Drawing on her years of military experience, Maureen Heard was careful to follow all the rules when she filled out an absentee ballot in 2016.Source: Rejection of mail-in ballots raises alarm ahead of election...
Voters are reporting odd problems on both the Republican and Democratic side of straight-party voting in Texas. Mickey Blake was one of the voters in those early voting lines in Houston earlier this week.Source: Texas voting machines changing some straight-party selectionsTags: 2018, election administration, vblog...
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has quietly reserved more than $30 million in television advertising for Democratic candidates in swing districts in the two weeks before next month’s midterm elections.Source: Bloomberg quietly spends millions in TV adsTags: campaign finance 2018, vblog...
CINCINNATI — As the 2018 midterm campaign enters its final full week, House Republicans are rushing to fortify their defenses in conservative-leaning districts they thought were secure, pouring millions of dollars into a last-minute bid to build a new firewall against Democrats.Source: Republicans Rushing to Save House Seats From Onslaught of Democratic Money...
On October 24, Public Policy Institute of California released a poll taken in California. It shows that 61% of voters desire that a new major party come into existence. See the entire poll here. That finding is on page five. Thanks to Independent Voter News for the link.Source: Poll Shows 61% of California Voters Want a New Major Party...
A couple weeks have now passed since Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s first day on the Supreme Court. After a tumultuous confirmation process, Kavanaugh was voted onto the Court by the Senate on Oct. 6, and he started his lifetime term on Oct. 9. During the weeks leading up to Oct.Source: Only a fraction of ‘dark money’ spending on Kavanaugh disclosed...
It’s cliche to say that “turnout will determine the outcome of the midterms”. Of course turnout “matters”.Source: Turnout in the 2018 midterm: high turnout could stress our nation’s election infrastructure...
Granting review in MCD v. Mangan could limit overregulation and protect free speech Alexandria, VA – The Institute for Free Speech and the Cato Institute yesterday filed a friend of the court brief asking the Supreme Court to hear a challenge to Montana campaign finance laws.Source: Supreme Court Should Hear Challenge to Montana Law, IFS Brief Says...
More than 68,000 people in Sacramento County have already voted by absentee ballot as of Tuesday and the patterns look typical of past election years.Source: Has mail-in voting changed how California’s early election returns look?...
An Idaho judge who was sworn in to serve as a judge on the Ninth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals on Monday will hear probably hear cases in Pasadena several times a year.Source: Idaho Judge Nominated by President Trump to Pasadena's Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Sworn In, "Can't Wait to Get Started"...
