Mail-in ballots dropped into the postal system on Tuesday, and California Secretary of State Alex Padilla held a press conference to announce the steps the state was taking to ensure the November 6 election would be untainted by foreign influence.Source: Ballots Drop, and So Does Fake News...
Republicans are at risk of a wipeout in California’s six most hotly contested congressional races, a new poll shows — a result that could radically reshape the state’s political map, with major consequences nationally.Source: Republicans face big risks in contested California races as Democrats fight for control of the House...
Democratic House candidates raised nearly $36 million online in August, giving many the resources to air early TV ads.Source: Democrats find their answer to the Koch brothers...
Lexology: “Dark Money” Gets a Little Light: CREW v. FEC and Its Implications for the 2018 MidtermsSource: Lexology: “Dark Money” Gets a Little Light: CREW v. FEC and Its Implications for the 2018 Midterms (In the News)...
It was mid-July 2016 when Neil Jenkins learned that someone had hacked the Illinois Board of Elections.Source: The Crisis of Election Security...
On September 26, the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released a statewide poll for various California races and ballot measures. It shows that 23% of residents who say they will cast a ballot, intend to leave U.S. Senate blank.Source: Poll Shows 23% of Californians Who Plan to Cast a Vote Will Leave U.S. Senate Blank...
Facebook has announced in a briefing call its plans to push users for voter registration ahead of the US and Brazil elections. The company has partnered with TurboVote, the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute to monitor election meddling.Source: Facebook pushes voter registration drive, inks deals to monitor elections...
MENLO PARK, Calif. — Sandwiched between Building 20 and Building 21 in the heart of Facebook’s campus, an approximately 25-foot-by-35-foot conference room is under construction. Thick cords of blue wiring hang from the ceiling, ready to be attached to window-size computer monitors on 16 desks.Source: Inside Facebook’s Election ‘War Room’...
Super PACs funded by some of the nation's richest people are pouring tens of millions of dollars into the midterm elections, outpacing even the party committees that were once the biggest spenders in the field.Source: Super PACs spend big in high-stakes midterms...
The Texas senator’s re-election campaign sent voters in at least three counties a letter with a label suggesting it was a legal summons. The Federal Election Commission says doing so doesn’t break any rules.Source: Ted Cruz’s Campaign Marked a Fund-Raising Letter an Official ‘Summons.’ It Wasn’t Against the Rules....
