“There was no line at the polling place. The line was almost out the door at Starbucks.” — an email from a Kentucky voter to her daughter.There was snow, there was rain, there were blue skies and warm temperatures.Poll workers overslept, stole voting equipment and didn’t know how to use new technology.Voting machines malfunctioned and ballot-counting machines chugged along. There were new...
First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. Has the great Republican Super PAC experiment failed?Source: First Read: Has the Great GOP SuperPAC Experiment Failed?...
CINCINNATI – Between 1,000 and 1,100 people voted in the extra 90 minutes polls in Hamilton County stayed open Tuesday night, according to Board of Elections Chairman Tim Burke. Those were among more than 11,000 provisional ballots cast Tuesday.Source: More than 1,000 voted during extended hours in Hamilton County, Board of Elections says...
When we sat down to write our new book, The Partisan Divide: Congress in Crisis, we knew there was no more important issue than the current campaign-finance debacle.Source: To end partisan divide, follow the campaign money...
If you’ve been following the IRS rulemaking on 501(c)(4) social welfare nonprofit political activity (and really, who hasn’t?), then you know that IRS Commissioner John Koskinen’s latest testimony in front of the Senate Finance Committee was one for the ages.Source: Comments to IRS Offer Spectrum of Substantiveness as New Nonprofit Political Activity Rules Are Anticipated...
Count FHQ among the skeptics when it comes to the quadrennial parlor game that is "[fill in the blank] party will have a brokered convention and here's why.Source: Karl Rove Tries His Hand at a Brokered Deadlocked Convention Scenario...
State senators in Wisconsin may eliminate language in the Assembly-passed overhaul of the state’s campaign finance laws that would do away with donors having to disclose their employers.Source: Wisconsin may strike employer disclosure for campaign donors...
In recent years, as the U.S. Supreme Court has limited its protections of the right to vote, some state courts have stepped in to fill the void.Source: Will State Courts Fill a Void on Voting Rights?...
Federal law lets political action committees wait weeks, even months, to reveal which candidates benefit from their cash.Source: Twitter promises transparent political funding...
