February 18, 2020 at 3:15 PM ESTA campaign-finance watchdog group has filed a complaint alleging the presidential campaign of Pete Buttigieg improperly coordinated with VoteVets, a super PAC supporting the campaign of the former mayor of South Bend, Ind.Source: Buttigieg and his super PAC improperly coordinated on Nevada ads, watchdog group says...
A three-judge North Carolina Court of Appeals panel has ruled unanimously that the state’s voter photo ID law will not stand pending a trial on the merits of the underlying lawsuit.Source: NC Court of Appeals throws out voter photo ID for now, says law likely passed with discriminatory intent...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — When the U.S. Census Bureau counts residents of Milwaukee’s poorest neighborhoods next year, a significant portion of their population will be missing: prisoners.Source: Census counting of prisoners becomes partisan battleground...
Our Constitution is both the shortest (with the possible exception of Monaco’s) and the oldest (with the possible exception of San Marino’s) written constitution of any government in the world. Myths persist about America’s most enduring, and important, document. Here are five. Myth No. 1Source: Five myths about the Constitution...
In North Carolina, lawmakers have been forced back to the drawing board yet again after a state court ruled last month that the current congressional map was drawn illegally along partisan lines.Source: Redistricting activists brace for wall of inaction as battle moves to states...
The Campaign for Free Speech survey found that 51% of Americans say the First Amendment should be rewritten and 48% say that “hate speech” should be illegal.Source: 'Outdated' First Amendment should be rewritten, majority say...
It won’t stop foreigners from meddling in U.S. elections, but it would traduce free speech.Source: Honest Ads Act Is False Advertising...
On September 13, the California legislature passed AB 681. It lets voters change their party affiliation as late as primary day, without filling out a new voter registration form. It lets voters change their party by telephone, fax, or e-mail, as well as in person at the polls.Source: California Bill to Let Voters Change Their Party Immediately Before a Primary...
Cambridge, MA — The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission: One State’s Model for Gerrymandering Reform,” a new report detailing the lessons learned from Arizona’s innovative approach to legislative redistricting. "Arizona is a pioneer when it comes to independent redistricting.Source: New Report Highlights Arizona as a Model for Redistricting Reform Nationwide...
(Reuters) - The Americans for Prosperity Foundation, a libertarian nonprofit founded by Charles and David Koch, filed a petition this week at the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the justices to review a 2018 ruling by the 9th U.S.Source: Koch-founded charity asks for Supreme Court help to keep donor list secret...
