Backing an effort for California to claim a bigger share of the attention from presidential candidates, Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill moving the state's primary elections to early March.Source: California moves its presidential primary to March in push for electoral relevance...
More large companies are disclosing how they spend to influence government, and company boards are taking on a more direct role in overseeing that spending, a new study finds.Source: More Company Boards Add Oversight of Political Spending...
Why it matters: The past election cycle showed just how much modern campaigns lean on programmatic advertising to reach voters and donors with persuasive ads that could push them to vote one way or another.Source: Scoop: The FEC's plans for political ad disclosures...
Mark Wiedman, a BlackRock senior managing director, donated $2,700 to the presidential campaign of Ohio Governor John Kasich, who was seeking the Republican Party nomination, according to a filing made earlier this year with the U.S.Source: A $2,700 donation by a BlackRock executive could cost the firm $37 million...
– A new two-year academic inquiry at Georgetown, funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, is documenting and analyzing hundreds of incidents around the country in which free speech has been challenged. The Free Speech Project, directed by Sanford J.Source: New Project at Georgetown to Track Free Speech Incidents Across Country...
Facebook announced yesterday that it has agreed to disclose ads to Congress that were purchase by Russians in an attempt to influence the 2016 elections. CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement via a Facebook Live video: However, Facebook's promises of increased efforts in election integrity and cooperation on Russian ads didn't stop Democratic senators from wanting to increase campaign finance...
Facebook recently revealed that a Russian firm had purchased political ads on the social media site beginning in the summer of 2015 mentioning Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.Source: Congress should protect political speech by ignoring Disclose Act...
Democratic committees burned in 2016 are quickly adopting anti-hacking measures, but individual campaigns are moving more slowly. Candidates are quizzing prospective campaign managers on anti-hacking plans.Source: Political campaigns prep for battle with hackers...
A sure sign of political manipulation of an election is delaying it. Troubled states like the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, and Haiti have recently come under United Nations scrutiny for delaying their elections.Source: California postpones an election to help one of its own...
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Oregon parent wanted details about school employees getting paid to stay home. A retired educator sought data about student performance in Louisiana.Source: Governments turn tables by suing public records requesters...
