The Sixth Circuit web page lets anyone listen to recent oral arguments. Here is a link to the 35-minute argument in George v Hargett, 16-5563. This is the case over whether a 2014 amendment to the Tennessee Constitution passed.Source: Listen to Sixth Circuit Oral Argument in George v Hargett at This Link...
The FBI monitored social media accounts on Election Day 2016 to track Russian efforts to spread damaging false information about candidates.Source: FBI tracked Election Day social media for fake news from Russia...
This Los Angeles Times article says four Democrats who are running for California Lieutenant Governor have raised at least $600,000 in campaign funds, and a fifth who might seek that office has raised $2.8 million.Source: Californians Will Probably Have Only Democrats on November 2018 Ballot for Lieutenant Governor...
The American conscience is etched with memories of the eventful 2000 elections, where the Palm Beach Post found that Palm Beach County’s Butterfly Ballot cost Al Gore the presidential elections.Source: Better Design, Better Democracy: Why Ballot Design Matters in Ranked Choice Elections...
Congressman Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso, speaks to approximately 400 supporters during a speech at The Well, a restaurant and bar near UTSA. O'Rouke has annoucned he is running for Ted Cruz' senate seat. Congressman Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso, speaks to approximately 400...
As already noted, on August 2, a U.S. District Court struck down Utah procedures that didn’t permit a new party to get on the ballot in a special U.S. House election, unless the party had already been ballot-qualified when the election was called. According to this story, the state won’t appeal.Source: Utah Won’t Appeal Court Decision on Early Deadline for...
In 2008, Memphis, Tennessee adopted ranked choice voting (RCV) by a landslide, with 70 percent of voters in favor of a city charter amendment. RCV, also known as instant runoff voting, allows voters to rank candidates in order of choice and eliminates the need for runoff elections.Source: Ranked Choice Voting is Coming to Memphis...
As the 2016 election dramatically revealed, the United States has split into two political nations.Source: Two Nations...
Although Russian hackers are reported to have tried to disrupt the November election with attacks on the voting systems of 39 states, the consensus of the intelligence community is that they were probably unsuccessful in their efforts to delete and alter voter data.Source: To Protect Voting, Use Open-Source Software...
For years, the Left has screamed that money and speech are not one and the same. Last year, Hillary Clinton promised a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and declared an anti-speech litmus test for Supreme Court appointments if she was elected. Thankfully, she wasn’t.Source: The Left Insisted That 'Money Isn't Speech' - Until Donald Trump Jr. Met With the Russian Lawyer...
