Every two years, citizens across the U.S. manage to place some eye-catching measures on state election ballots, posing questions to voters that can be divisive and sometimes historic. But more than half of states offer no such opportunity.Source: US states split on allowing citizen ballot initiatives...
Hi. Welcome to On Politics, your guide to the day in national politics. I’m Lisa Lerer, your host. Happy Halloween!Source: On the Ballot This Year: A Lot to Think About...
Record Number of Women Seems Likely in Next Congress The year 2018 saw a record number of women candidates competing in major party primary elections*, with another record number making it through to next week’s general election.Source: Women in Competitive House Races Are Outraising Male Opponents...
There are two competing theories about how American elections fail to accurately capture the sentiment of the electorate. One theory, propagated by President Trump, holds that rampant voter fraud is committed by people unable to vote, swaying elections unfairly.Source: Americans see voter suppression as a bigger problem than voter fraud...
Charles Town man faces 106 charges in sexual assaults of two girls Updated 1 hr agoSource: San Francisco spends $310,000 to register 49 noncitizens to vote in school election...
Voters in more than a dozen states will vote on ballot questions next Tuesday to enact stringent laws on campaign finance and other government ethics issues affecting state and local lawmakers. The surge in ballot questions comes as national Democrats are embracing ethics reform issues.Source: Voters Could Clamp Down On Ethics, Campaign Finance At The Ballot Box...
Drawing on her years of military experience, Maureen Heard was careful to follow all the rules when she filled out an absentee ballot in 2016.Source: Rejection of mail-in ballots raises alarm ahead of election...
Grace is the Center's Gender and Race Researcher and studies the intersection of gender and race of federal candidates and how it affects campaign fundraising, among other things.Source: Democratic women outraise men among female donors — another record-breaking first...
We’re now in the final week of voting in one of the most consequential elections in years. So it’s even more important to cast an informed ballot – and to make sure it gets counted.Source: Everything you need to know about voting, but were never told...
