Casting your vote shouldn’t take all day. But as anyone who has ever raced to the polls after work knows, the lines quickly grow from annoying to unmanageable. You’ve got places to be, kids and pets to feed, calls of nature to answer.Source: Lines, Be Gone: Mapping Tech Is Here to Help You Vote Faster...
Linda Reedy has long been convinced that voter fraud was afoot, with ballots cast even by people who were not American citizens.Source: In Orange County, mostly white residents heed Donald Trump's call to be on the lookout for voter fraud...
Berkeley, CA - A preliminary analysis of website traffic to the comprehensive online voter guide Voter’s Edge California reveals that some of the most high-profile propositions on the statewide ballot are garnering less attention from users of Voter’s Edge California than ballot measures largSource: As California Prepares to Vote, Lesser-Known Ballot Measures Garner Voters’ Attention...
The Ohio Republican Party has filed a complaint with federal election officials, claiming the Ohio Democratic Party sent mailers without required disclaimers to identify the source of the brochures or who paid for them.Source: Ohio GOP files election complaint against Democratic Party...
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Saturday morning indicated that it doesn’t want lower courts messing with election laws before Tuesday’s election.Source: The Supreme Court Basically Told Judges To Stop Messing With Voting Laws Before The Election...
This election is a mess, and Trump’s comments on election rigging have only added to it.Source: How Much Will Voters Trust Election Results On Election Day?...
American elections have always been at least a little dirty. What would a political campaign be without unseemly actors stirring trouble, duping voters and raising the specter of violence? Political mischief is as old as politics itself, and the United States has countless examples.Source: Dirty Tricks, Vandalism and the Dark Side of Politics...
Legalization of recreational marijuana in California will become reality if voters approve Proposition 64 on November 8. The proposed law makes the possession, cultivation, use, and sale of cannabis legal for adults 21 and older. Recreational marijuana is widely supported by Californians.Source: Marijuana Legalization: California Likely To Approve Proposition 64 Making Recreational Cannabis Legal...
Edward B. Foley, a law professor at Ohio State University, is author of “Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States.Source: The election might not end on Tuesday night — and that’s okay...
Reversing a one-day-old appeals court ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court says Arizona can enforce its law banning the collection of early-voting ballots by political campaigners. The ruling means that in Arizona, the practice that critics call "ballot harvesting" will be a felony in Tuesday's election.Source: U.S. Supreme Court Allows Arizona To Enforce Ban On Ballot-Collecting...
