Alex Burness

burness.bsky.social

23 September 2026 17:06

A downballot race to circle for November: In a Harris +9 county in Maryland, far-right sheriff who boasts about funneling 2,000 people into deportation faces seeks a sixth term. I wrote about him, and ICE, and immigrant rights organizing, in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/frederick-co...

Alex Burness

burness.bsky.social

15 September 2026 17:16

A big update to an important case: Alaska is dropping charges against a family of American Samoans it had accused of voting crimes. It should not be forgotten that Alaska inflicted enormous hardship and trauma, for years, for a simple, understandable mistake that the state itself helped facilitate.

Alex Burness

burness.bsky.social

05 September 2026 02:30

A major win today for Tupe Smith, the American Samoan mom and school volunteer Alaska has accused of voter fraud and threatened with prison. “The only good news we’ve heard ever since this whole thing started,” Smith’s husband texts me tonight. I wrote in January on this family’s nightmare, ICYMI:

Maureen Ogle

maureenogle.bsky.social

30 August 2026 17:56

Highly recommend. Also recommend supporting @boltsmag.org

Allan Hepworth

allanhepworth.bsky.social

30 August 2026 15:46

Thank you @boltsmag.org, this helps! Mail Voting in Turmoil: Your Questions Answered boltsmag.org/mail-voting-...