06 Dec

The efforts to discipline attorneys who aided former President Donald Trump’s legal gambits to undermine the 2020 election take a major step forward Monday with the start of key disciplinary proceedings in Washington, DC, that will look into whether Rudy Giuliani violated attorney ethics rules.Source: Rudy Giuliani: Ethics charges for election fraud claims take major step forward with trial-like hearing...

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02 Dec

WASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission approved a Final Rule and Explanation and Justification revising its disclaimer requirements for certain public communications placed for a fee on the internet.Source: FEC approves Final Rule on internet communication disclaimers, two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking, and advisory opinion....

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26 Nov

Defeated Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s campaign has sued Maricopa County and its election officials, demanding they respond to the campaign’s public records requests about malfunctions on Election Day before the county certifies its vote canvass on Monday. Maricopa County, which spans the Phoenix area and comprises about 60 percent of Arizona’s population, has…Source: Defeated Arizona hopeful Kari Lake...

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23 Nov

The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to throw out around 2,000 provisional ballots cast in Harris County during an extended voting hour on Election Day, responding to an 11th hour attempt from the Texas Attorney General's office to get those ballots tossed just before members of CommissionersSource: Texas Supreme Court declines to throw out 2K Harris County ballots after...

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21 Nov

Almost exactly a year ago, I expressed skepticism that the Republican Party’s wins in Bucks County in the off-cycle 2021 election “amount[ed] to the GOP roaring back to life in the Pennsylvania suburbs.Source: What role, if any, might turnout play in explaining the pattern of backlash to the President’s party in the first midterm of their presidency?....

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