Dark money could be trending toward a record low this election cycle. It’s a development the media has been suspiciously silent on. "Dark money” is a pejorative label for campaign spending by groups that are not political committees.Source: The 2020 election could see record lows for 'dark money' influence...
We needed some groceries. Caring for my 95-year-old father-in-law at home, complicated by COVID-19 concerns, led us to do what we have increasingly done over the past few months: we ordered online for at-home delivery.Source: California's Not A Tech State, It's A Big Labor State. The Two Are At War...
Election 2000 Memory ProjectNovember 2020 marks the 20th anniversary of Bush v. Gore. The Supreme Court Library is creating a permanent archive of memories from the event. If you were a judge or court employee, election worker, or were involved in some way with the Bush v. Gore presidential election disputes between November 7 and December 12, 2000, the library is...
Lawfare is partnering with the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project to produce a series on election integrity in the midst of the coronavirus crisis.Source: The Rise of Ballot Drop Boxes Due to the Coronavirus...
On August 24, the California legislature passed SB 970, which moves the primary in midterm years from March to June.Source: California Legislature Passes Bill Moving Primary in Midterm Years from March to June...
Americans of both parties worry they’ll be canceled for making donations to a campaign or cause.Source: Political Giving Should Be Private...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has presented a severe threat to state election plans in 2020 for primaries and for the general election.Source: Voting in a Pandemic: What Americans Think About Safety, Election Integrity, and Preparedness...
A century ago, the Nineteenth Amendment was added to the Constitution, prohibiting state-sponsored voting discrimination on account of sex, and women’s status as equal citizens was formally etched in the Constitution’s text.Source: How the Right to Vote Became Fundamental ...
This is not a column about a case that’s pending at the Supreme Court — yet. It’s about the nightmare scenarios surrounding the presidential election and its aftermath that could conceivably propel a case there.Source: Could It Be Bush v. Gore All Over Again?...
Amid vast uncertainty about the Republican Party’s future, several of its rising stars spoke at the convention this week with a dual purpose: falling in line behind President Trump while finding a lane for themselves.Source: At Republican convention, rising stars show unity around Trump but division over party’s future...
