We’ll be posting this roundup each week leading up to Election Day. Share your thoughts about these must-read stories and always feel free to suggest your own in the comments section.THIS WEEK’S TOP STORY Thirty-nine states elect their judges, and of those, 27 have a seat open this year.Source: This Week in Political Money: Dark Money Floods Judicial Races...
Federal law states that foreign nationals cannot donate or spend money in U.S. elections. Period. But how should the law treat companies with foreign ties, such as U.S. subsidiaries wholly owned by foreign companies?Source: FEC stalemates on how to deal with foreign-owned companies spending in elections...
Washington (13abc) - If you're planning on heading to the polls in November, you need to think about when you last cast a ballot. That's because Ohio, along with Missouri, Tennessee, Georgia, West Virginia, Montana, and Florida cleanse, or purge their lists of eligible voters.Source: Ohio purging voters...
WASHINGTON — Russian hackers would not be able to change the outcome of the United States presidential election, the nation’s most senior intelligence and law enforcement officials have assured Congress and the White House in recent weeks.Source: Sowing Doubt Is Seen as Prime Danger in Hacking Voting System...
In a season replete with clothing catalogs and campaign flyers, the biggest item stuffed in mailboxes this fall may be the Nov. 8 statewide voter guide, coming in at a record-setting 224 pages.Source: This 224-page California voter guide is heftiest one ever, thanks to 17 ballot measures...
Tuesday, the Sixth Circuit decided that a district judge erred in ordering the polls to be kept open an additional hour for the Ohio primary: A three-judge panel of the U.S.Source: ICYMI: Even in Election Law Cases, a Plaintiff is Necessary...
A deep-red state has become coveted territory for Hillary Clinton and a source of shame for Donald Trump. How did Mormons become the redeemers of a disgust-filled campaign? Here’s some unlikely math: Say every state in the U.S. that’s even somewhat contested goes to Donald Trump in November.Source: Utah Is 2016's Strangest Swing State...
Trump’s repeated claims that his defeat would only result from voter fraud may fuel doubts over election legitimacy and motivate supporters to surveil polls Donald Trump’s claims that if he loses in November it will be due to a “rigged” election have sparked strong bipartisan criticiSource: Trump's 'rigged election' rhetoric could inspire voter intimidation, say experts...
A coalition of civil rights groups, Democratic lawyers and the Obama administration has scored significant victories in overturning strict voting laws, highlighting how the death of Justice Antonin Scalia has removed the Supreme Court as a crucial conservative backstop for such measures.Source: Without conservative Supreme Court majority, voter-law challengers make gains...
