14 Dec

Video Michael Cohen's guilty plea and subsequent sentencing for campaign-finance violations and other crimes revived speculation about President Trump's potential legal exposure -- but some former Federal Election Commission members say neither of them necessarily committed a violation with hush-mSource: Former FEC commissioners: Trump-Cohen 'hush' payments not necessarily a violation...

16:20 / Brad Smith / Campaign Finance / vblog / y class
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12 Dec

Final Utah election returns show that Proposition Four, setting up an independent redistricting commission for U.S. House and state legislative boundaries, passed with 50.3% of the vote.  The final tally is:  yes 512,218; no 505,274. The measure failed in 25 of Utah’s 29 counties.Source: Utah Initiative for Nonpartisan Redistricting Passed, Even Though it Lost in 25 of Utah’s 29 Counties...

22:25 / 2018 / Gerrymandering / initiative / Redistricting / states / Utah / vblog / y class
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12 Dec

The U.S. Supreme Court had asked the Utah government to respond by January 2, in Utah Republican Party v Cox.  This is the case over whether the First Amendment freedom of association clause protects a party’s right to decide for itself how it nominates.Source: Utah Government Asks U.S. Supreme Court for More Time to Respond to Republican Case...

22:25 / ballot access / parties / Utah / vblog / y class
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11 Dec

As November’s election results become clear, so does a new California conundrum: Voters may like the top-two primary — which doesn’t guarantee any political party a spot on the fall ballot — but a lot of them skipped last month’s contests in which the only choices were candidates with theSource: Millions of California voters saw same-party races on November's ballot...

01:24 / 2018 / California / top-two / vblog
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