Bills in each house of the California legislature to ban paying circulators on any basis except hourly are both advancing. AB 1947 passed the Assembly Elections Committee on March 21. SB 1394 passed the Senate Elections Committee on April 3.Source: California Bills, Outlawing Paying Circulators Except Hourly, Advance...
John Cox is doing something remarkable for a Republican. A recent survey indicates he is now within striking distance of being elected governor of the infamously liberal state in November.Source: Newt Gingrich: California may elect a Republican governor -- Incredible as that sounds...
Wisconsin Democrats declared victory on Tuesday night after Milwaukee Judge Rebecca Dallet won a bitter race for a seat on the state’s Supreme Court.Source: Democrat wins a bitter, costly race for Wisconsin Supreme Court...
All Americans can agree with at least one simple truth: Politics is messy. The Supreme Court is finding out just how messy when wading into what Justice Felix Frankfurter called the “political thicket” of partisan gerrymandering.Source: Keep judges out of this political thicket...
It’s hard to think of three words subject to more intense election-year scrutiny than the ones California candidates can include beneath their names on the ballot.Source: Why an election tradition in California is banned in other states...
On the March 25 episode of 60 Minutes, a former chairman of the Federal Election Commission said Donald Trump was in “an enormous legal mess.Source: How to Build a Campaign Finance Case Against Donald Trump and Michael Cohen...
They want to be like the Koch Brothers and the Mercers for campaign tech, but much cheaper, faster and smarter — and for Democrats. Higher Ground Labs, the incubator fund that last year put $2.Source: Democrats fund start-ups to leapfrog RNC technology...
Corporate philanthropy, business leaders would have us believe, is the ringing voice of a company’s social conscience.Source: Charitable Giving by Corporations Is Also About Getting, a New Study Finds...
Two major Democratic super PACs are spending a combined $12 million on digital advertising focused solely on helping Democrats win 2018 House races.Source: Two super PACs launch $12 million campaign for Democratic House races...
The John Bolton Super PAC ran ads, doled out campaign contributions and endorsed candidates for five years, all in the name of helping elect defense hawks to office.Source: How John Bolton's super PAC helped him get ahead in Trump’s Washington...
