WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 06: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), joined by House Democrats, leaves the podium after delivering remarks during a DCCC election watch party at the Hyatt Regency on November 6, 2018 in Washington, DC.Source: Gerrymandering suffered big, potentially permanent blows last night...
On the eve of Election Day, even the most apolitical people have probably seen their social media feeds taken over by voter-turnout enthusiasm.Source: Is It Legal to Take a Selfie with Your Ballot?...
Facebook has unveiled its new election war room designed to assist employees with finding and deleting fake news and bogus accounts aimed at interfering with elections. (Oct. 18) APSource: Facebook discloses possible election meddling by Russia, foreign actors on eve of midterms...
An Arizona man pleaded guilty in a federal court in Manhattan Friday to creating six PACs and misrepresenting their activities to potential donors, resulting in tens of thousands of donors being defrauded.Source: Arizona man pleads guilty to using scam PACs to defraud donors...
The companies acted under threats of federal regulation after reports that Russian operatives bought politically divisive social media ads under fake names.Source: Facebook, Google and Twitter shine light on campaign ads — but only so far...
Much has been made recently about the good deed being offered by two of America’s most popular ridesharing services. Uber and Lyft have both announced that they are going to give voters in the midterm elections rides to the polls on Tuesday, November 6.Source: Uber & Lyft are offering free rides to the polls — but here’s what they don’t tell...
The Supreme Court refused Friday to delay an upcoming trial in which a number of states and civil rights organizations allege there was an improper political motive in Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.Source: Supreme Court allows trial on census citizenship question to go forward...
Much has been made recently about the good deed being offered by two of America’s most popular ridesharing services. Uber and Lyft have both announced that they are going to give voters in the midterm elections rides to the polls on Tuesday, November 6.Source: Ostensibly To Avoid Laws Against Vote Buying, Lyft and Uber Offer Only One-Way Free Transportation to the Polls...
The 2018 cycle is "going to be the most secure election we've ever had," DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said today, just days before the midterms, but she is worried about a "dynamic threat" that could include foreign attempts to portray the results as invalid afterward.Source: DHS secretary on midterms: 'Most secure election we’ve ever had'...
Charles Town man faces 106 charges in sexual assaults of two girls Updated 1 hr agoSource: San Francisco spends $310,000 to register 49 noncitizens to vote in school election...
