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...
The difference between TV game shows and California elections is that game show producers try to find the vulnerabilities to fraud and manipulation before the system starts to give away money.Source: Election integrity measures should be a part of any election changes...
On the night of presidential elections in the United States, many Americans stay up late to find out who won. The reason? Most areas use electronic voting machines and computers to count-up ballots.Source: Mail-in Voting May Delay US Presidential Election Results...
You can read the court’s opinion by Judge Jerry Smith, along with separate concurrences by Judge Ho and Costa at this link.Source: Breaking: 5th Circuit Stays Lower Court Order on Challenge to Texas Absentee Voting Rules During a Pandemic, Creating Some Bad Law Along the Way...
“Board of Elections Staff Cannot Advise You As To the Manner in Which You File Your Documents. Please Seek the Advice of Your Attorney.Source: Political candidates deserve free lawyers: The NYC Board of Elections isn’t advancing democratic interests...
Recently launched super PAC Desert Leadership Fund has spent nearly $169,000 on mailers supporting former pro wrestler Dan Rodimer over former Nevada state treasurer Dan Schwartz in what is largely a two-person race.Source: Super PACs pour half-million into Nevada House primary without disclosing donors...
The Senate Intelligence Committee quietly approved on Wednesday a measure that would require presidential campaigns to report offers of foreign election influence to federal authorities, a move taken in response to Russian election interference in 2016 and one that could draw the attention of PresidSource: Senate panel approves legislation requiring campaigns to report foreign election help...
On Tuesday, Twitter demonstrated the breadth of the censorship powers now wielded by social media platforms. In the space of a single day, the company both apologized for a series of tweets by the president of the United States and formally labeled two more of his tweets as false.Source: Twitter Raises New Questions in Adding Warning to Trump Tweets...
Even before the arrival of the coronavirus, I was frequently asked what I saw as the biggest sources of a potential systemic crisis for the fall election—in particular, those risks there might still be time to mitigate.Source: Reducing One Source of a Potential Election Meltdown...
The drive to expand vote-by-mail options amid the coronavirus pandemic has caused a major spike in lawsuits in what was already expected to be a banner year for election-related litigation.Source: 2020 Was Already Expected to Be A Record Year for Election-Related Lawsuits—Then Coronavirus Happened...
