Throughout primary season Reince Priebus, the Republican National Committee chairman, repeated a familiar refrain.Source: The Latest Installment of Stop Trump and the Rules...
Today, Commissioner Ellen Weintraub has taken the unprecedented step of using her office to organize what is in essence a private forum, to be held at the Federal Election Commission (FEC).Source: Statement of Chairman Bradley A. Smith and President David Keating on FEC Commissioner Weintraub’s “Corporate Political Spending and Foreign Influence” Forum...
How, in the space of a few years, has “paid trolling” gone from a questionable advertising practice to a political technique being openly used by the U.S. Democratic front-runner?Source: The FEC can’t figure out what to do about paid speech online....
Did you know that Hillary Clinton has a team of software engineers? We don’t operate at Google scale, but we scale people and products rapidly. We’ve only been around for a year and we’ve accomplished a lot. We have about 50 backend services and 20 frontend applications in production.Source: A first peek behind the scenes of Hillary Clinton’s Technology operation...
More stories about Ann Ravel, FEC, CommissionerSource: Death threats directed at elections regulator...
In October 2014, then-Federal Election Commission Vice Chairwoman Ann Ravel did what she often does: speak her mind about political campaign issues.Source: First Came the Drudge Link. Then the Death Threats....
The popularity of voting online is growing and will be in place for the presidential election in more than 30 states, primarily for voters living overseas or serving in the military.Source: More than 30 states offer online voting, but experts warn it isn’t secure...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — As Oregon and Kentucky queue up to vote in the Democratic presidential nominating contest, the pall of a divisive state party convention in Nevada hangs over the race. Supporters of Vermont Sen.Source: Pall of Nevada fracas hangs over Democratic contest...
A federal district court has issued this 67-page opinion temporarily preventing Kansas from requiring those registering to vote at the DMV while getting or renewing licenses to provide documentary proof of citizenship.Source: Breaking: Federal District Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Against Kansas Proof of Citizenship Requirements for Registration at DMV...
Curly Haugland loves the rules. The stubborn 69-year-old pool-supply magnate is North Dakota’s top Republican gadfly, its rule-mongering crank, its official state pain in the ass.Source: Donald Trump 2016 : How To Steal the Republican Convention...
