For those trying to secretly influence the election as the clock winds down, Oct. 20 was an important milestone. If a super PAC waited until then to register, it doesn’t need to file any information about its donors with the FEC until 30 days after the election. Pretty smooth, eh?Source: PACs pop up just in time to avoid reporting donors...
On Monday afternoon, the Supreme Court denied Democrats’ request to reinstate a trial court order barring the presidential campaigns and others from several activities views by the lower court as voter intimidation tactics.Source: SCOTUS, Without Asking for Response from Republicans, Rejects Attempt to Revive Trump Voter Intimidation Decree; J. Ginsburg Weighs In {Corrected]...
You may be a reliable Democratic voter in a solid-blue city. Maybe you have a graduate degree; maybe you’re a member of an ethnic or religious minority; maybe you are a woman. Any of these would make you a likely Hillary Clinton supporter. So why did you just see an ad for Donald J.Source: Why Facebook Showed You That Ad...
Back in August I wrote at NLJ about Republicans’ third attempt to overturn McCain-Feingold’s limits on how much political parties can raise from donors for election related advertising and other things.Source: Breaking: Three-Judge Court Rejects Challenge to McCain-Feingold Soft Money Issues, Teeing Up Issue for (New) Supreme Court...
It’s the campaign scenario that keeps partisan operatives and lawyers awake at night: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton end Election Day deadlocked with key states in a recount, and a short-handed Supreme Court can't resolve the matter because the eight justices split down the middle.Source: Can the Supreme Court handle a disputed election?...
With Americans becoming acquainted with the corrupt, crooked, and callous nature of the Clinton Political Machine, Bill & Hillary tried to stop our efforts to ensure a fair vote.Source: Roger Stone: “we will not allow the dark forces behind Hillary’s campaign to engage in voter fraud and tampering.”...
Ohio jumped the partisan line from Toss Up Clinton to Toss Up Trump, but note the average: +0.01. The Buckeye state is close here at FHQ. Nevada rejoins the Watch List, slipping under the Clinton +1 threshold, but the Silver state has been hovering there. Colorado slides off the Watch List.Source: The Electoral College Map (11/7/16)...
California citizens vote early at the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters on Nov. 4 in San Jose. | AP PhotoSource: Exit polls under siege...
For the past few decades, presidential elections have been dominated by voters of the Baby Boom and previous generations, who are estimated to have cast a majority of the votes. But their election reign may end this November, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of census data.Source: This may be the last presidential election dominated by Boomers and...
Using data from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s Election Administration and Voting Survey, this indicator measures the percentage—out of all ballots cast—of absentee ballots that were rejected.Source: Elections Performance Index...
