The fight over big money in the 2020 Democratic primary is reaching a new pitch on Friday with an open letter from advocates aimed at presidential candidates benefiting from a single-candidate Super PAC.Source: Campaign Finance Group to 2020 Dems: Disavow and Shut Down All Super PACs...
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HR 1, which is pending in the U.S. House, and which has many election law provisions, is sponsored by virtually every Democratic member of the House. But the ACLU opposes the bill because of many changes it makes to campaign finance. See the ACLU letter here.Source: ACLU Opposes HR 1, The Election Law Bill Pending in the U.S. House that...
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are seen after a news conference in the Capitol on Wednesday to oppose the House Democrats’ government overhaul package. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Source: HR 1 debate gets under way as GOP sharpens attacks...
When Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016, it was the fourth time in American history — and the second time this century — that a candidate won the Electoral College but lost the popular vote.Source: The Movement To Skip The Electoral College Is About To Pass A Major Milestone...
The sudden resignation marks a precipitous fall for Atkinson, the state’s second African-American and first openly gay Senate majority leader. A legislative mainstay, Atkinson was first elected to the state Assembly in 2002 and joined the Senate after the 2012 election.Source: Senate Majority Leader Kelvin Atkinson to resign amid federal charges of misappropriating campaign funds...
New York Rep.Source: Ocasio-Cortez, chief of staff illegally moved $885K in campaign contributions 'off the books,' FEC complaint alleges...
Utah elects a state school board from districts. Those elections are non-partisan. A few years ago the law was changed to say those elections are “partisan”, but that law was not specific.Source: Utah Bill for Partisan Elections for State Board of Education...
Clinton says voter suppression contributed to her defeat. Maybe, but Voting Rights Act might not have saved her In a recent speech, Hillary Clinton identified voter suppression tactics as a major cause of her defeat in the 2016 presidential election.Source: Hillary Clinton blames her defeat on the downfall of the Voting Rights Act: But is she right?...
A computer program might have avoided the entire 2018 recount fiasco and saved South Florida election officials days of embarrassment last year, if not their jobs. Had the law allowed it, exhausted election workers in Broward and Palm Beach counties could have conducted recounts in races for the U.Source: How much should Florida trust technology in conducting elections?...
