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Neil Gaiman Denies Sexual Assault Allegations Made by Two Women ( www.rollingstone.com )

Neil Gaiman — the best-selling author whose work includes comic book series *The Sandman *and the novels Good Omens and American Gods — has denied sexual assault allegations made against him by two women with whom he had relationships with at the time, Tortoise Media reports....

DC Campaign to Submit Over 40K Signatures for Open Primaries, Ranked Choice Voting ( ivn.us )

Seeing as how some people here on Lemmy get upset at any mention of Ranked Choice Voting and respond that, in their opinion, it's not perfect, and that we should therefore keep the voting system we have while we debate which alternative is perfect for several decades, allow me to preemptively respond....

Appeals court seems lost on how Internet Archive harms publishers ( arstechnica.com )

In an open letter to publishers, more than 30,000 readers, researchers, and authors begged for access to the books to be restored in the open library, claiming the takedowns dealt "a serious blow to lower-income families, people with disabilities, rural communities, and LGBTQ+ people, among many others," who may not have access...

In Georgia, conservatives seek to have voters removed from rolls without official challenges ( apnews.com )

They’re asking election administrators to use their data to purge voter registrations, which means names could be removed in a less public process than a formal voter challenge. The strategy could mean electors won’t be summoned in advance to defend their voting rights and the identities of those seeking to purge voters...

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