WASHINGTON — When allies of former President Barack Obama set up a super PAC to support his 2012 re-election, the White House disowned the group, The New York Times published a scathing editorial and former Democratic Sen.Source: Democrats used to rail against 'dark money.' Now they're better at it than the GOP....
20 years ago this fall, a hotly contested presidential election led to 36 days of legal turmoil that culminated with the Supreme Court’s ruling in Bush v. Gore.Source: Introducing the 2020 Election Litigation Tracker...
Remember hanging chads, Florida's 2000 election nightmare? The 2020 equivalent could wind up being mismatched signatures.Source: Mismatched signatures prompt tossed absentee ballots and legal fights ahead of November election...
No one loves lawn signs more than political candidates. Political candidates love lawn signs because 1. They love seeing their name around, 2. They assume that the number of lawn signs they see somehow correlates to the level of support they enjoy and 3.Source: Sorry campaign managers: Lawn signs are only 98.3 percent useless....
If you saw a new popup message when you opened Facebook recently, don’t worry: It’s not a hoax. In a bid to make up for, eh, letting the Russians run rampant on its platform before the last presidential election, Facebook has launched a poll worker recruitment drive this weekend.Source: No, You’re Not Seeing Things. Facebook Has Launched a Poll Worker...
Topline Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a complaint against Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Friday with the Federal Elections Commission, as calls grow for the controversial Postal Service chief to face consequences for allegedly reimbursing employees who made donations toSource: Watchdog Files FEC Complaint Against Louis DeJoy As Outrage Over Alleged Campaign Finance Violations Grows...
PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. Attorney General William Barr delivered a broadside attack on mail-in voting Thursday, attacking the process used by many Americans — including the vast majority of Arizonans — as prone to undue influence and coercion.Source: U.S. Attorney General Barr attacks voting by mail while in Arizona...
Old Navy, Target, Warby Parker, and Compass Coffee are paying employees to vote and work at the polls.Source: There might be a shortage of election poll workers. Corporate America wants to help....
Since 2016, Republicans have netted nearly seven times as many registered voters in Pennsylvania than Democrats. PHILADELPHIA — President Donald Trump has trailed Joe Biden in virtually every poll in Pennsylvania this year.Source: ‘I want to be in the Trump party’: GOP rides voter registration surge in key state...
The Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity arm and the FBI said on Tuesday they've seen no cyberattacks on voter registration databases this year, following news reports about Michigan voter data appearing on a Russian hacking forum.Source: DHS, FBI rebut reports about hacked voter data on Russian forum...
