Group seeking names of donors to pro-Republican organization Federal election agency mocked for doing nothing, judge says A federal judge eased the way for watchdog groups to bypass a gridlocked Federal Election Commission in a decision allowing a lawsuit seeking to unmask secret donors to a major RSource: Watchdog Allowed to Sue on Donor Disclosure After FEC Won’t Act...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A Republican lawyer who has waged lawsuits on behalf of the Trump administration sued the state of California and its Department of Motor Vehicles Tuesday, saying the agency is failing to verify citizenship for voter registration.Source: GOP attorney sues California for alleged voter violations...
On July 11, 2019, the Washington State Supreme Court upheld Seattle’s voucher-system of public funding of candidates for city council. Elster v City of Seattle, 96660-5. Here is the opinion, which is short.Source: Opponents of Seattle’s Voucher System of Public Funding of Campaigns Turn to U.S. Supreme Court...
The election commission’s Democratic chairwoman said a Republican commissioner had blocked official publication of the memo. The Federal Election Commission chairwoman, Ellen L.Source: Federal Election Commissioner Posts Foreign Interference Memo on Twitter...
By Staff Writer WASHINGTON — As House Democrats launch their impeachment inquiry into President Trump, no state will play a more pivotal role in the process than California.Source: California to play an outsize role in impeachment inquiry of Trump...
California's overzealousness could threaten its credibility in the many legitimate fights it is waging against Trump. Transgressing yet another norm, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump failed to release his tax returns during the 2016 election.Source: Trump vs. California: Democrats risk both legal and political defeat in battle over tax returns...
SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orange County is taking delivery of new Verity® Voting technology from Hart InterCivic. Registrar of Voters, Neal Kelley, is overseeing the implementation of the new system that will support convenient Vote Centers in time for March 2020 elections.Source: Orange County Rolls Out Vote Centers with Hart InterCivic System...
There was a mock election in Los Angeles County this weekend put on by the county registrar-recorder’s office and I voted for the Hollywood sign as the most iconic L.A. landmark.Source: Casting a Vote on Newfangled Voting Equipment...
HR 4464, the bill in the U.S. House to require use of ranked choice voting for all congressional primaries and elections, can now be read at the web page for Congress. Thanks to Thomas Jones for this news. See here.Source: Text of Congressional Ranked Choice Voting is Now Available on Congressional Web Page...
President Trump’s July call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky seems to have been the “straw that broke the camel’s back” for House Democrats’ long-running clamor to initiate impeachment proceedings.Source: WANG: Take It From This Campaign Finance Attorney: Trump Is In The Clear In My Area Of Law...
