More than 1.5 million Florida residents are barred from voting in state elections for the rest of their lives, because of a tough law that permanently revokes voting rights for anyone convicted of a felony.Source: Florida ballot measure looks to restore felon voting rights...
Late last week, the FEC unanimously (!) approved an advisory opinion allowing Microsoft to “offer a package of enhanced online account security services at no additional charge on a nonpartisan basis to its election-sensitive customers, including federal candidates and national party committees.Source: FEC Approves Microsoft Giving Free Security Package to Candidates...
With just weeks to go before the midterm elections, the massive Koch network is adding a new super PAC to its political arsenal.Source: Koch network launches new super PAC...
Former President Barack Obama says the midterm elections in November will give Americans the chance to — in his words — "restore some sanity in our politics" by changing control of Congress. (Sept. 8) AP ANAHEIM, Calif.Source: Why Obama was handed California's Orange County as Democrat's anti-Trump election target...
If your net worth is south of $25 million, feel free to skip today’s column.Source: Thoughts for Very Wealthy Political Donors...
The Motor Voter program went into effect in April with the simple goal of increasing the number of people who could register to vote. Since its launch in April, Secretary of State Alex Padilla has touted the increase in new voter registrations.Source: Motor Voter sparks unusual spike in ‘no party’ registrations at California DMV...
The California Department of Motor Vehicles on Wednesday said it has discovered it sent the Secretary of State’s Office 23,000 erroneous voter registrations.Source: California DMV mishandled thousands of voter registrations...
Longtime Kentucky Democratic operatives Jerry Lundergan and Dale Emmons were indicted by a federal grand jury in Lexington Friday for allegedly making illegal contributions to the 2014 U.S. Senate campaign of Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes and then conspiring to cover them up.Source: Father of Alison Lundergan Grimes indicted in campaign finance conspiracy...
Sometimes an empty chair can speak volumes. The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence intentionally set up a unoccupied seat to shame Alphabet at Wednesday's hearing on foreign meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.Source: Senators blast Google executives for not showing up to hearings on election meddling...
When you build services that connect billions of people across countries and cultures, you’re going to see all of the good that humanity can do, and you’re also going to see people try to abuse those services in every way possible.Source: Mark Zuckerberg...
