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18 Dec Yes, Donald Trump Is in Real Legal Jeopardy for Campaign-Finance Violations

Posted at 22:32h in 2016 election, Brad Smith, Campaign Finance, FEC, Trump, vblog, y class 0 Comments

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Earlier today, Bradley Smith continued our conversation about whether Donald Trump’s hush-money payments violated federal election law. I say maybe — depending on the evidence.Source: Yes, Donald Trump Is in Real Legal Jeopardy for Campaign-Finance Violations...

14 Dec Former FEC commissioners: Trump-Cohen ‘hush’ payments not necessarily a violation

Posted at 16:20h in Brad Smith, Campaign Finance, vblog, y class 0 Comments

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Video Michael Cohen's guilty plea and subsequent sentencing for campaign-finance violations and other crimes revived speculation about President Trump's potential legal exposure -- but some former Federal Election Commission members say neither of them necessarily committed a violation with hush-mSource: Former FEC commissioners: Trump-Cohen 'hush' payments not...

14 Dec Utah voters passed a bill legalizing medical marijuana. The Mormon church helped derail it.

Posted at 16:20h in initiative, states, Utah, vblog, y class 0 Comments

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It took Christine Stenquist years to find something to take the edge off of her chronic pain. Bedridden for a decade and a half after a massive seizure, she suffered from nausea triggered by pain medication that also gave her depression and insomnia.Source: Utah voters...

12 Dec Utah Government Asks U.S. Supreme Court for More Time to Respond to Republican Case

Posted at 22:25h in ballot access, parties, Utah, vblog, y class 0 Comments

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The U.S. Supreme Court had asked the Utah government to respond by January 2, in Utah Republican Party v Cox. This is the case over whether the First Amendment freedom of association clause protects a party’s right to decide for itself how it nominates.Source: Utah...

12 Dec Utah Initiative for Nonpartisan Redistricting Passed, Even Though it Lost in 25 of Utah’s 29 Counties

Posted at 22:25h in 2018, Gerrymandering, initiative, Redistricting, states, Utah, vblog, y class 0 Comments

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Final Utah election returns show that Proposition Four, setting up an independent redistricting commission for U.S. House and state legislative boundaries, passed with 50.3% of the vote. The final tally is: yes 512,218; no 505,274. The measure failed in 25 of Utah’s 29 counties.Source: Utah...

07 Dec Supreme Court discussing partisan gerrymandering behind closed doors Friday

Posted at 19:08h in Gerrymandering, Redistricting, supreme court, vblog, y class 0 Comments

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The Supreme Court is scheduled to return to a deeply divisive issue on Friday when the justices meet behind closed doors to discuss an issue left unresolved last term: when do states go too far in drawing district lines for partisan gain?Source: Supreme Court discussing...

06 Dec North Carolina investigators zero in on absentee ballots in unresolved House race

Posted at 21:22h in 2018, congress, election administration, election integrity, Election Law, vblog, y class 0 Comments

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In one rural county, several individuals requested absentee ballots on behalf of hundreds of voters. What happened to those ballots? ELIZABETHTOWN, N.C.Source: North Carolina investigators zero in on absentee ballots in unresolved House race...

06 Dec Supreme Court Should Strike Down Unfair Campaign Contribution Rules

Posted at 20:17h in Campaign Finance, states, vblog, y class 0 Comments

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The Supreme Court should strike down campaign-finance rules that play partisan favorites. Can the government pass laws that effectively silence groups on one side of a political debate but not the other? You might think not.Source: Supreme Court Should Strike Down Unfair Campaign Contribution Rules...

05 Dec Trump Exposes the Holes in Campaign-Finance Laws

Posted at 17:37h in Campaign Finance, Trump, vblog, y class 0 Comments

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The release of a taped telephone conversation between Michael Cohen and Donald Trump has given rise to renewed questions about whether President Trump committed federal campaign-finance violations in hiding extramarital affairs.Source: Trump Exposes the Holes in Campaign-Finance Laws...

21 Nov Utah proposition to battle gerrymandering set to narrowly pass

Posted at 05:42h in 2018, Gerrymandering, initiative, Redistricting, vblog, y class 0 Comments

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SALT LAKE CITY — Proposition 4, the ballot initiative creating an independent redistricting commission as a stopgap against what's known as gerrymandering by lawmakers, appears to have narrowly won voter approval.Source: Utah proposition to battle gerrymandering set to narrowly pass...