Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ohio Gov. John Kasich will headline an event to debut a new group seeking to reform the California Republican Party.Source: Schwarzenegger, Kasich to team up in L.A. for group seeking to reform California GOP...
Several men in green "L.A. County Jail" jumpsuits stood behind bars and listened to Esther Lim speak about this year's elections. "How many here didn't know they could vote?" Lim asked them. Some men came out of their cells or turned around as Lim explained their voting rights.Source: Voting registration drive makes inroads in unexpected territory: county jails...
The U.S. intelligence community developed substantial evidence that state websites or voter registration systems in seven states were compromised by Russian-backed covert operatives prior to the 2016 election — but never told the states involved, according to multiple U.S. officials.Source: U.S. intel: Russia compromised seven states prior to 2016 election...
When is a hat a hat? The Supreme Court is considering whether hats and t-shirts constitute political speech in voting polling stations. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Source: Supreme Court Considers Voter Fashion Sense...
More than 100,000 noncitizens are registered to vote in Pennsylvania alone, according to testimony submitted Monday in a lawsuit demanding the state come clean about the extent of its problems.Source: Lawsuit: 100,000 noncitizens registered to vote in Pennsylvania...
Cross-posted at NYU Journal of Legislation & Public Policy. American campaign finance law is at a crossroads.Source: Electoral Integrity In Campaign Finance Law...
Vote buying, a practice carried over from England’s early experiments with democracy, was widespread in United States elections until the modern era.1×1. See Richard L. Hasen, Vote Buying, 88 Calif. L. Rev. 1323, 1327 (2000).Source: Rideout v. Gardner...
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Minnesota Voters Alliance v.Source: Free Speech vs. Freedom From Intimidation...
Late last month, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a ruling that congressional redistricting maps drawn after the 2010 census and in use for the last 3 election cycles (2012, 2014, and 2016) violated the Pennsylvania Constitution.Source: Pennsylvania Redistricting - Impeach PA Supreme Court Justices for Violating the PA Constitution?...
