Our democracy is broken. Let’s fix it! Ranked choice voting makes democracy more fair and functional. It’s a simple change that can have a big impact.Source: Election Day 2019: A Record 11 Cities to Use Ranked Choice Voting...
Vote harvesting gives party activists, campaign consultants, and other political guns for hire the ability to manipulate election outcomes either through coercion of voters or outright ballot theft and forgery.Source: Vote Harvesting a Recipe for Coercion, Election Fraud...
On October 30, presidential primary candidates started filing for the New Hampshire Democratic and Republican presidential primaries. See this story. Three presidential candidates applied in person on October 30. For the Democratic primary, they were Peter Buttigieg and Mark Stewart Greenstein.Source: Presidential Primary Candidate Filing Opens in New Hampshire...
(Alfred Gescheidt/Getty Images) Former “dark money” giant Americans for Job Security has walked out from the shadows, disclosing its donors last week following years of complaints and lawsuits filed by ethics watchdogs.Source: GOP heavy hitters, Trump cabinet members revealed as donors to anti-Obama ‘dark money’ group...
On October 25, the opponents of the California legislature’s size filed this brief in the Ninth Circuit. The case is Citizens for Fair Representation v Padilla, 18-17458.Source: Brief Filed in California Case on Size of Legislative Districts...
By , Michael Finnegan Democratic Rep.Source: Is Trump an obstacle to Republicans winning back Katie Hill’s seat?...
Biden had previously said he wouldn't take support from outside funding groups, but the campaign points to an array of resources now aimed at defeating him.Source: Biden campaign softens its position on accepting super PAC support...
On October 23, the California Secretary of State said that a proposed initiative is now free to start circulating. It would provide that all state and local initiative, referendum, and recall petitions would be on-line at the Secretary of State’s web page.Source: Proposed California Initiative, Providing for On-Line Petitioning, Begins to Circulate...
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One of my colleagues on the Federal Election Commission has been having a field day. This year’s chair, Ellen Weintraub, has attracted considerable attention thanks to the FEC’s important role in regulating and enforcing federal campaign finance law, which is a hot topic right now.Source: How My FEC Colleague Is Damaging the Agency and Misleading the Public...
