On Tuesday, Americans will elect a president without the full protections of the Voting Rights Act. The last time that happened they were deciding between Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater — more than a half-century ago.Source: Without a modernized Voting Rights Act, there’s no such thing as an honest election...
When Keith Stroup joined the movement to legalize marijuana in the early 1970s, just 12 percent of the American public supported legalization.Source: Marijuana legalization could reach a national tipping point on Election Day...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California officials are sending a message: The state has a clean elections process with few confirmed instances of voter fraud.Source: California officials say state has clean elections process...
Donald Trump has plastered Facebook with millions of dollars worth of ads in recent months, an all-out effort to lure new donors and supporters. But his campaign filings from August, September and October tell a different story: $0 spent on Facebook.Source: How politicians hide their spending from the public...
Officers of any firm that manages money for Indiana’s pension fund are not allowed to donate to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. That’s because the state’s pension fund is controlled by Donald Trump’s running mate, Gov. Mike Pence.Source: Hedge Fund Chief Uses Pay-to-Play Loophole to Put $500,000 Toward Pro-Trump Ads...
A dirty tricks campaign for the digital era popped up on Twitter this week. It involved a series of fake ads, apparently aimed at black and Latino voters, which provides a phone code for voters to “text” their votes for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.Source: Sneaky Ads on Twitter Tell Voters to Text Votes for Hillary Clinton...
Memos prepared by legal counsel for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign reveal how the campaign developed workarounds so it could coordinate with a network of pro-Clinton super political action committees or Super PACs.Source: How Clinton Campaign Gamed Super PAC Regulations...
Donald Trump holds a lead in Utah, but independent candidate Evan McMullin is catching up. | GettySource: Poll: Trump leads Clinton by 6 points in Utah as McMullin gains support...
Under Pennsylvania law, poll watchers must be from the same county in which they are registered to vote. Republicans failed to change that law in the legislature, and the PA Republican party filed a federal lawsuit seeking to make the change.Source: Breaking: Federal Court Rejects PA GOP Efforts to Send Poll Watchers to Different Counties to Look for Voter Fraud...
“We have to make sure that this election is not stolen from us,” Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said during a recent rally in Pennsylvania, “… Everybody knows what I’m talking about.Source: Commentary: Yes, broken voter ID laws will affect the 2016 election...
