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Former President Trump asked a state appeals court to examine a judge’s decision allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) to stay on Trump’s Georgia 2020 election racketeering case. Judge Scott McAfee previously ruled that Willis’s previous romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade created an appearance of a conflict but permitted the district…

A judge has halted the use of New Jersey’s “county line” ballot, which could have a big impact on the state’s political system. U.S. District Judge Zahid Quraishi issued the order on Friday, ruling that Kim’s lawsuit against the system used in 19 of New Jersey’s 21 counties to…