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...
There’s almost zero chance Congress will this year seriously consider a single bill aimed at reforming the nation’s weakened money-in-politics laws.Source: Statehouses, Not Congress, Hosting Biggest Political Money Fights...
Law360, New York (August 29, 2017, 9:07 PM EDT) -- Allowing voters to take selfies with their marked ballots could allow groups to put pressure on members to reveal their votes, a political science professor testified Tuesday in the New York federal bench trial of a suit by voters who claim the seSource: Ballot Selfies Could Lead To Voter Pressure,...
By Courthouse News Service By , Courthouse News SACRAMENTO (CN) – AB 249, a bill aimed at illuminating dark money in political campaigns, landed in a key California Senate committee Tuesday, and its author said the legislation is “long overdue.Source: Campaign-Finance ‘Dark Money’ Bill Clears Key California Senate Committee...
