Twitter has banned political ads, Facebook hasn't — who's in the right? There are powerful arguments on both sides, but the one thing they all have in common is the desire to strike some sort of balance between freedom of political speech and attempting to quell the flow of false information.Source: Silicon Valley congressman: Regulate political ads on Facebook just...

On November 6, the California Secretary of State released a Report of Registration, the first state tally since February 2019. All six of the qualified parties increased their share of the registration. The number of independent voters decreased, both as a percentage and in absolute numbers.Source: California Releases New Registration Data; All Qualified Parties Increase; Independent Voters Decrease...

PASADENA, Calif. (CN) – A Ninth Circuit panel scrutinized a former Southern California mayor’s challenge to the state’s Voting Rights Act on Tuesday, seeming to doubt his claim that a change in the way the city elects its council members had unconstitutional consequences.Source: Ninth Circuit Takes New Swipe at Ex-Mayor’s Fight of Voting Districts...

Campaigning for president is a multi-million dollar business, and not every candidate follows the same business model. OpenSecrets’ recently updated expenditures database reveals that 2020 Democrats are deploying vastly different spending strategies to compete for the nomination.Source: How are presidential candidates spending their campaign cash?...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) – Already cast as a constitutional “trampling” by a federal judge, California’s bid to reveal President Donald Trump’s tax returns to primary voters sputtered again Wednesday before the state Supreme Court.Source: Justices Skeptical of California’s Demand of Tax Returns From Candidates...