To get the districts they wanted, Democrats organized groups that said they represented communities, but really represented the party. This spring, a group of California Democrats gathered at a modern, airy office building just a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol.Source: How Democrats Fooled California’s Redistricting Commission...
Americans of both parties worry they’ll be canceled for making donations to a campaign or cause.Source: Political Giving Should Be Private...
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 ...
Susan Weiss has been a poll worker in Bethesda, Md., for 16 years. But this year, with the coronavirus pandemic raging, Weiss, who's 74, decided it's just too risky to work the election in November.Source: Wanted: Young People To Work The Polls This November...
Audio will be available later today. A Republican county primary in Utah ended in a tie. So, judges Thursday chose the winner by pulling a name out of a bowl — reminding Utah residents that every vote counts.Source: Utah County Chooses Winner By Draw After Primary Ends In Tie...
The Supreme Court on Thursday said Florida can enforce a law barring ex-felons from voting if they still owe court fines or fees that they are unable to pay associated with their convictions. CNN"s Paul Leblanc, Veronica Stracqualursi and Kelly Mena contributed to this report.Source: Supreme Court says Florida can enforce law limiting felons who owe fines from voting...
A political ad running on television for U.S. Rep. Steve Watkins is missing an element that the Federal Election Commission requires candidates to include.Source: Steve Watkins ad missing part of FEC-required disclaimer...
On July 2, two Democrats running in the New Jersey July 7 primary for U.S. House filed a federal lawsuit. The lawsuit attacks the state law that restricts political slogans that candidates can place next to their names on primary ballots. Mazo v Way, 2:20cv-8174. Here is the Complaint.Source: Federal Lawsuit Filed Over New Jersey Limits to Political Slogans on...
Privacy in Focus has been tracking developments in the U.S. Supreme Court’s consideration of three petitions for certiorari seeking Court review of the California Attorney General’s (AG) mandatory donor-disclosure rule for nonprofit organizations.Source: Political Privacy Law Update...
The Supreme Court announced Tuesday that Justice Sonia Sotomayor will no longer participate in one of two hot-button cases this term concerning so-called faithless presidential electors, or those who vote for someone other than the state's popular vote winner.Source: Justice Sonia Sotomayor won't participate in Colorado faithless elector case...
