2018 Archives - Page 3 of 16 - Legally Political

05 Dec Second woman says she was paid to collect absentee ballots in North Carolina House race

Posted at 17:37h in 2018, absentee, election administration, election integrity, Election Law, vblog 0 Comments

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Cheryl Kinlaw told WSOCTV, a local news station in Charlotte, N.C., that Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr. paid her $100 to collect ballots in their district, adding that Dowless “has been doing it for years."Source: Second woman says she was paid to collect absentee ballots in North...

02 Dec California Democrats rewrite the voting rules in their favor

Posted at 06:32h in 2018, absentee, California, vblog 0 Comments

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Election night was painful for California Republicans, but it was nothing compared to the slow torture we’ve endured ever since. For three agonizing weeks, Republicans have watched registrars update their tallies with late absentee and provisional ballots.Source: California Democrats rewrite the voting rules in their...

01 Dec Sue Frost: Evaluating Sacramento County’s New Voting System

Posted at 20:57h in 2018, 2020, absentee, California, vblog 0 Comments

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In the most recent June 5th election, most of the Sacramento County voters were shocked or confused and some were angry. They were unaware that one year prior, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors had fundamentally changed the way we vote.Source: Sue Frost: Evaluating Sacramento...

01 Dec Inside the GOP’s California nightmare

Posted at 18:32h in 2018, California, vblog 0 Comments

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The party lost big in the state's November House races, and Republicans didn't see it coming. Rep. Steve Knight’s (R-Calif.) campaign went into election night thinking another tough victory was at hand.Source: Inside the GOP's California nightmare...

01 Dec Mystery ballot could sway control of Alaska state government

Posted at 02:17h in 2018, election administration, Election Law, vblog 0 Comments

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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Control of Alaska state government, at least for the next two years, could hinge on a mystery ballot that an election worker found on a table in a Fairbanks voting precinct more than three weeks ago. The uncounted ballot could break...

30 Nov GOP cries foul after California thumping

Posted at 23:17h in 2018, California, election administration, election integrity, vblog 0 Comments

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SAN FRANCISCO — A growing chorus of Republicans are casting doubts about the integrity of the voting system in California, where the party lost at least six House seats in the midterm election — including a handful where the GOP at first appeared to have...

21 Nov Utah proposition to battle gerrymandering set to narrowly pass

Posted at 05:42h in 2018, Gerrymandering, initiative, Redistricting, vblog, y class 0 Comments

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SALT LAKE CITY — Proposition 4, the ballot initiative creating an independent redistricting commission as a stopgap against what's known as gerrymandering by lawmakers, appears to have narrowly won voter approval.Source: Utah proposition to battle gerrymandering set to narrowly pass...

19 Nov Republicans had a secret weapon in the Florida recount fight

Posted at 05:37h in 2018, election administration, Election Law, recount, vblog 0 Comments

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How a GOP lawyer managed politics, the law and big egos to defend Rick Scott. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Jessica Furst Johnson was supposed to fly from Washington to Orlando this week for a post-election Walt Disney World vacation with her husband and their...

17 Nov Going, going … with midterm wipeout, California Republican Party drifts closer to irrelevance

Posted at 03:32h in 2018, California, parties, vblog 0 Comments

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For a party in free-fall the last two decades, the midterm election was unhappy proof to California Republicans that it’s possible to plunge even further.Source: Going, going ...

17 Nov Nearly 2 Decades After Hanging Chads, Florida Encounters Another Election Nightmare

Posted at 03:32h in 2018, election administration, election integrity, Election Law, recount, vblog 0 Comments

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Nearly two decades after the world learned about hanging chads, Florida is under scrutiny again as officials count and recount votes in three statewide races. Hanging chads are long gone from Florida, but many of the same issues that plagued the state during the 2000...