WASHINGTON — A request by the Justice Department to ask people about their citizenship status in the 2020 census is stirring a broad backlash from census experts and others who say the move could wreck chances for an accurateSource: Critics Say Questions About Citizenship Could Wreck Chances for an Accurate Census...
Fake news evolved from seedy internet sideshow to serious electoral threat so quickly that behavioral scientists had little time to answer basic questions about it, like who was reading what, how much real news they also consumed and whether targeted fact-checking efforts ever hit a target.Source: ‘Fake News’: Wide Reach but Little Impact, Study Suggests...
If you aren't sure whether you are registered to vote in Ohio, there are a couple places you can check. The Enquirer/Jessie BalmertSource: Voter purges: U.S. Supreme Court to decide if Ohio illegally purged voters...
With two competitive top-of-the-ticket races and a national spotlight on the state’s congressional districts — to say nothing about the Legislature’s busy agenda coupled with a growing sexual harassment scandal in the state Capitol — 2018 will be a blockbuster year for California politics.Source: The biggest California political questions of 2018...
WASHINGTON — Major cases await the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court when they return to the bench in January, including a test of how states purge their databases of unqualified voters and a challenge likely to deal a serious blow to the nation's public sector unions.Source: Major cases on voter purging, union power await Supreme Court in 2018...
The election in the 94th House of Delegates District is now a tie, after a three-judge panel ruled that a ballot that was rejected in Tuesday’s recount should be counted as a vote for Del. David Yancey, R-Newport News.Source: After 94th District recount, judges rule it's a tie...
By now you’ve likely seen the viral video of a recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, where Matthew Petersen, a judicial nominee for the D.C.Source: Don’t let our broken politics contaminate our courtrooms...
After a recount conducted Tuesday, Democrat Shelly Simonds had 11,608 votes to Republican incumbent David Yancey's 11,607 votes in Virginia's 94th House District.Source: One-vote recount win gives Democrats tie in Virginia state House...
RNLA President Elliot Berke sent a letter today to the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of current FEC Commissioner Matthew Petersen, who has been nominated to the U.S.Source: Matthew Petersen Qualified to Serve on D.C. District Court...
Matthew Petersen, President Trump’s most recent nominee to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (“D.D.C.Source: On the Nomination of Matthew Petersen...
