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Patrick Marley @patrickdmarley

Covering voting issues for the Washington Post. Previously with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Joined February 2013
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Supreme Court allows Alabama to use voting map favoring GOP — via @juleswapo washingtonpost.com/politics/…

Supreme Court allows Alabama to use voting map favoring GOP

The high court rejected a lower court’s ruling that Alabama discriminated on the basis of race when it drew its preferred map.

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The Arc of the Voting Rights Act — via @yvonnewingett theatlantic.com/politics/202…

The Arc of the Voting Rights Act

Louisiana Republicans erased a majority-Black congressional district.

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FBI interviews election workers in a swing state amid Trump’s false 2020 claims wapo.st/4nUYVZT

FBI interviews election workers in a swing state amid Trump’s false 2020 claims

Agents in Wisconsin have been following up on debunked conspiracy theories as part of their queries, after pursuing 2020 ballots in other swing states.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal in redistricting case jsonline.com/story/news/poli… — via @jessieopie

Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal in redistricting case

The state Supreme Court will consider an appeal from a group of Wisconsin business leaders seeking to redraw the state's congressional districts.

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News: Trump appointees are aggressively pressing staff at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to produce $250 bills featuring Trump himself. The director resisted and was reassigned. “The buck stopped here,” she wrote in her goodbye. washingtonpost.com/investiga…

Trump appointees push $250 banknote with his portrait

The director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing who resisted the effort was reassigned last month. “The buck stopped here,” she wrote in her goodbye email.

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Court lets Trump’s executive order limiting mail-in voting stand, for now wapo.st/4wWeAfu

Court lets Trump’s executive order limiting mail-in voting stand, for now

A federal judge said it was too early for him to consider blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at limiting who can receive mail ballots.

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Gov. Jared Polis, fresh off being censured by the Colorado Democratic Party for letting Tina Peters out of prison early, showed up today to a private, internal party call like this #copolitics
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GOP efforts to redraw voting maps falter in South Carolina and Alabama washingtonpost.com/politics/…

South Carolina Republicans block Trump’s effort to gain more House seats

The failure to approve a new map in South Carolina preserved the district of Rep. James E. Clyburn, a power broker within the Democratic Party and the first Black member of Congress elected from the...

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MAGA candidate Paxton defeats Senate stalwart Cornyn in Texas primary — @washingtonpost washingtonpost.com/politics/…

Paxton crushes Cornyn in Senate primary in a big win for MAGA

John Cornyn became the second Republican senator to lose his seat in less than two weeks. A Trump endorsement helped propel Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to a more than 25-point victory.

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Ex-Trump attorney Troupis seeks $3.2M from new 'weaponization' fund jsonline.com/story/news/poli… via @MollyBeck @clara_strecker

Ex-Trump attorney Troupis seeks $3.2M from new 'weaponization' fund

Jim Troupis, who represented Donald Trump after his 2020 election loss, is currently under prosecution for his role in a fake elector scheme;

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South Carolina Republicans block Trump’s effort to gain another House seat The move comes hours after a court blocked a new map the GOP sought in Alabama washingtonpost.com/politics/…

South Carolina Republicans block Trump’s effort to gain more House seats

The failure to approve a new map in South Carolina preserved the district of Rep. James E. Clyburn, a power broker within the Democratic Party and the first Black member of Congress elected from the...

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The anti-gerrymanderers’ future — via @politico politico.com/newsletters/pla…

The anti-gerrymanderers’ future

And oil prices fall on hopes of a U.S.-Iran deal.

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Black Congress members focus on ‘massive voter turnout’ after gutting of civil rights law — via @annalissroy washingtonpost.com/politics/…

Black Congress members focus on ‘massive voter turnout’ after gutting of civil rights law

The Supreme Court’s latest blow to the Voting Rights Act could cost 19 Black lawmakers their seats over the next few years, the Congressional Black Caucus says, but the group is fighting back.

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Federal court blocks redistricting map created to help GOP in Alabama washingtonpost.com/politics/…

South Carolina Republicans block Trump’s effort to gain more House seats

The failure to approve a new map in South Carolina preserved the district of Rep. James E. Clyburn, a power broker within the Democratic Party and the first Black member of Congress elected from the...

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How this age of extreme gerrymandering is transforming American politics

Politicians, no longer content to leave elections to chance, are working to choose their voters as often as every two years.

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Congressional Black Caucus presses companies in the US to oppose Republican redistricting push — via @mrbrownsir apnews.com/article/redistric…

Congressional Black Caucus presses companies in the US to oppose Republican redistricting push

The Congressional Black Caucus is calling on major corporations in the United States to oppose redistricting efforts by Republican-led states that seek to eliminate majority-Black U.S.

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Sonny Rollins, ‘saxophone colossus’ of jazz, dies at 95 — via @washingtonpost washingtonpost.com/obituarie…

Sonny Rollins, ‘saxophone colossus’ of jazz, dies at 95

The tenor saxophonist was one of America’s most renowned jazz musicians, embracing tradition and innovation for six decades.

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Sonny Rollins, Giant of the Jazz Saxophone, Is Dead at 95 nytimes.com/2026/05/25/arts/… — via @NYTimes

Sonny Rollins, Giant of the Jazz Saxophone, Is Dead at 95

Even by the standards of a music that prizes individuality, he stood out, as both a musician and a personality.

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How this age of extreme gerrymandering is transforming American politics — via @patrickdmarley @oliviacgeorge wapo.st/4dQQ4UG

How this age of extreme gerrymandering is transforming American politics

Politicians, no longer content to leave elections to chance, are working to choose their voters as often as every two years.

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