Legislation to require proof of U.S. citizenship before registering to vote in Virginia elections passed the Republican-controlled House of Delegates on Wednesday on a 64-33 vote along party lines.Source: Virginia House passes bill to require proof of citizenship to vote in state, local elections...
On January 28, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order that imposes an extra layer of ethics obligations on presidentially appointed members of the White House and Executive Branch.Source: Trump Ethics Order Loosens Hiring Rules, but Tightens Post-Employment Restrictions...
In his farewell address to the nation, then-President Barack Obama called for an end to partisan gerrymandering, saying that congressional districts should be drawn “to cater to common sense and not rigid extremes.Source: We have a standard for judging partisan gerrymandering. The Supreme Court should use it....
On Monday, at the same time her father, President Trump, fired the acting attorney general of the United States, Ivanka Trump and her husband, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, were having a low-key dinner at an Italian restaurant a mile from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.Source: Jared and Ivanka turned down a free dinner on date night. Could they have taken it?...
Gregg Phillips' claims about voter fraud thrust the Montgomery man and former Alabama GOP fundraiser into the national media spotlight after President Donald Trump mentioned his name in a Jan. 27 Twitter post about "3 million" people voting illegally.Source: Trump's voter fraud claims rooted in Alabama man's work...
On February 1, U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter, a Clinton appointee, ruled that the California Secretary of State did not violate the First Amendment when he censored Paul Merritt’s candidate statement in the Voters Guide.Source: U.S. District Court Says California Secretary of State May Censor Candidate Statements in Voter Guide...
With a new set of politically active nonprofits promising to pour millions into ads supporting President Donald Trump’s agenda and cabinet nominees, an FEC decision last month provides a telling reminder of how these groups push the legal limits on their activity — and how difficult it isSource: As pro-Trump nonprofits rev up, regulators stall again...
In the last decade, the Supreme Court has issued a series of 5-4 decisions that eviscerated previously existing campaign finance law, and led to such despised phenomena as super PACs, “dark money” spending, and unlimited corporate and union expenditures.Source: Fact Check: What the Supreme Court Got Wrong in its Money in Politics Decisions...
President Trump has announced that his administration will be launching a major investigation of voter fraud, including those who are registered in more than one state, “those who are illegal” and those voters who are dead but still registered.Source: John Fund and Hans von Spakovsky: Why Trump's probe of voter fraud is long overdue...
His work prompted the president's call to investigate the election—but now, he warns it’s too early to draw firm conclusions.Source: Trump's Favorite Voter-Fraud Activist Hedges His Claims...
