Officials in Montana are warning residents for the second time this year about surveys sent by the Republican National Committee that mimic the look of federal census forms, with the goal of soliciting money for President Trump’s reelection campaign.Source: “RNC solicited money for Trump’s reelection with forms that look a lot like the official census”...
On October 1, California’s Secretary of State said he will appeal the October 1 decision that invalidated the new California law on tax returns and the ballot. Thanks to Steve Kamp and Thomas Jones for this news.Source: California Will Appeal Tax Returns-Ballot Case to Ninth Circuit...
While a handful of other Republican state parties have made decisions throughout the summer months of 2019 to cancel 2020 primaries and caucuses, the Florida Republican Party has chosen not to join the club.Source: Florida GOP Eschews Presidential Primary Cancelation, but...
The chair politicizes campaign-finance law to support impeachment.Source: Liberal Meltdown at the FEC...
Group seeking names of donors to pro-Republican organization Federal election agency mocked for doing nothing, judge says A federal judge eased the way for watchdog groups to bypass a gridlocked Federal Election Commission in a decision allowing a lawsuit seeking to unmask secret donors to a major RSource: Watchdog Allowed to Sue on Donor Disclosure After FEC Won’t Act...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A Republican lawyer who has waged lawsuits on behalf of the Trump administration sued the state of California and its Department of Motor Vehicles Tuesday, saying the agency is failing to verify citizenship for voter registration.Source: GOP attorney sues California for alleged voter violations...
California's overzealousness could threaten its credibility in the many legitimate fights it is waging against Trump. Transgressing yet another norm, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump failed to release his tax returns during the 2016 election.Source: Trump vs. California: Democrats risk both legal and political defeat in battle over tax returns...
By Staff Writer WASHINGTON — As House Democrats launch their impeachment inquiry into President Trump, no state will play a more pivotal role in the process than California.Source: California to play an outsize role in impeachment inquiry of Trump...
The election commission’s Democratic chairwoman said a Republican commissioner had blocked official publication of the memo. The Federal Election Commission chairwoman, Ellen L.Source: Federal Election Commissioner Posts Foreign Interference Memo on Twitter...
On July 11, 2019, the Washington State Supreme Court upheld Seattle’s voucher-system of public funding of candidates for city council. Elster v City of Seattle, 96660-5. Here is the opinion, which is short.Source: Opponents of Seattle’s Voucher System of Public Funding of Campaigns Turn to U.S. Supreme Court...
