A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court barred the use of most ballot drop boxes Friday and ruled voters could not give their completed absentee ballots to others to return on their behalf.Source: Ballot drop boxes not allowed in Wisconsin, state Supreme Court rules....
FIRST ON FOX: Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office recently opened an investigation into whether the Democratic Party violated a state statute prohibiting electioneering.Source: Georgia opens investigation into whether Dems violated state electioneering law....
THE BUZZ: By diverting a negligible share of his re-election fund to Florida, Gov. Gavin Newsom secured more attention than any California spot will achieve. Newsom’s cameo on Floridians’ July 4 Fox airwaves followed a simple political calculus.Source: Why Gavin Newsom is poking Florida....
The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the State of Arizona challenging voting restrictions imposed by House Bill 2492 (2022), a recently-enacted law set to take effect in January 2023.Source: Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against the State of Arizona Over Restrictive Voter Registration Requirements....
What was once a dialogue between the branches has become almost entirely one-sided, with the justices accumulating clout at lawmakers’ expense.Source: Gridlock in Congress Has Amplified the Power of the Supreme Court....
Lev Parnas, a Soviet-born businessman, tried to use campaign donations funneled from Russia to advance a cannabis business. When Lev Parnas was arrested in 2019, he was known mainly as a minor presence in Republican political circles: someone who traded on connections with allies of Donald J.Source: Ex-Giuliani Associate Is Sentenced to Prison in Campaign Finance Scheme....
Updated June 29, 2022, 11:59 p.m. ETJune 29, 2022, 11:59 p.m. ETMidterms 2022 Daily BriefingA first-time voter in Kansas City, Mo., during the 2020 primary election.Credit...
The Senate’s method of keeping G.O.P. board members in office, by refusing to confirm replacements nominated by Gov. Tony Evers, was endorsed by a State Supreme Court ruling.Source: Wisconsin Court Validates a Republican Strategy to Preserve Power....
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Thursday that it has agreed to hear a case next term that could upend election laws across the country with the potential endorsement of a fringe legal theory about how much power state legislatures have over the running of congressional and presidential elections.Source: How the Supreme Court could radically reshape elections for president and Congress....
Dozens of political committees with ties to Florida conservatives are funneling thousands of dollars toward candidates who share Gov. Ron DeSantis’ priorities. TALLAHASSEE, Fla.Source: Florida Republicans turn school elections into new political battlegrounds....
