Democrats have been throttled by Republicans in the all-important battle for state legislative chambers the past decade. Now they're trying to turn the tide with the launch of a new super PAC.Source: Democrats launch super PAC to win back statehouses...
Outside contributors' opinions and analysis of the most important issues in politics, science, and culture. It’s December 2020, and President Donald Trump has still refused to concede that he lost the tumultuous presidential election.Source: We need political parties. But their rabid partisanship could destroy American democracy....
With big aid from Congress unlikely, state election managers search for money to replace voting equipment, protect databases and train workers in cybersecurity — as threats loom in 2018 and 2020. The U.S.Source: Cash-strapped states brace for Russian hacking fight...
The calls started flooding in from hundreds of irate North Carolina voters just after 7 a.m. on Election Day last November. Dozens were told they were ineligible to vote and were turned away at the polls, even when they displayed current registration cards.Source: Russian Election Hacking Efforts, Wider Than Previously Known, Draw Little Scrutiny...
SAN FRANCISCO >> In a recent speech to Republican donors, John Cox, a candidate for California governor, exuded the kind of optimism that could only come from an underdog. But getting GOP benefactors to believe that won’t be easy.Source: Republicans vying for California governor’s office likely to face skeptical donors...
Care about freedom of the press? Support independent investigative journalism.Source: Democrats say ‘Citizens United’ should die. Here’s why that won’t happen....
The Democratic-leaning nonprofit is focusing on a mix of gubernatorial, legislative and secretary of state races in Iowa, New Hampshire, Tennessee, Georgia and Nevada.Source: Voting Rights Group Will Target More Politicians Who Block Ballot Access...
The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, as part of its mission to serve the American people, is inviting public comment throughout the period of its work and particularly before the next meeting: [T]he EIC is seeking to improve the public’s confidence in the process and outcomeSource: President’s Election Integrity Commission Seeking Public Comments...
It’s a sign of popular disillusionment with the current course of American democracy that the past couple of years have produced a flurry of reform ideas aimed at changing the way elections are conducted.Source: What’s ‘Proportional Voting,’ and Why Is It Making a Comeback?...
This order makes sense given the Purcell Principle. Still pending are requests in the district court and 5th Circuit to allow Texas to continue to enforce its voter id law pending appeal (which could well take a year or more).Source: Federal Court Which Struck Down Texas Voter ID Law Allows Its Use in Sept. 9 Local Elections...
