The 2018 cycle is "going to be the most secure election we've ever had," DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said today, just days before the midterms, but she is worried about a "dynamic threat" that could include foreign attempts to portray the results as invalid afterward.Source: DHS secretary on midterms: 'Most secure election we’ve ever had'...
Charles Town man faces 106 charges in sexual assaults of two girls Updated 1 hr agoSource: San Francisco spends $310,000 to register 49 noncitizens to vote in school election...
There are two competing theories about how American elections fail to accurately capture the sentiment of the electorate. One theory, propagated by President Trump, holds that rampant voter fraud is committed by people unable to vote, swaying elections unfairly.Source: Americans see voter suppression as a bigger problem than voter fraud...
Record Number of Women Seems Likely in Next Congress The year 2018 saw a record number of women candidates competing in major party primary elections*, with another record number making it through to next week’s general election.Source: Women in Competitive House Races Are Outraising Male Opponents...
Hi. Welcome to On Politics, your guide to the day in national politics. I’m Lisa Lerer, your host. Happy Halloween!Source: On the Ballot This Year: A Lot to Think About...
Every two years, citizens across the U.S. manage to place some eye-catching measures on state election ballots, posing questions to voters that can be divisive and sometimes historic. But more than half of states offer no such opportunity.Source: US states split on allowing citizen ballot initiatives...
In a decision likely affecting thousands of voters, a 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel determined that those purged from the rolls between 2011 and 2015 will be eligible to vote as long as they live in the same county where they were last registered. Anyone who re-registered before Oct.Source: Appeals Court Orders Ohio To Count Purged Voters' Ballots...
Voters in more than a dozen states will vote on ballot questions next Tuesday to enact stringent laws on campaign finance and other government ethics issues affecting state and local lawmakers. The surge in ballot questions comes as national Democrats are embracing ethics reform issues.Source: Voters Could Clamp Down On Ethics, Campaign Finance At The Ballot Box...
In the past week, reports of foreign interference in American elections have reached what appears to be a crescendo, with multiple reports about foreign influence operations and targeting of our election infrastructure as well as federal and state efforts to push back.Source: How to Make the Midterms Secure...
