Bozeman, Montana (CNN)Republican candidate Greg Gianforte was considered the favorite heading into Montana's special election Thursday night to replace Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, but that was before the Republican allegedly "body slammed" a reporter during his final campaign event in Bozeman WSource: In Montana's special, it's time to count the votes...
I am still playing around with it, but it looks pretty good so far. Source: Federal Election Commission Home Page...
Say what you will about Justice Samuel Alito, but the man always thinks ahead. On Monday, Alito dissented in Cooper v. Harris, the landmark 5–3 ruling that united Justice Clarence Thomas and the Supreme Court’s liberals to strike down North Carolina’s racial gerrymander.Source: Is Anthony Kennedy Ready to Put an End to Partisan Gerrymandering?...
“Money in politics” obsessives have long been frustrated at the lack of scholarly support for the notion that political spending directly alters legislative votes, which would help them to push for greater political speech restrictions.Source: Washington Examiner: New study fails to prove that money sways politicians, despite activists’ excitement (In the News)...
Hackers will target American voting machines—as a public service, to prove how vulnerable they are.Source: Top hacker conference to target voting machines...
Since the Supreme Court handed down Citizens United, which expanded the ways corporations can spend money to influence elections, there has been an accelerating drumbeat of calls for heightened disclosure requirements.Source: Guess who's addressing money-in-politics? It's not the government...
The agency, already investigating a Trump complaint, is called on to consider reports that Russian agents bought Facebook ads.Source: FEC member urges escalated Trump-Russia inquiry...
WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a Republican challenge to a federal campaign finance restriction that prevents political parties from raising unlimited amounts of cash to spend on supporting candidates.Source: U.S. Supreme Court leaves key campaign finance restriction in place...
On May 15, the Supreme Court let stand a decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruling that North Carolina’s sweeping voting restrictions targeted African-American voters “with almost surgical precision.Source: North Carolina Is Once Again Found Guilty of Discriminating Against Black Voters...
Two people who worked as election clerks during the May 2016 primary runoff have pleaded guilty to unlawfully casting a ballot for another person, Harris County Clerk Stan Stanart announced Monday.Source: Two poll workers plead guilty to illegal voting...
