Identity theft wasn’t supposed to be part of writing checks to the Democratic National Committee.Source: Identity thieves target Dems’ big donors after DNC hack...
Donald Trump is getting pro-active about concerns the White House race could be “rigged” against him, by recruiting “election observers” to help monitor the vote, though details of the program are unclear -- and are raising concerns about potential Election Day confrontations.Source: Trump recruiting 'election observers' to scout for fraud...
Editor's Note: The author is the deputy director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law.Source: Opinion: Protect Our Voting Machines From Hackers...
After a notable string of voting rights decisions in the past few weeks — throwing out or weakening voter identification and other restrictive voting laws in Texas, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and elsewhere — you might think that the rules are settled for November.Source: As voter rights cases churn through courts, rights are uncertain. But confusion is guaranteed....
For the most part, voting is a pain. Some people sign up to have a polling place located in the garage of their suburban homes; those folks have it figured out.Source: Yes, Mr. Trump, you do need a get-out-the-vote effort...
The tortuous legal fight over the future of Texas’ voter ID law is over ― at least until the November election. “These terms contemplate the formulation of a plan for educating voters and training election workers,” U.S.Source: Judge Orders Texas To Spend At Least $2.5 Million To Not Enforce Its Voter ID Law...
Did liberals botch their chance to take down Trump by hyperbolically attacking past Republican nominees? Probably, though the GOP is no more innocent. Donald Trump really is different.Source: The Democrats Who Cried Wolf...
Each week, Nate Cohn, The Upshot’s elections analyst, based in Washington, and Toni Monkovic, an Upshot editor in New York, discuss the 2016 race and post a lightly edited transcript of their written exchange. By now, it’s clear that Donald Trump has a realistic shot to become president.Source: Donald Trump’s Path: What Map Should Democrats Fear the Most?...
Email exchanges involving top officials at the Democratic National Committee released along with private documents by WikiLeaks show that DNC officials hoped to reward top donors and insiders with appointments to federal boards and commissions in coordination with the White House.Source: Leaks show DNC asked White House to reward donors with slots on boards and commissions...
When the technology investor Peter Thiel takes the stage just before Donald J. Trump at the Republican convention this week, he will become the most prominent public face of a species so endangered it might as well be called extinct: the Silicon Valley Trump supporter. Nobody knows what Mr.Source: Peter Thiel’s Embrace of Trump Has Silicon Valley Squirming...
