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...
Maryland Senator Ben Cardin introduced on Tuesday the Democracy Restoration Act (or DRA), which would restore federal voting rights to Americans who are not in prison but are nevertheless denied the right to vote because of prior criminal convictions.Source: Senators Take Step Forward on Voting Rights Restoration...
THE MID-TERM elections in Florida featured some momentous races, including razor’s-edge counts in the Senate and governor’s contests.Source: Why the restoration of felons’ voting rights in Florida is a big deal...
The House on Friday approved a sweeping measure that would, among many others things, expand voters' access to the polls. But Senate Republican leaders say that chamber will not take up the bill, calling it a power grab. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.Source: Exaggerating Voting Issues May Juice A Base — But It Also 'Undermines Our Democracy'...
Utah elects a state school board from districts. Those elections are non-partisan. A few years ago the law was changed to say those elections are “partisan”, but that law was not specific.Source: Utah Bill for Partisan Elections for State Board of Education...
New York Rep.Source: Ocasio-Cortez, chief of staff illegally moved $885K in campaign contributions 'off the books,' FEC complaint alleges...
California Democratic Party Chairman Eric Bauman is calling for a boycott of In-N-Out burger because, horror of horrors, the company donates to Republicans. No discussion of whether In-N-Out burger is good or bad for the state.Source: Disclosure Laws Will Hurt Minority Views...
A former Republican congressional candidate and major 2018 GOP donor has been indicted for using a super PAC to funnel more than $1 million in contributions to himself. Rhode Island political consultant Russell Taub was charged last week by the U.S.Source: GOP donor Russell Taub indicted for paying himself $1 million through ‘scam PAC’...
Fed up with the Federal Election Commission’s gridlock that has given violators of election law a free pass, the agency’s new chair says she won’t allow FEC lawyers to defend the government when the FEC has been sued for not enforcing the law.Source: Elections Commission Chief Uses the “Nuclear Option” to Rescue the Agency From Gridlock...
The Supreme Court said Friday that it would take up a case this term to decide whether the Trump administration can add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. The justices will hear the case in April.Source: Supreme Court agrees to take up 2020 census case...
