The Fair Political Practices Commission issued an $8,500 fine on Thursday to Assemblyman Adam Gray, D-Merced, for campaign violations during his race in the 2014 election.Source: Merced’s Gray fined for campaign violations, FPPC says...
The state’s campaign finance watchdog voted Thursday to flip its longstanding opinion on contribution limits and allow legislators and other candidates to give unlimited sums of money to help Democratic Sen. Josh Newman fight a recall election.Source: Democrat gets break on campaign finance rule...
In 2016, Multnomah County, Oregon, passed, and voters approved, a measure which created contribution limits, expenditure limits, registration requirements, and disclosure requirements for spending related to county races.Source: Daily Caller: Liberals’ Latest Effort To Resist Citizens United (In the News)...
New York, NY – The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and Protect Democracy filed a lawsuit today in federal court in New York to compel the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Office of Management and Budget to disclose information to which the publicSource: Brennan Center and Protect Democracy File Suit to...
Lt. Governor Mark Hutchison (R) won't comment on the recall beyond saying he supports the voters "right to choose' but his law firm is serving a legal counsel to the recall committees.Source: Nevada: Lt. Governor's private law firm serving as legal counsel to recall groups...
Last year, Project Vote sued the Arizona Secretary of State over the high price for a member of the public to obtain the list of registered voters.Source: Arizona Project Vote Lawsuit Resulted in Making List of Registered Voters Far Cheaper...
A group of Utah citizens will try to qualify an initiative for the 2018 ballots that abolishes the caucus system for a candidate to get on a primary ballot. Instead the only way for candidates to get on a primary ballot will be by petition. See this story.Source: Future Utah Initiative to Abolish Party Endorsement Conventions as Route for Getting...
Before taking office in January, President Trump's incoming administration quietly threatened to remove some of the 72 nonpartisan, independent government watchdogs tasked with vetting out waste, fraud and abuse in federal agencies.Source: Months into office, Trump has yet to appoint key agency watchdogs...
Elections: American democracy has a problem — a voting problem. According to a new study of U.S. Census data, America has more registered voters than actual live voters. It's a troubling fact that puts our nation's future in peril. The data come from Judicial Watch's Election Integrity Project.Source: U.S. Has 3.5 Million More Registered Voters Than Live Adults — A...
Welcome back to The Monkey Cage’s weekly presentation of Founding Principles, a series of short videos designed to explain American government and how it works — in theory, and in practice. The first five episodes looked at the basic structure of the government created by the U.S.Source: Why did the Founders make U.S. elections so complicated and confusing? Get your...
