A Washington state court in Seattle recently imposed a whopping $24.6 million penalty against Meta for political ads sold on Facebook in violation of the state’s campaign finance laws.Source: Washington state wages an unconstitutional war on political free speech....
Americans head to the polls Tuesday for an election that has state and local officials across the country on edge as they brace for potential problems at the polls, contentious legal fights over ballots and fighting disinformation about the vote itself.Source: 2020 election lies have...
The effort spawned a two-hour line at Philadelphia City Hall, as well as anger among voters who saw it as an attempt to infringe on their rights.Source: Pennsylvania voters scramble to cast new ballots after GOP lawsuit....
The political reaction to these laws, mostly coming out of Republican-controlled states, seems to have overshadowed what’s actually in them. Last month, Texas held its first primary election since the passage of its controversial, restrictive voting law last year.Source: The New Voting Restrictions Aren’t as...
The 2020 presidential election was followed by an extensive period of scrutiny and challenge. Some of these activities were typical—automatic recounts, optional recounts, and routine tabulation audits—and some were highly irregular. Widespread misinformation sowed confusion and distrust. Source: Coordinating Audits and Recounts to Strengthen Election Verification....
When Democrats won the House in 2018, they did it with help from a great uptick in turnout that achieved the highest voter turnout for a midterm election in more than 100 years. Still, half the voting eligible population didn’t take part.Source: What early voting...
In the money race between America’s billionaires and small donors, the emerging political oligarchy is showing staying power. Both parties have megadonors, but Republicans have far more.Source: Fueled by Billionaires, Political Spending Shatters Records Again....
Despite the 2020 election achieving the highest turnout in recent American history and being generally secure, only 47 percent of Americans say they have “a great deal” or “quite a bit” of confidence that the results of next week’s midterm elections will be counted accurately.Source:...
Undated mail-in ballots will not count in 2022, Pa. Supreme Court rules HARRISBURG, Pa. — County boards of elections will not be allowed to count any absentee or mail-in ballots contained in undated or incorrectly dated outer envelopes, Pennsylvania's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.Source: Undated mail-in...
The battle for the Senate is anyone’s ballgame with only a week to go until voters head to the polls. Republicans, needing to net only one seat, are knocking on the door as the national environment moves increasingly in their direction and some surveys show...
