California lawmakers, citing election integrity, are moving to ban the distribution of “deepfake” video or audio clips aimed at damaging political candidates, drawing condemnation from First Amendment supporters.Source: California is moving to ban deepfakes. What are they, anyway?...
President Trump's reelection campaign said Tuesday it raised $105 million during the second fundraising quarter. The campaign said it has a whopping $100 million in cash on hand.Source: Trump campaign says it took in $105 million during 2nd quarter...
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc will ban ads that discourage people from voting ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, according to its second annual Civil Rights Audit published on Sunday.Source: Facebook will ban ads that tell people in U.S. not to vote...
The first man to the microphone wore a Trump 2020 cap and a scowl. “I want to vote for Donald P. Trump for president!” he roared, misstating the president’s middle initial, and stepped aside.Source: Progress Stalls for Minor Parties to Get on State Ballots...
Last week a divided Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration’s stated reason for including a question about citizenship on the 2020 census – to help the Department of Justice better enforce federal voting rights laws – was a pretext.Source: 2020 census questionnaires go to printer without citizenship question...
The Census Bureau will not include a question about citizenship in the printed questionnaire for the 2020 census, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross confirmed Tuesday.Source: Census to leave citizenship question off 2020 questionnaire...
On June 28, the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of some Florida ex-felons who just lost their ability to register to vote (or to remain registered) because they are unable to pay past legal financial obligations incurred in connection with their past conviction.Source: ACLU Files Federal Lawsuit to Invalidate New Florida Law on Ex-Felons...
Ken Klukowski is Of Counsel at First Liberty Institute, Senior Legal Analyst for Breitbart News and Senior Fellow at the American Civil Rights Union.Source: Gerrymandering symposium: Janus-like judicial restraint in political gerrymanders and the census...
Justin Riemer is Chief Counsel of the Republican National Committee, which filed an amicus brief in support of the state in Rucho v. Common Cause. The Supreme Court’s decision in Rucho v. Common Cause is a triumph of judicial prudence.Source: Gerrymandering symposium: Finally finality from the Supreme Court on partisan gerrymandering...
(Drew Angerer/Getty Images) As the primary kicks off with 20 candidates taking part in the first debates in Miami, OpenSecrets is breaking down how each of the 2020 Democrats promise to change the campaign finance system.Source: Where the 2020 Democrats stand on campaign finance reform...
