Six California residents who were erroneously added onto the voter rolls voted in last year’s midterms, the Secretary of State’s Office confirmed Friday afternoon following a months-long investigation.Source: Six Californians who shouldn’t have been registered voted last year due to ‘DMV errors’...
California investigators released a 113-page report Friday afternoon highlighting a range of issues with the state’s efforts to automatically register people to vote when they visit the Department of Motor Vehicles.Source: Are you confused by California DMV voter registration? You’re not alone, report finds...
Now that the 2020 Democratic presidential primary calendar is all but complete, one can begin to assess which states are definitively eligible for bonus delegates.Source: An Early and Tentative Look at Democratic Bonus Delegates for 2020...
Those who still want to see President Donald Trump’s income tax returns may be feeling awfully good about a new California law that requires presidential candidates to release their tax records in order to have their name appear on a primary ballot in the Golden State.Source: California tax-return law sets dangerous precedent (Editorial)...
The U.S. Constitution lays out the few requirements for serving as president of the United States: One must be at least 35 years old, a natural-born citizen of the United States, and a resident of the country for at least 14 years. That’s it.Source: Editorial: Ill-considered stunt by California...
(Mark Wilson/Getty Images) An email from President Donald Trump’s campaign on July 31 gave supporters reason to believe their political contributions would go further than they might otherwise think.“There has NEVER been a more important time for YOU to step up,” the campaign wrote.Source: Campaigns say they’ll match political contributions. It’s not clear how they would do that....
At the upcoming September 7 meeting of the Nevada Republican Party state central committee, the party will consider a series of resolutions to forgo a presidential preference vote at precinct caucuses next February.Source: Nevada Republicans to Consider Resolution to Skip 2020 Caucuses for Allocating Delegates...
Federal government agencies are investigating alleged campaign finance misconduct by Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's former chief of staff, who abruptly resigned on Friday, according to the New York Post.Source: Former AOC chief of staff under investigation for alleged campaign finance misconduct...
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) announced Wednesday that it is seeking public comments on a rule-making petition that would define "valuable information" as an official campaign contribution that must be regulated.Source: FEC considers making "valuable information" a campaign contribution...
(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The Center and Responsive Politics and the Campaign Legal Center have filed a petition with the Federal Election Commission to require full, transparent financial reporting of the millions of dollars that pass through national political parties’ special-purpose bankSource: CRP, Campaign Legal Center file petition to illuminate party ‘cromnibus’ accounts...
