23 Jan

RICHMOND — Federal judges have selected a Virginia House of Delegates redistricting map that appears to heavily favor Democrats, redrawing the lines of 26 districts and moving several powerful Republicans into unfavorable configurations.Source: Federal judges choose Va. redistricting map favorable to Democrats; six GOP House districts would get bluer...

16:25 / Redistricting / vblog
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23 Jan

Does the government have the power to suppress a film if it criticizes a candidate running for office? Nine years ago to this day, the Supreme Court said no and ruled in favor of Citizens United, a nonprofit group that wanted to distribute and advertise a movie criticizing Hillary Clinton.Source: 9 years after Citizens United, the decision lives rent-free in...

05:30 / Campaign Finance / vblog / yclass
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22 Jan

Three Washington Democrats will explain Tuesday to the state Supreme Court why they voted against their party's presidential nominee in the 2016 election. The three, Levi Guerra, Esther V. John, and Peter B. Chiafalo, were among 12 Democrats the state sent to the Electoral College.Source: Electoral College debate heads to Washington's Supreme Court...

19:00 / 2016 / Electoral College / electors / vblog / yclass
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22 Jan

The dark money nonprofit launched by Hillary Clinton following her defeat against Donald Trump relied heavily on just six donors and an $800,000 money transfer from her former presidential campaign committee during its first year, according to tax forms provided to the Washington Free Beacon.Source: Hillary’s Dark Money Group Relies Heavily on Six Donors and Campaign Money...

18:55 / Campaign Finance / dark money / hillary / vblog / y class
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22 Jan

An unknown super PAC that got the bulk of its funding from a similarly-named nonprofit spent more than $1 million dollars on a toss-up Senate race then promptly closed up shop less than a month after Election Day.Source: ‘Dark money’-fueled super PAC spent $1 million on Tennessee’s Senate race then shut down...

06:55 / Campaign Finance / vblog / y class
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22 Jan

When Democrats reclaimed majority control of the House of Representatives under Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California this month, they had many choices on what to make their top legislative priority. It says a lot that the new majority made a bill to upend federal election law House Resolution 1.Source: Pelosi's election ‘reform’ encourages voter fraud to benefit Dems...

06:50 / congress / election administration / Election Law / vblog / voter fraud
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