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Tuesday marks 28 days until the Nov. 3 election, and Democrats are preparing for a "doomsday scenario," CNN reports.

It's not unheard of for the Democratic Party or presidential campaigns to assemble an army of lawyers ready to file lawsuits or go to judges at a moment's notice. This year, however, something else is brewing, and it's much bigger.

Senior CNN reporter Annie Grayer told Manu Raju that for months Democrats have been working behind the scenes to play out possible scenarios that would have been unheard of even six years ago "because Democrats do not want to leave anything up to chance here."

"Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has been convening groups of senators, lawyers, outside experts to do the sort of role-playing scenarios where they're given very specific scenarios to talk through how they would handle potential intervention from the [Donald] Trump administration, what that intervention could look like."

The Democratic doomsday preppers are crafting plans for what would happen if the National Guard was deployed to polling locations by the Trump administration, or even if the Guard soldiers attempt to seize ballots from those locations. They're planning how to deal with misinformation that comes from deep-fake videos and other AI.

"What I've learned is that the senators in these groups were even role-playing different figures in the Trump administration. So, playing the role of attorney general, playing the role of director of national intelligence, playing the role of director, homeland security secretary to get in the position of what possible interference could happen, and then talk through how they would respond to it as Democrats and in the House," said Grayer.

Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.) is working on his own similar effort to walk through 150 threat possibilities and how he would deal with them. He's also traveling around the country to raise awareness among Democratic voters to watch for specific things and report them as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, the Senate side is "building the largest election observer program," she said.

"The first time that we've seen that in the Senate," Grayer said, describing official staffers around the country to observe and be prepared to act if some kind of skullduggery ensues.

"What lawmakers realize is they couldn't rely on the national party here," she explained. "They had to build something on their own in this off-year election for Democrats. But so they've tapped into the legal community and built this really strong legal apparatus to be ready to respond at a moment's notice. I talked to one lawyer for this story who told me that she's a go-bag ready, just in case she has to be deployed at a moment's notice."

It suggests that while they all believe strongly in the system and in elections, they're not discounting any possible dirty tricks from the White House, Grayer explained. They intend to cast a wide net of possibilities as Nov. 3 approaches and post-election legal battles begin.

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This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment declaring that (1) the rights enumerated in the Constitution and other rights retained by the people are the rights of natural persons; (2) the terms "people," "person," and "citizen" as used in the Constitution do not include corporate entities; and (3) corporate entities are subject to such regulation as the people, through representatives in Congress and state representatives, may determine reasonable, consistent with the powers of Congress and the states.

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Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25] (Introduced 04/29/2022)

Tester Amendment Proposal

Introduced on March 15, 2021 in the Senate by Sen. Jon Tester (MT)
Read the text and explanation here: S.J. Res. 11
Organizations involved: Free Speech for People

What it does:

Asserts that corporations are not people

What’s missing:

Does not address political money equals protected speech under 1st Amendment
Does not address campaign spending

https://morelle.house.gov/

congressman Joe Morelle is proud to represent New York’s 25th Congressional District, which includes almost the entirety of Monroe County. A lifelong resident of Upstate New York, Rep. Morelle is a former small business owner and was previously elected to the Monroe County Legislature as well as theNew York State Assembly, where he served as Majority Leader from 2013-2018. Throughout his career, Rep. Morelle has worked diligently to improve and expand access to healthcare for all people, grow our economy, and protect our communities by passing legislation to ban assault weapons and strengthen gun background checks.

A graduate of the State University of New York at Geneseo, Rep. Morelle resides in the town of Irondequoit in Rochester, New York, with his wife, Mary Beth. They have three children and four grandchildren.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Morelle

joseph D. Morelle (/:{məˈrɛli:(style="border-bottom:1px dotted"):}:/ mə-RELL-ee; born April 29, 1957)^[1] is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 25th congressional district since 2018. A Democrat, he was formerly a member of the New York State Assembly representing the 136th Assembly district, which includes eastern portions of the City of Rochester and the Monroe County suburbs of Irondequoit and Brighton. Speaker Sheldon Silver appointed him as majority leader of the New York State Assembly in January 2013 and Morelle served as acting speaker in the Speaker's absence.^[2] He was elected to the United States House of Representatives for New York's 25th congressional district in November 2018 following the death of longtime Representative Louise Slaughter.

Early life and education[

Morelle was born in Utica, New York, to Gilbert and Juliette Morelle. Gil was a Korean War veteran, a heating and cooling technician and a lifelong Plumbers and Pipefitters Union member. Joe and his three siblings grew up Catholic, on Vayo Street in Irondequoit, where he attended Eastridge High School.^[3] He received a bachelor's degree in political science from SUNY Geneseo^[3] in 1986.^[1]

In his early years, Morelle was a sales manager for a drycleaning and laundry business.^[4] He got his political start working for State Senator John D. Perry as a constituent services representative in Rochester and legislative aide in Albany.^[5]

Political career[

County legislature[

Morelle, a Democrat, made his first foray into elective politics at age 24 when he ran for a seat in the Monroe County legislature.^[6] He failed to unseat the incumbent on the first try, but prevailed in the 1983 election.^[7] He was reelected once before running for the New York State legislature.^[8]

State legislature[

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In 2009 with Garth Fagan, James Alesi, and Nazareth College president Daan Braveman

Marching on Independence Day in 2011

In 2014 with Kathy Hochul

Morelle was first elected to the State Assembly in 1990.^[3] He ran uncontested in the November 2008 general election^[9][10] and won the November 2010 general election with 61% of the vote.^[11][12]

