In 2023, Philadelphians will vote for a new mayor. They will also choose candidates to fill other important city offices.Source: Campaign finance rules just got a bit stricter in Philly. And they will be enforced.....
A posting on the FEC's website appeared to show that former vice president Mike Pence had filed to run in 2024. A spokesperson denied that.Source: Mike Pence presidential candidacy filing a fake, spokesman says....
NEW ORLEANS — For the last two years, Democrats in battleground states have played defense against Republican efforts to curtail voting access and amplify doubts about the legitimacy of the nation’s elections.Source: Democrats, Feeling New Strength, Plan to Go on Offense on Voting Rights....
The Electoral College is under bitter attack by Democrats and has been for decades. After the 2000 presidential election, Hillary Clinton told reporters, “it’s time to do away with the Electoral College and move to the popular election of our president.Source: Rand Paul: If we believe in limited government, we must save the Electoral College.....
A local Republican elected officeholder from New Jersey is looking to throw out the absentee ballot of his daughter who voted for his Democratic opponent, according to a recent report.Source: New Jersey Republican seeks to throw out daughter’s absentee ballot for rival....
The North Carolina Supreme Court struck down a state voter identification law that required every voter to present one of a few specific forms of photo identification.Source: N.C. court strikes down voter ID law as intentional racial discrimination....
Operating with absolutely no public notice, two groups plowed millions across a host of battleground states to support voting access and election infrastructure. The effort, first reported by POLITICO, was undertaken by two newly created groups: Pro-Democracy Center and Pro-Democracy Campaign.Source: Inside the secret $32M effort to stop ‘Stop the Steal’....
The strong turnout in Georgia’s runoff election that cemented Democrats’ control of the US Senate is sparking fresh debate about the impact of the state’s controversial 2021 election law and could trigger a new round of election rule changes next year in the Republican-led state legislature.Source: Strong midterm turnout in Georgia sparks new debate about a controversial election law....
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, an unapologetic moderate who has alienated progressives with her stance on the filibuster and other issues, is leaving the Democratic Party to register as an independent.Source: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema leaves the Democratic Party to register as an independent....
Following a month of ballot counting, the San Diego County Registrar of Voters today certified the results of the Nov. 8, 2022 election with a voter participation rate of 54.2%. Of 1.9 million registered voters in the county, 1,043,490 ballots were cast.Source: Mail-in ballots constitute 90% of San Diego County's certified election results....
