A federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss the campaign finance violation case against California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter. In San Diego federal court, US District Judge Thomas J.Source: Federal judge refuses to dismiss campaign finance violation case against Rep. Duncan Hunter...
A decade ago, Bill Allison of the Sunlight Foundation was looking for a short phrase to put before the following fact: “Of the 202 outside organizations spending money to influence the 2010 mid-term elections, just 93 of them have disclosed donors to Federal Election Commission” (FEC).Source: The Etymology of “Dark Money”...
That’s how Democrats in Congress are blasting the largest fine the federal government has ever imposed on a tech company for failing to uphold its promises to improve its privacy practices.Source: The Technology 202...
The Electoral College has many critics, from frustrated partisans to political scientists convinced of their own ability to improve on the work of the American Founders.Source: Presidential popular vote compact would lead to chaos...
Nearly two years after then-California Gov. Jerry Brown quashed a bill to force presidential candidates to release their tax returns, Golden State lawmakers have returned a nearly identical measure to the desk of Brown's successor. Now California Gov.Source: Will Gavin Newsom try to kick Trump off the California ballot?...
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — To describe what he would do as president in 2021, Steve Bullock harks back to the Gilded Age of the late 1800s, when the wealthy copper mining barons of Montana wielded political influence across the state.Source: For Democratic presidential hopeful Steve Bullock, it’s all about the ‘dark money’...
On July 12, the Fourth Circuit issued an opinion in Fusaro v Cogan, 18-2187. The case had been filed by a Virginia resident who wanted to purchase a list of registered voters in a portion of Maryland. However, Maryland law says the list can only be given to residents of Maryland. The U.S.Source: Fourth Circuit Rules in Favor of Public...
The county is studying a new way to vote in San Diego County elections. The changes became an option in state law in 2016.Source: San Diego County supervisors to study new voting system...
SAN FRANCISCO — The Federal Election Commission said on Thursday that a Silicon Valley security company could immediately start helping 2020 presidential candidates defend their campaigns from the kinds of malicious email attacks that Russian hackers exploited in the 2016 election. The F.E.C.Source: F.E.C. Allows Security Company to Help 2020 Candidates Defend Campaigns...
The 2016 election proved that every vote counts. Now states that may be crucial in 2020 have passed or proposed measures that change the rules for voting. The 2016 presidential election proved the maxim that every vote counts.Source: 9 states where the rules for voting have been changed or challenged ahead of 2020...
