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...
Researchers find weaknesses in public websites that could expose personal information of donors and other sensitive data. New research found gaping security holes in several SuperPAC public websites – from weak or nonexistent encryption and open ports to old and outdated server platforms.Source: Some SuperPAC Websites Are Not Super-Secure...
Many progressives have embraced both of these reforms, arguing that there is little to separate an 18-year-old from a 16-year-old, the latter of whom can drive, consent to sex with adults, and be tried as an adult for crimes in many states.Source: Major city ballot measures include a lower voting age, public campaign finance, soda taxes, and more...
You may be a reliable Democratic voter in a solid-blue city. Maybe you have a graduate degree; maybe you’re a member of an ethnic or religious minority; maybe you are a woman. Any of these would make you a likely Hillary Clinton supporter. So why did you just see an ad for Donald J.Source: Why Facebook Showed You That Ad...
On Monday afternoon, the Supreme Court denied Democrats’ request to reinstate a trial court order barring the presidential campaigns and others from several activities views by the lower court as voter intimidation tactics.Source: SCOTUS, Without Asking for Response from Republicans, Rejects Attempt to Revive Trump Voter Intimidation Decree; J. Ginsburg Weighs In {Corrected]...
For those trying to secretly influence the election as the clock winds down, Oct. 20 was an important milestone. If a super PAC waited until then to register, it doesn’t need to file any information about its donors with the FEC until 30 days after the election. Pretty smooth, eh?Source: PACs pop up just in time to avoid reporting donors...
It’s the campaign scenario that keeps partisan operatives and lawyers awake at night: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton end Election Day deadlocked with key states in a recount, and a short-handed Supreme Court can't resolve the matter because the eight justices split down the middle.Source: Can the Supreme Court handle a disputed election?...
Back in August I wrote at NLJ about Republicans’ third attempt to overturn McCain-Feingold’s limits on how much political parties can raise from donors for election related advertising and other things.Source: Breaking: Three-Judge Court Rejects Challenge to McCain-Feingold Soft Money Issues, Teeing Up Issue for (New) Supreme Court...
With Americans becoming acquainted with the corrupt, crooked, and callous nature of the Clinton Political Machine, Bill & Hillary tried to stop our efforts to ensure a fair vote.Source: Roger Stone: “we will not allow the dark forces behind Hillary’s campaign to engage in voter fraud and tampering.”...
Ohio jumped the partisan line from Toss Up Clinton to Toss Up Trump, but note the average: +0.01. The Buckeye state is close here at FHQ. Nevada rejoins the Watch List, slipping under the Clinton +1 threshold, but the Silver state has been hovering there. Colorado slides off the Watch List.Source: The Electoral College Map (11/7/16)...
