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01 Nov Americans see voter suppression as a bigger problem than voter fraud

Posted at 17:03h in election administration, Election Law, vblog, voter fraud, Voter ID, Voter Registration, voting right, voting rights, y class 0 Comments

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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...

01 Nov Appeals Court Orders Ohio To Count Purged Voters’ Ballots

Posted at 17:03h in 2018, election, election administration, Election Law, states, vblog, y class 0 Comments

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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....

20 Oct Amie Hoeber’s Husband Pumps Another $1.2M Into ‘Super PACs’ Supporting Her Candidacy

Posted at 21:56h in 2018, Campaign Finance, super pac, vblog, y class 0 Comments

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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...

17 Oct Hurricane aftermath threatens to unleash Florida election chaos

Posted at 18:22h in 2018, election administration, vblog, y class 0 Comments

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As tens of thousands of voters in Florida’s storm-tossed Panhandle try to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Michael, their communities are grappling with yet another problem — an election season thrown into disarray.Source: Hurricane aftermath threatens to unleash Florida election chaos...

17 Sep Ted Cruz’s Campaign Marked a Fund-Raising Letter an Official ‘Summons.’ It Wasn’t Against the Rules.

Posted at 23:19h in 2018, Campaign Finance, FEC, vblog, y class 0 Comments

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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...

17 Sep Ted Cruz Campaign is Mailing Donation Requests Disguised as Legal Summonses

Posted at 06:54h in Campaign Finance, vblog, y class 0 Comments

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Ted Cruz’s Texas Senatorial campaign has sent hundreds of thousands of mailers seeking donations that are meant to look like official county summons, a high-ranking campaign official confirmed to Newsweek.Source: Ted Cruz Campaign is Mailing Donation Requests Disguised as Legal Summonses...

17 Sep Is attempting to sway Susan Collins’s vote breaking the law? It’s hard to tell.

Posted at 04:19h in Brad Smith, bribery, Campaign Finance, Election Law, Ethics, supreme court, vblog, y class 0 Comments

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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....

12 Sep Exclusive: Three-quarters of the secret money in recent elections came from 15 groups

Posted at 14:50h in 2018, Campaign Finance, dark money, vblog, y class 0 Comments

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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:...

11 Sep Florida ballot measure looks to restore felon voting rights

Posted at 07:25h in election administration, Election Law, initiative, vblog, y class 0 Comments

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More than 1.5 million Florida residents are barred from voting in state elections for the rest of their lives, because of a tough law that permanently revokes voting rights for anyone convicted of a felony.Source: Florida ballot measure looks to restore felon voting rights...

11 Sep FEC Approves Microsoft Giving Free Security Package to Candidates

Posted at 07:25h in Campaign Finance, FEC, Technology, vblog, y class 0 Comments

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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...