12 Aug

After a notable string of voting rights decisions in the past few weeks — throwing out or weakening voter identification and other restrictive voting laws in Texas, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and elsewhere — you might think that the rules are settled for November.Source: As voter rights cases churn through courts, rights are uncertain. But confusion is guaranteed....

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29 Jul

Each week, Nate Cohn, The Upshot’s elections analyst, based in Washington, and Toni Monkovic, an Upshot editor in New York, discuss the 2016 race and post a lightly edited transcript of their written exchange. By now, it’s clear that Donald Trump has a realistic shot to become president.Source: Donald Trump’s Path: What Map Should Democrats Fear the Most?...

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29 Jul

Email exchanges involving top officials at the Democratic National Committee released along with private documents by WikiLeaks show that DNC officials hoped to reward top donors and insiders with appointments to federal boards and commissions in coordination with the White House.Source: Leaks show DNC asked White House to reward donors with slots on boards and commissions...

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20 Jul

When the technology investor Peter Thiel takes the stage just before Donald J. Trump at the Republican convention this week, he will become the most prominent public face of a species so endangered it might as well be called extinct: the Silicon Valley Trump supporter. Nobody knows what Mr.Source: Peter Thiel’s Embrace of Trump Has Silicon Valley Squirming...

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19 Jul

If something's amiss, you can contact your local registrar of voters office. In Riverside County, call 951-486-7200 or go to www.voteinfo.net. In San Bernardino County, call 800-881-VOTE or go to http://ift.tt/29Sa7lx. Think there's fraud? Go to www.sos.ca.gov and search for "voter complaint.Source: ELECTION 2016: Protecting your voting information from fraud, tampering...

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19 Jul

In the wake of the defeated attempt to force a roll call vote on the rules package at the Republican National Convention -- summary from FHQ forthcoming -- there have been a number of questions and comments lobbed FHQ's way about the possibility of a suspension of the rules on the nomination roll caSource: Thoughts on a Motion to Suspend...

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