30 Mar Commentary: Democrats allow GOP to game top-two primary
Source: Commentary: Democrats allow GOP to game top-two primary...
12 Mar Trump wants new authority over polling places. Top election officials say no
WASHINGTON — President Trump would be able to dispatch Secret Service agents to polling places nationwide during a federal election, a vast expansion of executive authority, if a provision in a Homeland Security reauthorization bill remains intact.Source: Trump wants new authority over polling places. Top...
12 Mar No Republican candidates on the Utah ballot this year? It’s a possibility after planned fix falters.
Imagine this year’s ballot with no Utah candidates listed as Republicans. Or, alternatively, the ballot listing only those Republicans who gathered signatures, while others who went through the GOP convention are shut out.Source: No Republican candidates on the Utah ballot this year? It’s a possibility...
28 Feb Voting registration drive makes inroads in unexpected territory: county jails
Several men in green "L.A. County Jail" jumpsuits stood behind bars and listened to Esther Lim speak about this year's elections. "How many here didn't know they could vote?" Lim asked them. Some men came out of their cells or turned around as Lim explained...
28 Feb Supreme Court Considers Voter Fashion Sense
When is a hat a hat? The Supreme Court is considering whether hats and t-shirts constitute political speech in voting polling stations. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Source: Supreme Court Considers Voter Fashion Sense...
28 Feb Lawsuit: 100,000 noncitizens registered to vote in Pennsylvania
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More than 100,000 noncitizens are registered to vote in Pennsylvania alone, according to testimony submitted Monday in a lawsuit demanding the state come clean about the extent of its problems.Source: Lawsuit: 100,000 noncitizens registered to vote in Pennsylvania...
27 Feb Rideout v. Gardner
Vote buying, a practice carried over from England’s early experiments with democracy, was widespread in United States elections until the modern era.1×1. See Richard L. Hasen, Vote Buying, 88 Calif. L. Rev. 1323, 1327 (2000).Source: Rideout v. Gardner...
27 Feb Free Speech vs. Freedom From Intimidation
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Minnesota Voters Alliance v.Source: Free Speech vs. Freedom From Intimidation...
20 Feb California Releases First New Registration Tally in Almost a Year
On February 16, the California Secretary of State released a new registration tally, the first since February 2017. The total number of registered voters declined since February 2017. The new percentages are: Democratic 44.63%; Republican 25.44%; no party preference 24.95%; American Independent 2.Source: California Releases...