Partisan gerrymandering — the practice of drawing voting districts to give one political party an unfair edge — is one of the few political issues that voters of all stripes find common cause in condemning.Source: How to Quantify (and Fight) Gerrymandering...
Alexandria, VA – Attorneys for Colorado and the Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) filed a notice in federal court today ending a free speech case that began more than four years ago.Source: Colorado closes free speech case, changes law, pays $220K in attorney’s fees...
Some on the right have claimed that the complaint filed by Twitter (via Seth Waxman) seeking to block the Trump administration from forcing Twitter to reveal the identity of a Twitter user critical of the government (and perhaps working for the government) demonstrates the unconstitutionality of cSource: No, the Attempt to Block the Unmasking of Trump Critic on Twitter Does Not...
The billionaire brothers and political superdonors Charles and David Koch disliked Donald Trump and the populist promises he made to his white working-class followers.Source: No, Donald Trump's triumph is not a setback for the Koch brothers...
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Thursday engineered a dramatic change in how the chamber confirms Supreme Court nominations, bypassing a Democratic blockade of Judge Neil M. Gorsuch in a move that will most likely reshape both the Senate and the court.Source: Senate Republicans Deploy ‘Nuclear Option’ to Clear Path for Gorsuch...
Alexandria, VA – The Center for Competitive Politics (CCP), America’s largest nonprofit defending First Amendment political speech rights, released the following statement commending New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez for her veto of S.B. 96:Source: CCP Commends New Mexico Governor Martinez for Vetoing Anti-Donor Privacy Bill...
Following the annual review of Lobbying Disclosure Act Guidance, Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives issued revised guidance on January 31st, 2017. Outlined below are the new updates included in the revised guidance. The full revised guidance can be found here.Source: Revised LDA Guidance...
Alaska Representative Gabrielle Ledoux (R-Anchorage) introduced HB 200 on March 29. It converts Alaska elections to top-two elections. The bill has a hearing on Monday, April 10, at 1 pm, in the House Judiciary Committee. The Committee will meet again on the bill on Wednesday, April 12, for a vote.Source: Alaska Top-Two Bill Has Hearing Monday, April 10...
The move marks the first major West Wing shake-up less than three months into Trump's presidency.Source: Senior White House aide Katie Walsh moving to pro-Trump political group...
Staff asked to hand in resignation letters at DNC:Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez has launched a major overhaul of the party's organization, which has been stung by recent crises — and the DNC has requested resignation letters from all current staffers.Source: Embattled DNC Asks All Staffers For Resignation Letters...
