01 Nov

There are two competing theories about how American elections fail to accurately capture the sentiment of the electorate. One theory, propagated by President Trump, holds that rampant voter fraud is committed by people unable to vote, swaying elections unfairly.Source: Americans see voter suppression as a bigger problem than voter fraud...

17:03 / election administration / Election Law / vblog / voter fraud / Voter ID / Voter Registration / voting right / voting rights / y class
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01 Nov

In a decision likely affecting thousands of voters, a 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel determined that those purged from the rolls between 2011 and 2015 will be eligible to vote as long as they live in the same county where they were last registered. Anyone who re-registered before Oct.Source: Appeals Court Orders Ohio To Count Purged Voters' Ballots...

17:03 / 2018 / election / election administration / Election Law / states / vblog / y class
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20 Oct

Democrat David Trone and Republican Amie Hoeber are vying for the 6th District seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. John Delaney. Mark Epstein, a telecommunications executive married to District 6 Republican congressional nominee Amie Hoeber, in recent weeks has made a total of $1.Source: Amie Hoeber’s Husband Pumps Another $1.2M Into ‘Super PACs’ Supporting Her Candidacy...

21:56 / 2018 / Campaign Finance / super pac / vblog / y class
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17 Sep

The Texas senator’s re-election campaign sent voters in at least three counties a letter with a label suggesting it was a legal summons. The Federal Election Commission says doing so doesn’t break any rules.Source: Ted Cruz’s Campaign Marked a Fund-Raising Letter an Official ‘Summons.’ It Wasn’t Against the Rules....

23:19 / 2018 / Campaign Finance / FEC / vblog / y class
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17 Sep

Bradley Smith is chairman of the Institute for Free Speech, a former Republican chairman of the Federal Election Commission, and a visiting fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University.Source: Is attempting to sway Susan Collins’s vote breaking the law? It’s hard to tell....

04:19 / Brad Smith / bribery / Campaign Finance / Election Law / Ethics / supreme court / vblog / y class
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12 Sep

WASHINGTON – Just 15 groups account for three-quarters of the anonymous cash flowing into federal elections since the Supreme Court paved the way for corporate and union money in candidate races eight years ago, according to a new report provided first to USA TODAY.Source: Exclusive: Three-quarters of the secret money in recent elections came from 15 groups...

14:50 / 2018 / Campaign Finance / dark money / vblog / y class
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11 Sep

Late last week, the FEC unanimously (!) approved an advisory opinion allowing Microsoft to “offer a package of enhanced online account security services at no additional charge on a nonpartisan basis to its election-sensitive customers, including federal candidates and national party committees.Source: FEC Approves Microsoft Giving Free Security Package to Candidates...

07:25 / Campaign Finance / FEC / Technology / vblog / y class
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