Soon after the Supreme Court decided Citizens United v. FEC, the D.C. Circuit held all limits on contributions to super PACs unconstitutional. Its decision in SpeechNow.org v.Source: Why Limits on Contributions to Super Pacs Should Survive Citizens United...
On a late-spring evening in Boston, just as the sun was beginning to set, a group of mathematicians lingered over the remains of the dinner they had just shared. While some cleared plates from the table, others started transforming skewers and hunks of raw potato into wobbly geodesic forms.Source: A Summer School for Mathematicians Fed Up with Gerrymandering...
As a federal commission searches for evidence of voter fraud and many states try to impose new voting restrictions, a city in Maryland may move in the opposite direction: allowing noncitizens to vote in local elections.Source: Maryland City May Let Noncitizens Vote, a Proposal With Precedent...
CHERRY HILL, N.J. — Officials from both major political parties had a consistent answer last year when asked about the security of voting systems: U.S. elections are so decentralized that it would be impossible for hackers to manipulate ballot counts or voter rolls on a wide scale.Source: Trump’s voter fraud commission could create target for hackers, critics sayCurious whether the...
Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog organization, has sent a letter to California Secretary of State Alex Padilla on behalf of the Election Integrity Project, noting that there are 11 counties in the state with more registered voters, and alleging that the state may be out of compliance with SeSource: Judicial Watch Warns California: 11 Counties Have More Voters than Voting-Age...
As the 2016 election dramatically revealed, the United States has split into two political nations.Source: Two Nations...
In 2008, Memphis, Tennessee adopted ranked choice voting (RCV) by a landslide, with 70 percent of voters in favor of a city charter amendment. RCV, also known as instant runoff voting, allows voters to rank candidates in order of choice and eliminates the need for runoff elections.Source: Ranked Choice Voting is Coming to Memphis...
As already noted, on August 2, a U.S. District Court struck down Utah procedures that didn’t permit a new party to get on the ballot in a special U.S. House election, unless the party had already been ballot-qualified when the election was called. According to this story, the state won’t appeal.Source: Utah Won’t Appeal Court Decision on Early Deadline for...
Congressman Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso, speaks to approximately 400 supporters during a speech at The Well, a restaurant and bar near UTSA. O'Rouke has annoucned he is running for Ted Cruz' senate seat. Congressman Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso, speaks to approximately 400...
The American conscience is etched with memories of the eventful 2000 elections, where the Palm Beach Post found that Palm Beach County’s Butterfly Ballot cost Al Gore the presidential elections.Source: Better Design, Better Democracy: Why Ballot Design Matters in Ranked Choice Elections...
