DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democrats in the early presidential contest states of Iowa and Nevada will be able to cast their votes over the telephone instead of showing up at their states’ traditional neighborhood caucus meetings next February, according to plans unveiled by the state parties.Source: Iowa, Nevada to launch caucus voting by phone for 2020...
In this photo taken July 11, 2019 is Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore, Kevin D-South San Francisco, left, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif.Source: California lawmakers consider new rules for political ads...
Editor's Note: This article is part of the ABC10 Originals project FIRE - POWER - MONEY, a documentary series that breaks down California’s wildfire crisis into its core elements.Source: Judge orders PG&E to explain political spending following ABC10 documentary series...
Last year, West Virginia did something no other U.S. state had done in a federal election before: It allowed overseas voters the option to cast absentee ballots for the midterm election via a blockchain-enabled mobile app.Source: What Really Happened With West Virginia’s Blockchain Voting Experiment?...
The Federal Trade Commission voted this week to approve a roughly $5 billion settlement with Facebook that could end an investigation into its privacy practices, according to a person familiar with the matter but not authorized to speak on the record, a deal poised to result in unprecedented new govSource: FTC votes to approve $5 billion settlement with Facebook in...
President Trump’s executive order directing federal agencies to provide citizenship information to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross had not been written when the president and Attorney General William Barr spoke in the Rose Garden yesterday.Source: The facts on Trump's order on counting citizens — and what to expect now...
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It’s the president’s favorite way to talk to the American people and the word: Twitter. He’s got more than 60-million followers, but a court has ruled he can’t block followers just because he doesn’t agree with what they say. The 2nd U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan upheld a lower court judge who said Trump violates the Constitution...
When it comes to the First Amendment, the people of Virginia should be proud of their laws, and the nation should take notice as to why.Source: Free Speech Promotes Healthy Democracy in Virginia...
Absentee ballots can no longer be thrown out in Georgia because of a signature mismatch or a missing birth year and address, according to a new state law that recently resolved two federal lawsuits.Source: New protections for Georgia absentee ballots settle lawsuits...
