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09
Dec
The Daily 202: This week foreshadows the continuing escalation of the voting wars
THE BIG IDEA: More than a month after the midterms, the results in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District still haven’t been certified because of credible allegations of election fraud. It’s possible a second race will be held.Source: The Daily 202: This week foreshadows the continuing escalation of the voting wars...
09
Dec
Republicans just got bad news about one of their worst gerrymanders
Virginia’s House of Delegates is one of the most gerrymandered bodies in the country. In 2017, Democrats won the statewide popular vote in Virginia’s legislative races by over nine percentage points.Source: Republicans just got bad news about one of their worst gerrymanders...
07
Dec
The Hardest Glass Ceiling in Politics
EL PASO—When Jody Casey came aboard as Beto O’Rourke’s campaign manager in late summer 2017, she faced a dilemma. She was a political novice and O’Rourke family friend who had quit her sales job at General Electric to join the campaign.Source: The Hardest Glass Ceiling in Politics...
07
Dec
Supreme Court discussing partisan gerrymandering behind closed doors Friday
The Supreme Court is scheduled to return to a deeply divisive issue on Friday when the justices meet behind closed doors to discuss an issue left unresolved last term: when do states go too far in drawing district lines for partisan gain?Source: Supreme Court discussing partisan gerrymandering behind closed doors Friday...
06
Dec
North Carolina investigators zero in on absentee ballots in unresolved House race
In one rural county, several individuals requested absentee ballots on behalf of hundreds of voters. What happened to those ballots? ELIZABETHTOWN, N.C.Source: North Carolina investigators zero in on absentee ballots in unresolved House race...
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/ Audrey Perry Martin
06
Dec
Supreme Court Should Strike Down Unfair Campaign Contribution Rules
The Supreme Court should strike down campaign-finance rules that play partisan favorites. Can the government pass laws that effectively silence groups on one side of a political debate but not the other? You might think not.Source: Supreme Court Should Strike Down Unfair Campaign Contribution Rules...
05
Dec
Second woman says she was paid to collect absentee ballots in North Carolina House race
Cheryl Kinlaw told WSOCTV, a local news station in Charlotte, N.C., that Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr. paid her $100 to collect ballots in their district, adding that Dowless “has been doing it for years."Source: Second woman says she was paid to collect absentee ballots in North Carolina House race...
05
Dec
Trump Exposes the Holes in Campaign-Finance Laws
The release of a taped telephone conversation between Michael Cohen and Donald Trump has given rise to renewed questions about whether President Trump committed federal campaign-finance violations in hiding extramarital affairs.Source: Trump Exposes the Holes in Campaign-Finance Laws...
02
Dec
California Democrats rewrite the voting rules in their favor
Election night was painful for California Republicans, but it was nothing compared to the slow torture we’ve endured ever since. For three agonizing weeks, Republicans have watched registrars update their tallies with late absentee and provisional ballots.Source: California Democrats rewrite the voting rules in their favor...