On the evening of September 12, the U.S. Supreme Court countermanded two rulings of lower federal courts in Texas, and said that Texas need not draw new districts in time for the 2018 election. One case involved U.S. House districts; the other state house districts. See this Scotusblog post.Source: U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Require Texas to Draw New Districts In...
We Californians must reclaim our position of leadership in the nomination of the president of the United States.Source: Here’s how California can be more than an ATM for presidential candidates...
The FEC operates as an independent regulatory agency that overseas campaign finance of federal elections.Source: Trump to nominate Texas lawyer to FEC...
LOS ANGELES — California is pushing forward with a plan to change the state’s primary date from June to March, a move that could scramble the 2020 presidential nominating contest and swing the early weight of the campaign to the West.Source: How California could jolt the 2020 presidential race...
Today Common Cause filed a complaint with the U.S.Source: For Immediate Release Russian Facebook Political Ad Buys During 2016 Election Draw DOJ & FEC Complaints...
Care about freedom of the press? Support independent investigative journalism.Source: Will Donald Trump let the Federal Election Commission rot?...
Virginia’s election supervisors on Friday directed counties to ditch touchscreen voting machines before November’s elections, saying the devices posed unacceptable digital risks.Source: Virginia bars voting machines considered top hacking target...
A Kremlin-linked firm spent at least six figures on political Facebook ads in the 2016 elections. But any Americans who may have lent a hand to the private company being called a “troll farm” with ties to Putin may be in the greatest legal jeopardy.Source: Russia’s Facebook Ads Could Spell Trouble for Any American Who Lent a Hand...
New York, N.Y. – The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity relies on a database produced by the Heritage Foundation to justify baseless claims — by President Trump and some of the panel’s members — of rampant voter fraud.Source: Analysis: Heritage Foundation's Database Undermines Claims of Recent Voter Fraud...
Two GOP lawmakers have turned their fire on President Trump's Justice Department after it announced it would not reconsider its decision not to prosecute Lois Lerner, the IRS employee at the center of the 2013 political-targeting scandal. Reps.Source: GOP lawmakers furious after DOJ declines to prosecute ex-IRS official Lois Lerner...
