroom: A parent’s dive into elementary school journalism tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Elementary school teachers want to teach journalism in the classroom but are in fear from parents and administrators that journalism would be “indoctrinating” particular political bias in classrooms - yet these students are on the front lines of democracy and not-too-distant future voters.

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Whatton, Shaffer & Ross combine for 29 kills as Pima volleyball drops Phoenix in straight sets tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College volleyball team (7-7, 3-1 in ACCAC) bounced back to close out the week with a victory on Friday at Phoenix College (0-6, 0-6).

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Tucson's 'unreasonable' increased water charges for Pima County residents dumped by judge tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Tucson Water won't be able to soak residents of unincorporated parts of Pima County with higher water bills than city customers, a judge ruled. A 2021 price increase wasn't based on a study required by state law, the court found.

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Water ruling against city scuffs growth management, highlights Pima-Tucson rift that helps no one tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled higher water rates are not just or reasonable for Tucson Water customers outside city limits. The episode is the latest round of sniping between Pima County and the city of Tucson.

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Tucson's 'unreasonable' increased water charges for Pima County residents dumped by judge tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson Water won't be able to soak residents of unincorporated parts of Pima County with higher water bills than city customers, a judge ruled. A 2021 price increase wasn't based on a study required by state law, the court found.

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Jonathan L., who shaped Tucson music scene with radio & writing, dead at 76 tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Internationally syndicated DJ Jonathan L. Rosen, better known as Jonathan L, died Wednesday. He was 76. The former Tucson resident was described as the "Godfather of Alternative" and influential in the early local music scene.

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‘Inevitable they’ll go broke’: The AZGOP’s financial situation gets worse tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Republican Party’s most recent federal campaign finance report shows just how dire the situation is for the state GOP heading into a monumentally important 2024 election year, sparking concern for some Republicans, who fear the party is now on an unsustainable path.

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‘Inevitable they’ll go broke’: The AZGOP’s financial situation gets worse tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Republican Party’s most recent federal campaign finance report shows just how dire the situation is for the state GOP heading into a monumentally important 2024 election year, sparking concern for some Republicans, who fear the party is now on an unsustainable path.

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Az elections official becomes target of virtual manhunt by GOP activists on public records crusade tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Records requests are a powerful tool for greater government transparency, but they are also being used to bolster lies about elections and push more restrictive voting laws, challenge the outcome of elections in court, and fuel threats that upend people’s lives.

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The history of voting in the United States tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The right to choose leaders was originally reserved only for a privileged few; however, the franchise moved into the reach of the average American - here's how voting rights have evolved in America, how much has been accomplished, and how much remains to be done.

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No rules for Arizona school vans; council tasked with making them has no members tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Student Transportation Advisory Council, tasked with making recommendations ensuring people driving vans full of K-12 students in Arizona are properly qualified, isn't doing its job, because the council effectively doesn’t exist — and hasn’t for at least a year.

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U.S. Senate to examine AI’s wide-ranging impact, Schumer & Rounds say tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A bipartisan and private-sector consensus is needed about government oversight of artificial intelligence on a range of issues - including elections, defense and health care - and the U.S. Senate is off to a “a great start” in establishing a legislative approach to AI, according to legislators.

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Judge denies 2 mistrial motions in Backpage case tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Defense attorneys for former executives of Backpage.com may be attempting to replicate an 2021 mistrial, making two two separate motions during the federal prostitution-facilitation and money laundering trial Thursday.

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Ranked choice voting grows in popularity - and so have efforts to ban it tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Ranked choice voting has the potential to make voting more representative of the majority, ease intense conflicts between political parties and make gerrymandering nearly impossible - but despite the upsides and successes, bans continue throughout the country.

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Community has always been at the heart of the Jewish High Holidays tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Starting the evening of Sept. 15, 2023, and again the evening of Sept. 24, Jews around the world will be marking the High Holidays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur — a time when the focus is on the entire Jewish community, and its collective relationship with God and history.

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Phx Sky Harbor workers vote to strike over dangerous conditions & low wages tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Two groups of airport workers are speaking out about what they say are dangerous working conditions and low wages at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport after concession workers voted to authorize a strike - though currently there are no plans for workers to walk out.

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Barber & Henninger: Arizonans love their state & trust each other tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The Arizona Democracy Resilience Network’s mission is to bolster confidence and trust in our elections and to push back against false statements that are causing voters to question the fairness, security and safety of our elections. — Ron Barber & Don Henninger

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A democracy lost: Tom Volgy watched Hungarian freedom born & has seen it die tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
In 1990, Tom Volgy traveled to his native Hungary to help usher in democracy. Viktor Orban and his party, Fidesz, have since turned it into an empty husk. The press and the market are no longer free. Elections are rigged. Corruption is rampant. It could happen here.

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Gerrymandering in college towns will suppress student vote tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Many state legislatures make it intentionally difficult for college students to vote by gerrymandering their districts, creating polling places miles away from campus that can disincentivize casting a ballot.

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