18 Sep

Making a political donation to a presidential campaign is about to get as easy as — well, saying it out loud. Alexa users can make donations of at least $5 and up to $200 to campaigns, and the feature is currently limited to presidential campaigns. Campaigns can sign up starting Thursday.Source: ‘Alexa, I want to make a political contribution.’ Amazon...

22:50 / Campaign Finance / FEC / Technology / vblog
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12 Sep

On Thursday, the Federal Election Commission is supposed to meet in public session. It won’t. That’s because the FEC no longer has enough commissioners to conduct high-level business, including a most fundamental responsibility: enforcing campaign finance laws so politicos don’t cheat voters.Source: At the bedraggled FEC, a clean slate of leaders? The first African-American commissioner?...

00:12 / FEC / vblog
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06 Sep

The Federal Election Commission’s paralysis on key campaign-finance matters could be extended indefinitely as leaders in Congress skirmish over how to appoint new commissioners. Senate Republicans, led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), want to install six new commissioners.Source: Congressional Standoff May Delay Federal Election Oversight (1)...

00:44 / FEC / vblog
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