WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee concluded Thursday that election systems in all 50 states were targeted by Russia in 2016, an effort more far-reaching than previously acknowledged and one largely undetected by the states and federal officials at the time.Source: Russia Targeted Elections Systems in All 50 States, Report Finds...
Law enforcement officials in Miami-Dade County, Florida, have decided to interpret Florida election law to mean that ex-felons with outstanding fines, fees, and restitution, can still register to vote unless those monetary judgments are included on that individual’s sentencing document.Source: Miami-Dade County Officials Interpret Law on Ex-Felons to Permit Most of them to Register...
Running for president costs millions of dollars in staff salaries, even more in advertising fees and tons in travel — but sometimes, what a campaign really needs to get through a day is five-figures worth of paella.Source: $12,075 on paella and 32 other wacky things the candidates bought...
At least five of the 2020 Democrats are taking a different approach to campaign spending. They're staying with local elected officials, friends and vetted volunteers on the campaign trail as a way of stretching their dollar. Sen. Cory Booker (NJ), former Rep.Source: You Know Your Presidential Campaign Is A Total Flop When You're Couch-Surfing Between Volunteers...
President Donald Trump and the Democrats who dominate California politics are locked into a rather bizarre, symbiotic relationship.Source: Trump and California at it again...
Brandon Peters, the state party's voter protection program director, says he told Democratic activists at the state party's Leadership Blue 2019 meeting in June that they should assume another recount will occur in 2020.Source: 2020 election: Dems man up for recount; GOP looks to boost voter ranks...
Arizona Republican Sen. Martha McSally has agreed to pay a fine of more than $23,000 to settle campaign finance violations from the 2014 election. The Federal Election Commission publicly disclosed the settlement this week.Source: Martha McSally fined $23,000 for 2014 campaign finance violations...
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock is staking his name and presidential campaign on battling “dark money” — a commonly used term for secretive political cash meant to influence elections. He’s even suing President Donald Trump’s administration over it.Source: Steve Bullock hates ‘dark money.’ But a lobbyist for ‘dark money’ donors is helping his campaign....
(AP Photo/John Locher) Deadlocked on a party-line vote, the Federal Election Commission has dismissed a complaint that Hillary Clinton’s campaign illegally coordinated with a super PAC during the 2016 presidential election cycle.Source: Republican FEC commissioners let Clinton campaign off the hook for super PAC coordination...
Rules Committee Chairman Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), whose panel has primary jurisdiction on the issue, indicated after the briefing that he would not take up election security legislation in his committee.Source: Senate passes bill making hacking voting systems a federal crime...
