As of Tuesday night, more than half of the delegates that will be awarded in the Republican primary contest will have been allocated. Theoretically, in a normal race in a normal year, then, we could know by the end of tomorrow night who the nominee will be.Source: Why a contested GOP convention may be more likely than a Donald Trump...
As polls closed in Ohio on Tuesday, California’s presidential primary election could claim life.Source: Break out the lawn signs: California’s presidential primary in play...
Haugland was then asked what the point of holding primaries is if the party can disregard the will of the voters.Source: GOP official: The party chooses the nominee, not the voters...
If the Republican National Committee is worried about the possibility of a contentious contested convention, one of its top officials showed no signs of concern Wednesday, even after the party's front-runner warned of possible riots in Cleveland if he is denied the party's nomination.Source: RNC spokesman: Trump 'speaking figuratively' about convention riots...
Sen. Bob Hertzberg chose, appropriately, the first weekday of Sunshine Week to announce his bill that would shed much more light on California’s political campaign money.Source: Update public’s knowledge of money in California politics...
In the industrial Midwest, after multiple ballots, the Republican convention finally chooses its nominee.Source: Bribery and the Brokered Convention?...
Google’s already made it pretty easy to track a presidential candidate’s stance on issues and primary results, and today it’s adding in campaign finance information to its search results.Source: Google Adds Campaign Finance Information to Presidential Candidate Search Results...
Public cynicism about money in politics has become so reflexive and deeply ingrained that the stock refrain from voters, candidates, political experts, election lawyers, and even many reform advocates is “Nothing will ever change.” Public financing? It will never happen.Source: The Campaign-Finance Reform Wish List...
HARRISBURG — Carmon Elliott is not a lawyer. But he got to play one Thursday in state court when he tried to convince a judge that Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is really a Canadian who has no constitutional right to be a candidate for U.S. president.Source: Pa judge hears Ted Cruz 'birther' challenge...
The state Senate has adopted a proposal that would make it a felony to collect and drop off someone else’s ballot in most cases. The measure’s outcome could impact the state’s general and primary elections if the bill is enacted before elections take place.Source: Senate passes bill outlawing early ballot collection...
