Broward Supervisor of Elections Brenda C. Snipes agreed Wednesday evening to alter the way her office has gone about reviewing and opening tens of thousands of mail-in ballots after her methods were challenged by the Republican Party of Florida.Source: Broward elections supervisor resolves Republicans’ challenge over mail-in ballots...
Many K Street leaders view social media and digital advocacy, not traditional lobbying, as the fastest-growing segments of the influence industry, according to a recent survey of Washington lobbyists, lawyers, association executives and think tank leaders.Source: K Street says social media are growing faster than traditional lobbying as way to influence Washington...
WASHINGTON The FBI and U.S. intelligence agencies are examining faked documents aimed at discrediting the Hillary Clinton campaign as part of a broader investigation into what U.S.Source: FBI examining fake documents targeting Clinton campaign: sources...
Pictures or it didn't happen. A ballot selfie is just the logical extension of that ironclad rule. A picture is an act of speech, and given our modern reliance on social media sites to disseminate all human information, a picture is among the only speech acts people will actually pay attention to.Source: Are Voting Booth Selfies Fun or Dangerous?...
OLYMPIA — In a historic decision, a Thurston County Superior Court judge today ordered the Grocery Manufacturers Association to pay $18 million in penalties and punitive damages, after Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s lawsuit revealed GMA intentionally violated Washington campaign finance laws.Source: AG: Grocery Manufacturers Assoc. to pay $18M, largest campaign finance penalty in US history...
A bipartisan group of congressional members and candidates is filing a federal suit Friday against the Federal Election Commission, seeking to force the agency to act on a complaint it brought against 10 super PACs in July. The maneuver is part of a legal strategy aimed at rolling back SpeechNow.Source: Legal team seeking to undo super PACs files suit to...
If the polls closed right at this moment (which they won't) and if the results in each state perfectly mirrored the current RealClearPolitics average of polls in each state (which they won't), Hillary Clinton would be elected president by an electoral college margin of 8 votes.Source: Donald Trump has never been closer to the presidency than he is at this...
Federal Election Commissioner Ann Ravel wished to step down until she met with President Barack Obama in early 2016, who persuaded her to stay on board through the November election in return for two favors, a senior federal government official has told The Daily Caller.Source: EXCLUSIVE: Senior Gov. Official Says Obama Made Quid Pro Quo Deal With FEC Commissioner...
This is it. The end is finally nigh…well at least (we hope) for the 2016 election cycle.Although millions of voters have already cast their ballots either through early voting, absentee voting or vote-by-mail, millions more will head to the polls on November 8 and cast their ballot for the 45th president of the United States as well as countless other...
On Tuesday, Americans will elect a president without the full protections of the Voting Rights Act. The last time that happened they were deciding between Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater — more than a half-century ago.Source: Without a modernized Voting Rights Act, there’s no such thing as an honest election...
