When Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016, it was the fourth time in American history — and the second time this century — that a candidate won the Electoral College but lost the popular vote.Source: The Movement To Skip The Electoral College Is About To Pass A Major Milestone...
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are seen after a news conference in the Capitol on Wednesday to oppose the House Democrats’ government overhaul package. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Source: HR 1 debate gets under way as GOP sharpens attacks...
The sudden resignation marks a precipitous fall for Atkinson, the state’s second African-American and first openly gay Senate majority leader. A legislative mainstay, Atkinson was first elected to the state Assembly in 2002 and joined the Senate after the 2012 election.Source: Senate Majority Leader Kelvin Atkinson to resign amid federal charges of misappropriating campaign funds...
Utah elects a state school board from districts. Those elections are non-partisan. A few years ago the law was changed to say those elections are “partisan”, but that law was not specific.Source: Utah Bill for Partisan Elections for State Board of Education...
New York Rep.Source: Ocasio-Cortez, chief of staff illegally moved $885K in campaign contributions 'off the books,' FEC complaint alleges...
A computer program might have avoided the entire 2018 recount fiasco and saved South Florida election officials days of embarrassment last year, if not their jobs. Had the law allowed it, exhausted election workers in Broward and Palm Beach counties could have conducted recounts in races for the U.Source: How much should Florida trust technology in conducting elections?...
Clinton says voter suppression contributed to her defeat. Maybe, but Voting Rights Act might not have saved her In a recent speech, Hillary Clinton identified voter suppression tactics as a major cause of her defeat in the 2016 presidential election.Source: Hillary Clinton blames her defeat on the downfall of the Voting Rights Act: But is she right?...
Some stories practically write themselves, the details simple and clear. This investigation, spurred by a reader’s tip, was no such story.Source: Hiding in Plain Sight: PAC-Connected Activists Set Up ‘Local News’ Outlets...
Order here in case challenging the state’s candidate-selection process. Prior coverage here and here.Source: Cert. Denied in Utah Republican Party v. Cox...
Voting is not mandatory in the United States, as it is in Australia. But does that mean that American citizens who have the right to vote in elections also have the right not to vote?Source: After Years of New Voting Restrictions, Momentum Swings the Other Way...
