Alexandria, VA – Nearly five years ago the Missouri Ethics Commission (“MEC”) ordered Ron Calzone, an unpaid grassroots activist, to pay a $1,000 fine and prohibited him from discussing policy with lawmakers until he registered and filed reports as though he was a professional “lobbyist.Source: Volunteers Are Not Lobbyists, Rules Eighth Circuit...
Ellen L. Weintraub is chair of the Federal Election Commission. Twitter’s surprise announcement on Wednesday that it would stop selling political advertising is an inflection point in paid political ads on the Internet.Source: Don’t abolish political ads on social media. Stop microtargeting....
Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) told POLITICO they also want to see Google explain itself or rethink its policies.Source: Eyes turn to Google as political ads divide Silicon Valley...
The Campaign for Free Speech survey found that 51% of Americans say the First Amendment should be rewritten and 48% say that “hate speech” should be illegal.Source: 'Outdated' First Amendment should be rewritten, majority say...
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has spoken out against the idea that New York should make the definition of “political party” more restrictive. The idea is being pushed by the New York State Democratic Party chairman. See this story.Source: Elizabeth Warren Criticizes New York Ballot Access Restriction Idea...
SAN FRANCISCO — Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s chief executive, said on Wednesday that the social media service would ban political ads on its platform, in a stark contrast to rival Facebook, which has faced blowback for taking a hands-off approach to political advertising.Source: Twitter Will Ban All Political Ads, C.E.O. Dorsey Says...
Vote harvesting gives party activists, campaign consultants, and other political guns for hire the ability to manipulate election outcomes either through coercion of voters or outright ballot theft and forgery.Source: Vote Harvesting a Recipe for Coercion, Election Fraud...
Our democracy is broken. Let’s fix it! Ranked choice voting makes democracy more fair and functional. It’s a simple change that can have a big impact.Source: Election Day 2019: A Record 11 Cities to Use Ranked Choice Voting...
On October 30, presidential primary candidates started filing for the New Hampshire Democratic and Republican presidential primaries. See this story. Three presidential candidates applied in person on October 30. For the Democratic primary, they were Peter Buttigieg and Mark Stewart Greenstein.Source: Presidential Primary Candidate Filing Opens in New Hampshire...
By , Michael Finnegan Democratic Rep.Source: Is Trump an obstacle to Republicans winning back Katie Hill’s seat?...
