We had the opportunity to catch up with Richard Hasen regarding his recent article published in The New York Times, “Don’t Let Our Democracy Collapse,” focusing on our democracy and the electoral process in the United States. Hasen writes, “the future is scary.Source: Don’t Let...
President Donald Trump’s voting commission, given a judge’s approval to resume seeking voter data, has issued another request asking states for information and vowing to keep the details confidential.Source: President Trump’s voting commission again asks states for voter data, vows to protect records...
Local election officials are looking for some good hackers.Source: Worried about election hacking, L.A. County officials are turning to hackers for help...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - First the Democrat-controlled legislature changes the law to protect Senator Josh Newman from a recall election his constituents are calling for.Source: Sen. Jim Brulte (Ret.) Statement on FPPC Recall Contribution Limits...
Ronald Miller was a write-in candidate for the Taylor, Michigan School District in November 2016. Shortly after the election, he checked the election returns in each precinct and learned that he had won one of the seats.Source: Michigan Write-in Candidate Wins Court Decision that He...
The new national registration totals for the United States, in the 32 jurisdictions in which the voter registration form asks the applicant to choose a party, are: Democratic 44,706,349 (40.30%) Republican 32,807,417 (29.57%) independent & misc. 30,818,334 (27.78%) Libertarian 511,277 (.Source: New Registration Data for...
It’s a persistent problem in U.S. politics: many voters don’t have a meaningful impact on elections. This leads to disengaged voters and unaccountable elected officials, mutually reinforcing ills that erode democracy. The rise of partisan gerrymandering has exacerbated the problem.Source: The way out of partisan...
