Interested in how Pennsylvania is shaping the 2020 election? Sign up to receive our newsletter every Wednesday.Source: Election results in Philly are going to take even longer than expected: Half the votes still haven’t been counted...
SALT LAKE CITY — Efforts to encourage Democratic and unaffiliated voters to become Republicans so they can vote in the upcoming GOP gubernatorial primary have some state lawmakers scrambling to find ways to make party switches tougher in the future.Source: Should Utah voters who switch parties to vote in a primary have to stay put?...
The coronavirus turned what already promised to be an unprecedented presidential election year into a new test for California and its voting system, Secretary of State Alex Padilla said Friday.Source: California confident it can run November election smoothly even with coronavirus...
As previously reported, the 2020 Utah Republican Convention used ranked choice voting to select party nominees and establish who could move onto the June 30 primary.Source: Ranked choice voting impacts eight races at the Utah GOP Convention...
A Bay Area assemblyman will revise his bill requiring that mail ballots be sent to every California voter this fall after concerns arose that the current version could cause more problems than it would solve.Source: California lawmaker scrambles to fix bill to make it clear ballots won’t go to phantom voters...
Police brutality has spurred young African Americans to take to the streets. But it's far from clear they'll go to the polls.Source: How young black voters could break Biden — and why Democrats are worried...
A surviving renmant of the McCain-Feingold Law sharply restricts the ability of individuals to donate funds to political parties. However, recently Michael Bloomberg gave millions of dollars to the Democratic Party, money taken from his presidential campaign account.Source: Shaun McCutcheon, Wealthy Campaign Finance Activist, Asks FEC Whether He Can Donate $50,000 from his Campaign Account to Libertarian Party...
SACRAMENTO, California — California Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring that in November's general election, it will be required that at least one polling place in a county must allow for in-person, early voting on Oct. 31 until the election.Source: Newsom signs executive order expanding in-person voting across the state...
The District of Columbia’s last-minute decision to allow voting by email in this week’s primary is sounding warning bells for election security hawks.Source: The Cybersecurity 202: D.C.’s use of email voting shows what could go wrong in November...
On June 2, the Eureka, California city council voted unanimously to ask voters if they want to use ranked choice voting for city office. And in a preliminary vote, the Albany, California city council moved closer to doing the same in that city.Source: Ranked Choice Voting Gains in Two California Cities...
