"It would create disincentives for many good people to serve," he said, according to prepared testimony. "And it would slow the pace of reform and progress at the IRS.Source: IRS chief: Don't impeach me...
Priorities USA Action, the main super PAC backing Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, raised $21.7 million in August, its biggest money month yet.Source: Hillary Clinton’s main super PAC has raised $132 million. A third came from six wealthy allies....
You’ve heard of the “margin of error” in polling. Just about every article on a new poll dutifully notes that the margin of error due to sampling is plus or minus three or four percentage points.Source: We Gave Four Good Pollsters the Same Raw Data. They Had Four Different Results....
California has more billionaires than any other state, and an abundance of direct democracy. Those two facts intersect during election season, when spending by wealthy donors helps determine which initiatives make it on the ballot, and how many TV commercials and mailers campaigns can buy.Source: Three multimillionaires stake a claim on California ballot...
Donald Trump is underwriting his presidential bid by selling the Donald Trump lifestyle _ and campaign finance records show it is working Sept. 20, 2016, at 4:11 a.m.Source: Gold cards and red hats: A Trumpian approach to fundraising...
The Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon G. Adelson is shifting tens of millions of dollars into groups backing congressional Republicans despite months of entreaties from allies of Donald J. Trump, according to several Republicans with knowledge of Mr. Adelson’s giving, dealing a major setback to Mr.Source: Sheldon Adelson Focuses on Congressional Races, Despite Donald Trump’s Pleas...
In early 2011, the Florida legislature passed HB 1355, which said that ballot-qualified parties could not place their presidential nominee on the ballot unless the FEC recognized that party as a “national committee”, or unless the party submitted a petition signed by 1% of the number of registeSource: Why the Florida Law, Requiring Qualified Parties to be Recognized by the...
The organization is under investigation for voter registration fraud fraud by Indiana State Police. The Indiana State Police are investigating what they say are fraudulent voter registration forms in Marion and Hendricks counties.Source: State Police investigating voter registration fraud...
ORLANDO, Fla. - There were 12 names listed on the ballot in Florida of candidates running for president in 2012. Eliminating Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, the remaining 10 candidates amassed .9 percent of the vote.Source: 'It's corruption' says Independent Party presidential candidate after being kept off ballot...
