Appearing on MSNBC during the 11 a.m. ET hour on Monday, attorney and former Republican National Committee counsel Mark Braden denounced an attempt by anchor Tamron Hall to dismiss claims of voter fraud as “extraordinarily rare” and “minuscule.Source: Election Lawyer Blasts ‘Lunacy’ of MSNBC Denying Voter Fraud...
With November approaching, political analysts have started crunching the numbers behind the 2016 presidential campaigns. Although Democrats and Republicans have been criticized for the millions of dollars they receive in contributions both parties have said that they want campaign finance reform.Source: 5 Myths About Money in Politics That May Affect Voters' Decisions...
Using data from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s Election Administration and Voting Survey, this indicator measures the percentage—out of all ballots cast—of absentee ballots that were rejected.Source: Elections Performance Index...
Find our content interesting and worth supporting? Donate to The Center for Public Integrity.Source: How Bernie Sanders beat the clock — and avoided disclosure...
Mark Patterson observes that Donald Trump refuses to make the personal tax disclosure that is routinely and without exception expected of senior federal officials.Source: Trump, Taxes, and the Choice of Law or Politics -...
In Texas, Michigan, North Carolina and elsewhere, federal courts in recent months have struck down one discriminatory voting law after another in a series of major victories for voting-rights advocates.Source: Voting Rights Success? Not So Fast...
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v.Source: Political Contributions and Lobbying Proposals...
Identity theft wasn’t supposed to be part of writing checks to the Democratic National Committee.Source: Identity thieves target Dems’ big donors after DNC hack...
The new procedure comes in response to an increase this election cycle in the filing of registration and statement of candidacy forms (FEC Forms 1 and 2) that provide patently false candidate or treasurer names, questionable contact or bank information, or material that does not relate to campaign finance, such as drawings, essays and personal court records.FEC Adopts Interim Verification...
Donald Trump is getting pro-active about concerns the White House race could be “rigged” against him, by recruiting “election observers” to help monitor the vote, though details of the program are unclear -- and are raising concerns about potential Election Day confrontations.Source: Trump recruiting 'election observers' to scout for fraud...
