The Texas Supreme Court on Friday upheld the state’s ban on direct corporate campaign contributions, denying a challenge from a Tea Party group that called it unconstitutional.Source: Texas Supreme Court rejects Tea Party challenge to campaign finance laws...
The director of the independent Office of Government Ethics, who has been the federal government’s most persistent critic of the Trump administration’s approach to ethics, announced Thursday that he is resigning nearly six months before his term is scheduled to end. Walter M. Shaub Jr.Source: Federal ethics chief who clashed with White House announces he will step down...
Can you sue former President Barack Obama because he said “You can keep your doctor” under Obamacare but your insurance company dropped you anyway? Not likely.Source: Democratic National Committee Fraud Lawsuit Is the Biggest Story in Politics That No One Is Talking About...
As election officials across the country push back against a wide-ranging request for voter data from a federal panel investigating election fraud, they may be getting too much credit ― or blame ― for resisting President Donald Trump.Source: Many States Praised For Defying Voter Data Request Aren't Doing That At All...
Source: Statement from Kris Kobach, Kansas Secretary of State and Vice Chair of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity...
President Trump’s voter fraud commission may have violated the law by ignoring federal requirements governing requests for information from states.Source: Voter fraud commission may have violated law...
When a commission created by President Donald Trump to investigate voter fraud asked all 50 states last week to share the name, party affiliation, last four digits of social security number, voting history and other personal information for each of the country’s 200 million registered voters, theSource: Why California denied the Trump administration’s request for voter data...
Cybersecurity experts say President Trump's voter fraud panel's request for voter roll data could make the information more vulnerable to hacking or digital manipulation.Source: Experts warn voter fraud panel data request could lead to hacks: report...
Hans von Spakovsky, a member of the FEC nominated by former President George W. Bush, will join the presidential commission to investigate instances of voter fraud during the 2016 election.Source: Trump names former FEC member to voter fraud probe...
The vice chairman of President Trump’s commission on election integrity sent a letter to all 50 states Wednesday requesting information on their voter rolls.Source: Trump election panel asks all 50 states for voter roll data...
