SIOUX CITY, Iowa — To describe what he would do as president in 2021, Steve Bullock harks back to the Gilded Age of the late 1800s, when the wealthy copper mining barons of Montana wielded political influence across the state.Source: For Democratic presidential hopeful Steve Bullock, it’s all about the ‘dark money’...

On July 12, the Fourth Circuit issued an opinion in Fusaro v Cogan, 18-2187. The case had been filed by a Virginia resident who wanted to purchase a list of registered voters in a portion of Maryland. However, Maryland law says the list can only be given to residents of Maryland. The U.S.Source: Fourth Circuit Rules in Favor of Public...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democrats in the early presidential contest states of Iowa and Nevada will be able to cast their votes over the telephone instead of showing up at their states’ traditional neighborhood caucus meetings next February, according to plans unveiled by the state parties.Source: Iowa, Nevada to launch caucus voting by phone for 2020...

The 2016 election proved that every vote counts. Now states that may be crucial in 2020 have passed or proposed measures that change the rules for voting. The 2016 presidential election proved the maxim that every vote counts.Source: 9 states where the rules for voting have been changed or challenged ahead of 2020...

SAN FRANCISCO — The Federal Election Commission said on Thursday that a Silicon Valley security company could immediately start helping 2020 presidential candidates defend their campaigns from the kinds of malicious email attacks that Russian hackers exploited in the 2016 election. The F.E.C.Source: F.E.C. Allows Security Company to Help 2020 Candidates Defend Campaigns...

Last year, West Virginia did something no other U.S. state had done in a federal election before: It allowed overseas voters the option to cast absentee ballots for the midterm election via a blockchain-enabled mobile app.Source: What Really Happened With West Virginia’s Blockchain Voting Experiment?...

The Federal Trade Commission voted this week to approve a roughly $5 billion settlement with Facebook that could end an investigation into its privacy practices, according to a person familiar with the matter but not authorized to speak on the record, a deal poised to result in unprecedented new govSource: FTC votes to approve $5 billion settlement with Facebook in...