“The point of the Electoral College is simple: to restrict the power of the majority. There’s a tendency to forget that majority rule is only half of a free country — the other half is the protection of the rights of the minority, of the dissenters.Source: “Why We Have an Electoral College”...
We have now reached the point at which we can say that more votes have been cast this year than in 2012, according to the Cook Report.Source: More Total Votes Cast in 2016 Than in 2012...
The hunt for big dollars began in January 2015 outside Palm Springs, Calif., at a luxury hillside resort with sweeping views of the sprawling desert floor.Source: How the stampede for big money enabled Donald Trump’s rise...
The mood in the Washington press corps is bleak, and deservedly so. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that, with a few exceptions, we were all tacitly or explicitly #WithHer, which has led to a certain anguish in the face of Donald Trump’s victory.Source: Commentary: The unbearable smugness of the press...
You’ve likely heard tales of people getting in trouble when they take selfies in polling stations, but is it really illegal to take a picture with your ballot? Possibly, depending on where you live.Source: Where You Can and Can't Take Ballot Selfies...
The Donald Trump campaign has filed court papers asking a Clark County district judge to impound ballots at several early voting sites in Southern Nevada because of alleged election violations.Source: Trump campaign files court challenge over early voting in Southern Nevada...
A three-judge federal panel Monday dismissed a renewed Republican challenge to the “soft-money” ban on unlimited donationstopolitical parties from wealthy individuals, corporations and advocacy groups like unions in a decision that returns the fight over a landmark campaign finance law to the U.Source: Panel upholds ‘soft-money’ ban but sends GOP campaign finance challenge to Supreme Court...
WASHINGTON (CN) — Already looking past Election Day, a bipartisan group of lawmakers and congressional candidates have brought a federal complaint against the Federal Elections Commission to rein in super-PAC spending. Led by Rep. Ted Lieu, the lawsuit filed on Nov.Source: Bipartisan Group Takes on Super PAC Explosion...
Tens of thousands of Americans work the polls on Election Day. They decide who gets to vote straightaway and who must first fill out an affidavit. They are charged with troubleshooting the machines, keeping the lines moving, and conveying the vote tally to their local board of elections.Source: We Make Voting Feel Good...
Over the course of the 2016 campaign, Republican presidential nominee and celebrity billionaire Donald Trump has boasted about the extent to which he has funded his campaign. We evaluated those statements to determine which pledges he fulfilled, and which he didn’t. 1.Source: $100 Million? How Trump’s Self-Funding Pledges Panned Out...
