Americans elected the greatest president, Lincoln, four years after the worst, Buchanan, so there’s some hope that 2020 will redeem 2016, whoever wins on Tuesday.Source: History Repeats as Farce, Then as 2016...
WASHINGTON ― A man wearing a Donald Trump shirt and carrying a weapon stood outside a voting location in Loudoun County, Virginia, on Friday. Authorities in the nation’s richest county are apparently OK with that.Source: A Guy In A Trump Shirt Carried A Gun Outside Of A Virginia Polling Place. Authorities Say That's Fine....
The court’s order denying all requested relief is here. The key portion of the order is its sole footnote: The Court is not limiting post-election discovery requests to the events described in Nevada.Source: Breaking: District Court in DNC v. RNC Case Denies Injunction, Contempt, and Extension of Voter Intimidation Decree, For Now...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic elector in Washington state said Friday he won't vote for Hillary Clinton even if she wins the popular vote in his state on Election Day, adding a degree of suspense when the Electoral College affirms the election results next month.Source: Electoral college voter says he will not vote for Clinton...
“What has happened during the open primary is that the races have become longer in calendar length, and much more expensive — even though the number of races that are competitive, hotly contested, still remains relatively small,” said David McCuan, a political science professor at Sonoma StatSource: Top-Two Primary System Results in Numerous Same-Party Races...
Casting your vote shouldn’t take all day. But as anyone who has ever raced to the polls after work knows, the lines quickly grow from annoying to unmanageable. You’ve got places to be, kids and pets to feed, calls of nature to answer.Source: Lines, Be Gone: Mapping Tech Is Here to Help You Vote Faster...
Linda Reedy has long been convinced that voter fraud was afoot, with ballots cast even by people who were not American citizens.Source: In Orange County, mostly white residents heed Donald Trump's call to be on the lookout for voter fraud...
Berkeley, CA - A preliminary analysis of website traffic to the comprehensive online voter guide Voter’s Edge California reveals that some of the most high-profile propositions on the statewide ballot are garnering less attention from users of Voter’s Edge California than ballot measures largSource: As California Prepares to Vote, Lesser-Known Ballot Measures Garner Voters’ Attention...
The Ohio Republican Party has filed a complaint with federal election officials, claiming the Ohio Democratic Party sent mailers without required disclaimers to identify the source of the brochures or who paid for them.Source: Ohio GOP files election complaint against Democratic Party...
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Saturday morning indicated that it doesn’t want lower courts messing with election laws before Tuesday’s election.Source: The Supreme Court Basically Told Judges To Stop Messing With Voting Laws Before The Election...
