Researchers find weaknesses in public websites that could expose personal information of donors and other sensitive data. New research found gaping security holes in several SuperPAC public websites – from weak or nonexistent encryption and open ports to old and outdated server platforms.Source: Some SuperPAC Websites Are Not Super-Secure...
Over the course of the 2016 campaign, Republican presidential nominee and celebrity billionaire Donald Trump has boasted about the extent to which he has funded his campaign. We evaluated those statements to determine which pledges he fulfilled, and which he didn’t. 1.Source: $100 Million? How Trump’s Self-Funding Pledges Panned Out...
Tens of thousands of Americans work the polls on Election Day. They decide who gets to vote straightaway and who must first fill out an affidavit. They are charged with troubleshooting the machines, keeping the lines moving, and conveying the vote tally to their local board of elections.Source: We Make Voting Feel Good...
WASHINGTON (CN) — Already looking past Election Day, a bipartisan group of lawmakers and congressional candidates have brought a federal complaint against the Federal Elections Commission to rein in super-PAC spending. Led by Rep. Ted Lieu, the lawsuit filed on Nov.Source: Bipartisan Group Takes on Super PAC Explosion...
A three-judge federal panel Monday dismissed a renewed Republican challenge to the “soft-money” ban on unlimited donationstopolitical parties from wealthy individuals, corporations and advocacy groups like unions in a decision that returns the fight over a landmark campaign finance law to the U.Source: Panel upholds ‘soft-money’ ban but sends GOP campaign finance challenge to Supreme Court...
For those trying to secretly influence the election as the clock winds down, Oct. 20 was an important milestone. If a super PAC waited until then to register, it doesn’t need to file any information about its donors with the FEC until 30 days after the election. Pretty smooth, eh?Source: PACs pop up just in time to avoid reporting donors...
On Monday afternoon, the Supreme Court denied Democrats’ request to reinstate a trial court order barring the presidential campaigns and others from several activities views by the lower court as voter intimidation tactics.Source: SCOTUS, Without Asking for Response from Republicans, Rejects Attempt to Revive Trump Voter Intimidation Decree; J. Ginsburg Weighs In {Corrected]...
You may be a reliable Democratic voter in a solid-blue city. Maybe you have a graduate degree; maybe you’re a member of an ethnic or religious minority; maybe you are a woman. Any of these would make you a likely Hillary Clinton supporter. So why did you just see an ad for Donald J.Source: Why Facebook Showed You That Ad...
Back in August I wrote at NLJ about Republicans’ third attempt to overturn McCain-Feingold’s limits on how much political parties can raise from donors for election related advertising and other things.Source: Breaking: Three-Judge Court Rejects Challenge to McCain-Feingold Soft Money Issues, Teeing Up Issue for (New) Supreme Court...
It’s the campaign scenario that keeps partisan operatives and lawyers awake at night: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton end Election Day deadlocked with key states in a recount, and a short-handed Supreme Court can't resolve the matter because the eight justices split down the middle.Source: Can the Supreme Court handle a disputed election?...
