Few topics have excited the collective electiongeek imagination in the last week or so more than the potential for the hot new game Pokemon Go to be used as a means to generate interest in, and turnout at, the polls in November.Source: In Which I Am (a Bit of) a Killjoy About Pokemon Go at the Polls...
In the wake of the defeated attempt to force a roll call vote on the rules package at the Republican National Convention -- summary from FHQ forthcoming -- there have been a number of questions and comments lobbed FHQ's way about the possibility of a suspension of the rules on the nomination roll caSource: Thoughts on a Motion to Suspend...
Republicans are denouncing Ohio Gov. John Kasich for ditching his own party’s convention held in the state he governs. Of course, he’s not the only nationally known GOP leader to skip the proceedings.Source: They talk the talk, but don’t write the checks: No Trump donors on Republican stage yet...
CLEVELAND — The balloons have already been stuffed into the rafters. The nominee is already known. The story lines are few. Yet 15,000 journalists — six for every one of the 2,500 delegates here — have encamped for the Republican National Convention.Source: ‘This is preposterous,’ says the media about the media’s convention overkill...
On July 19, U.S. District Court Judge Lynn Adelman, a Clinton, issued an order in Frank v Walker, e.d., 11-cv-1128. This is the case filed in 2011 over Wisconsin’s law requiring voters at the polls to show photo I.D.Source: U.S. District Court Rules that Wisconsin Must Allow Voters without ID To Vote If They Sign Under Penalty of Perjury That...
The 2016 Republican National Convention is a scary time for many Americans—including many Republicans—and so on the Late Show on Monday night, Stephen Colbert brought back two figures from the in-retrospect quite comforting era of the mid-to-late 2000s: Stephen Colbert (the character) andSource: Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart return to explain Trump (VIDEO)....
In the latest sign of partisanship on the Federal Election Commission, a top Democrat and former chair of the nation's elections umpires has put herself in the anti-NRA, anti-Donald Trump, and anti-Koch Brothers camp with her retweets.Source: Twitter rants against NRA, Kochs, Trump retweeted by top FEC Dem...
There has been a well meaning, but misguided, effort to convince delegates to the Republican National Convention that, despite state party rules or state laws in many states that bind them to vote for the winners of their state’s primary or caucus, they are free to vote for whoever they want fSource: GOP delegates are legitimately bound, deal with it...
Enid Mickelsen will be the establishment’s enforcer at this summer’s GOP convention, working on behalf of Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus to squash dissent and facilitate the uneventful nomination of Donald J. Trump.Source: Enid Mickelsen & Republican Convention : Rules Committee Fight over Donald Trump...
DONALD Trump has been slapped down after sending begging letters to Scottish politicians asking them to help fund his bid for the White House. The tycoon emailed Scottish MPs from all parties last week urging them to “make America great again” by donating to his campaign.Source: Natalie McGarry publicly rebuffs Donald Trump fundraising plea...
