A lawsuit was filed against the city of Seattle Wednesday, claiming the city's voter-approved democracy voucher program violates the First Amendment. The suit claims property owners are paying for it through higher taxes then forcing those people to subsidize political campaigns.Source: Seattle's democracy voucher program target of lawsuit...
President Donald Trump plans to kick off his 2020 re-election fundraising with an event at his Washington hotel Wednesday, renewing legal and ethical questions that arose during his first run. Because Trump has retained an ownership interest in the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C.Source: Trump Fundraiser at His Washington Hotel Renews Ethics Questions...
For centuries in Washington, the primary principle around government has often been simple: “transparency for thee, but not for me.” As Roll Call reported this week, Congressional lawmakers want President Trump’s tax returns but won’t release their own.Source: RollCall analysis finds Members of Congress aren’t transparent about their own taxes...
Silver Spring, Md. – The U.S. Election Assistance Commission today released the 2016 Election Administration and Voting Survey (EAVS), the most comprehensive nationwide data about election administration in the United States.Source: Newly Released 2016 Election Administration and Voting Survey Provides Snapshot of Nation's Voter Turnout Registration Trends Voting Systems...
This morning I blogged about the Pence-Kobach commission’s call for voter data, and how that raised privacy and other concerns. We we now have seen the letter (via Bryan Lowry), and it raises three immediateconcerns.Source: Three Dangers of the Pence-Kobach Faux Commission Call for State Voter Roll Information...
Trump promised to drain the swamp, and by the numbers, he has done just that. 448 individuals who lobbied in the third quarter of 2016 did not report activity during the next two quarters.Source: Shadow Lobbyists on the Rise?...
SACRAMENTO – California Secretary of State Alex Padilla today released the statement below in response to a letter from Kris Kobach, Vice Chair of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity.Source: Secretary of State Alex Padilla Responds to Presidential Election Commission Request for Personal Data of California Voters...
The vice chairman of President Trump’s commission on election integrity sent a letter to all 50 states Wednesday requesting information on their voter rolls.Source: Trump election panel asks all 50 states for voter roll data...
Vice President Mike Pence met with Charles Koch the day before a Koch network summit. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.Source: Koch network ramps up political spending while trying to push Trump team...
Conducting fair and free elections is the cornerstone of what makes this country great. That’s why I support the recent unanimous decision by the Orange County Board of Supervisors to put the brakes on a proposal attempting to create vote centers in limited areas of the county.Source: Too soon for county vote centers...
