SCOTUS Voter Checks & a Candidate Booted From His Own Fan Page | 9-25-Hour 1
The Burning Truth with Casey Hendrickson spotlights a local St. Joseph County race, a major Supreme Court election-integrity decision, and the political stories too bizarre to make up.
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Interview: Jamie O’Brien for St. Joseph County Council District C: Casey sits down with Republican candidate Jamie O’Brien, who is running to represent Granger in the November 3 election. O’Brien’s campaign centers on fiscal responsibility, reducing property-tax pressure, resisting new or expanded TIF districts, clawing back tax-abatement benefits when companies fail to meet commitments, improving snow removal, and opposing a second Granger data center. He also says he would donate his council salary to local organizations, with an emphasis on Granger.votejamie
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A local election with real consequences: County Council races may not draw national headlines, but they shape property taxes, debt, development incentives, public spending, infrastructure priorities, and whether residents have a meaningful voice when major projects come to town. Casey and O’Brien discuss why local accountability starts with voters paying attention before Election Day.
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Supreme Court allows expanded citizenship checks: The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to resume an expanded version of DHS’s SAVE database program while litigation continues. The system lets state officials conduct bulk checks of voter-registration data against federal citizenship and Social Security records; the administration says it is aimed at detecting potential noncitizen voting, while critics warn eligible citizens could be mistakenly flagged or removed. The Court’s order is not a final ruling on the merits.reuters+1
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The importance of verification and due process: Casey examines the basic election-integrity principle: citizens must be able to vote, noncitizens must not vote, and any voter-list maintenance system must use transparent standards, accurate data, notice, and a meaningful opportunity to correct an error before a lawful voter loses registration.
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Maine Democrat removed from a pro-campaign Facebook group: An account bearing Maine Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson’s name was reportedly removed from the “Mainers for Troy Jackson” Facebook group after supporters said its responses were so insulting and patronizing that administrators questioned whether it was really him. The account was later reinstated after the candidate’s campaign reportedly confirmed it was authentic.nypost+2
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The horse formerly known as “Austrian Painter”: The Jockey Club renamed a racehorse Merrylegs after receiving a complaint that its former name, “Austrian Painter,” was coded language referring to Adolf Hitler. The club said the previous name violated its policy against names likely to be offensive or threatening.nytimes+1
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