Cross-posted at NYU Journal of Legislation & Public Policy. American campaign finance law is at a crossroads.Source: Electoral Integrity In Campaign Finance Law...
Vote buying, a practice carried over from England’s early experiments with democracy, was widespread in United States elections until the modern era.1×1. See Richard L. Hasen, Vote Buying, 88 Calif. L. Rev. 1323, 1327 (2000).Source: Rideout v. Gardner...
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Minnesota Voters Alliance v.Source: Free Speech vs. Freedom From Intimidation...
Late last month, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a ruling that congressional redistricting maps drawn after the 2010 census and in use for the last 3 election cycles (2012, 2014, and 2016) violated the Pennsylvania Constitution.Source: Pennsylvania Redistricting - Impeach PA Supreme Court Justices for Violating the PA Constitution?...
Facebook’s global director of policy programs says it will start sending postcards by snail mail to verify buyers of ads related to United States elections.Source: Facebook will verify the location of US election ad buyers by mailing them postcards...
Care about freedom of the press? Support independent investigative journalism.Source: How Democrats use ‘dark money’ — and win elections...
On February 8, the Utah House defeated HB 68 by 34-37. It would have given parties the right to exclude anyone from running in their primaries who did not show substantial support at a party meeting.Source: Utah Bill, Giving Parties Right to Confine Primary Ballot Only to Candidates with Support at a Party Meeting, Loses...
The Republican brand has been so severely damaged and diminished in California that, barring a dramatic reversal of fortune in the polls, the party will not have a candidate on the ballot for governor or U.S. senator in the November election.Source: Former Republican Steve Poizner will test California’s independent streak...
On February 16, the California Secretary of State released a new registration tally, the first since February 2017. The total number of registered voters declined since February 2017. The new percentages are: Democratic 44.63%; Republican 25.44%; no party preference 24.95%; American Independent 2.Source: California Releases First New Registration Tally in Almost a Year...
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Operating from St. Petersburg, they churned out falsehoods on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. They promoted Donald J. Trump and denigrated Hillary Clinton. They stole the identities of American citizens.Source: The Troll Farm: What We Know About 13 Russians Indicted by the U.S....
