This election is a mess, and Trump’s comments on election rigging have only added to it.Source: How Much Will Voters Trust Election Results On Election Day?...
American elections have always been at least a little dirty. What would a political campaign be without unseemly actors stirring trouble, duping voters and raising the specter of violence? Political mischief is as old as politics itself, and the United States has countless examples.Source: Dirty Tricks, Vandalism and the Dark Side of Politics...
Legalization of recreational marijuana in California will become reality if voters approve Proposition 64 on November 8. The proposed law makes the possession, cultivation, use, and sale of cannabis legal for adults 21 and older. Recreational marijuana is widely supported by Californians.Source: Marijuana Legalization: California Likely To Approve Proposition 64 Making Recreational Cannabis Legal...
Edward B. Foley, a law professor at Ohio State University, is author of “Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States.Source: The election might not end on Tuesday night — and that’s okay...
Reversing a one-day-old appeals court ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court says Arizona can enforce its law banning the collection of early-voting ballots by political campaigners. The ruling means that in Arizona, the practice that critics call "ballot harvesting" will be a felony in Tuesday's election.Source: U.S. Supreme Court Allows Arizona To Enforce Ban On Ballot-Collecting...
This Election Day will be different—regardless of how it ends. This time, for the first time, you won’t have to wait until the polls close to find out what happened while they were open.Source: Welcome to an Unprecedented Election Day Experiment...
In some states, two-thirds of voters have turned in their ballots. The surge suggests Americans particularly value their role in the electoral process when stakes are high. Every Election Day for as long as he can remember, Angel Del Carpio would head to the polls and cast his vote.Source: Why Americans are voting early, more often...
Source: Another Trump legacy: How we may be seeing the last of pols' tax returns...
Ellen L. Weintraub is a commissioner on the Federal Election Commission. What sentiment unites supporters of candidates as diverse as Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders? Disgust with the way we fund our elections.Source: How to fix Congress? Make representatives accountable to voters....
Imagine you were just put in charge of a corporation with a $6 billion budget and more than 20,000 employees that had the ability to control $4 trillion in market activity.Source: This Congress has spent one million hours raising money...