During his tenure in the state legislature, Morelle authored more than 200 laws, including major reforms to the workers compensation system, laws to require carbon monoxide detectors in one- and two-family homes, toughen regulations governing charitable organizations, protect the elderly and infirm who live in nursing homes or receive home based health care, and raise senior citizens' real property tax exemption. He sponsored bills to exempt veterans from certain state licensing fees, protect their grave sites, and assist them with the civil service application process.^[]

In January 2001, Morelle was appointed chair of the Assembly Standing Committee on Tourism, Arts, and Sports Development. He worked with area leaders to develop Rochester as a center for tourism and the arts in Western New York.^[citation ^needed]

In addition to the Tourism Committee, Morelle's standing committee assignments included Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry; Higher Education; Local Governments; and Libraries and Education Technology. At his request, the Speaker created the Subcommittee on Manufacturing in order to give New York's manufacturing sector a greater voice in state government.^[citation ^needed]

In 2005, Morelle issued a report, "Creating a State of Innovation: Unleashing The Power of New York's Entrepreneurial Economy", detailing New York's economic decline, particularly upstate, and offering numerous policy recommendations to reverse this years-long trend.^[citation ^needed]

In 2005, Morelle was elected chair of the Monroe County Democratic Committee,^[13] and held this position until 2014.

Campaign violations[

In 1990, an acting state Supreme Court justice ruled that Morelle fraudulently obtained several signatures on nominating petitions to qualify him for an independent line on the 1990 ballot (New York permits cross-filing in some circumstances) during his run for the State Assembly.^[5] Morelle remained on the ballot and won the election.^[14] He later admitted that he allowed family members to sign the petitions for the individuals whose names appeared on them and did not personally witness the signatures, both of which are illegal.^[14] In 1991 he was charged with seven misdemeanor counts of violating state election law.^[14] Morelle denied intentionally violating the law, but accepted a plea bargain in which he was found guilty of two counts of disorderly conduct.^[14] He was sentenced to 32 hours of community service and a $25 fine.^[14] Because disorderly conduct is a violation of the law, rather than a misdemeanor or felony, Morelle's plea enabled him to avoid having a permanent criminal record as a result of the incident.^[14]

U.S. House of Representatives[

Elections[

2018[

Main article: 2018 New York's 25th congressional district special election

After the death of Representative Louise Slaughter, Morelle announced his candidacy for New York's 25th congressional district; he won the Democratic Party's nomination on June 26, 2018.^[15] On November 6, he ran in two elections: a special election for the last two months of Slaughter's 16th term, and a regular election for a full two-year term. He won both, defeating Republican nominee Jim Maxwell.^[16]

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Morelle ran for reelection to a second full term, winning the Democratic primary against challenger and Brighton town councilwoman Robin Wilt.^[17] He defeated the Republican nominee, businessman George Mitris,^[18] in the general election.^[19][20]

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Morelle was sworn in on November 13, 2018.

Committee assignments[

Caucus memberships[

Congressional Progressive Caucus^[21]
New Democrat Coalition^[22]

rt to repair

It was lobbyists for The Repair Association who first approached U.S. Rep. Joseph Morelle, a former New York assemblyman, and suggested a "right to repair" bill for the state. Morelle was excited by the idea, believing it would "dramatically extend the life cycle of products."

"The original equipment manufacturers certainly weren’t particularly interested in allowing consumers a lot of choice here," Morelle said, noting his impression was that they pushed for "planned obsolescence."

The federal lawmaker, who now carries a similar bill in Washington, D.C., shares some messages with one of the repair movement’s pop icons, Louis Rossman, who is widely known for his YouTube videos showing how to repair devices.

2022 midterm

Garbarino wins second term: GOP Rep. Andrew Garbarino won a second term representing the 2nd District. Garbarino was leading by 20 points when the AP called the race at 1:10 a.m. Eastern time. He faced Democrat Jackie Gordon, a retired Army reservist and former Babylon town councilmember, in a rematch of their 2020 contest.

Malliotakis beats Rose: Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis defeated former Democratic Rep. Max Rose, ending his comeback bid for the Staten Island-centered 11th District. Malliotakis was leading by 27 points when the AP called the race at 9:35 p.m. Eastern time. New York state legislators had attempted to reshape the 11th District to favor Democrats, but the state’s top court later threw out that map. Rose, an Army veteran who held the seat from 2019 to 2021, was a senior adviser to Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on COVID-19 issues before running for the seat again.

Morelle wins third term: Democratic Rep. Joseph D. Morelle won a third term in New York’s 25th District. Morelle was leading Republican La’Ron Singletary by 5 percentage points when the AP called the race at 1:48 a.m. Eastern time. Inside Elections rated the 25th District as Solid Democratic for most of the cycle but shifted it to Likely Democratic last week, reflecting its recent competitiveness. Still, Morelle had a significant cash advantage over Singletary.

Maloney, DCCC chair, ousted: New York state Assemblyman Mike Lawler defeated Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair, in a major win for Republicans in New York’s 17th District. Lawler was leading Maloney by about 1 point when the AP called the race at 12:01 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday. Maloney chose to run in the 17th District, which Biden would have won by 10 points in 2020 and includes the town in which Maloney lives, although the nearby 18th District encompasses much of his current district. Republican outside groups poured money into the effort to defeat him, prompting the DCCC to spend there too.

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.R.9208 — 117th Congress (2021-2022)Manufacturing Jobs for Veterans Act of 2022Sponsor: DelBene, Suzan K. [Rep.-D-WA-1] (Introduced 10/21/2022) Cosponsors: (15)Committees: House - Education and LaborLatest Action: House - 10/21/2022 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (All Actions):{:{Tracker:}:

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