Donald Trump didn't spend a cent on television ads until last week, and he paid the woman who wrote his wife's convention speech an oddly small fee, but one campaign expense he couldn't seem to control last month was his legal bills.Source: Trump's Lawyers Had a Very Good Summer...
WASHINGTON — An Istanbul-based college professor is at the center of a group of suspicious 2014 contributions to a super PAC supporting Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton — including $5,000 from an apparently fictitious company based in Lodi, a USA Today analysis shows. Dr.Source: Murky donation to Hillary Clinton super PAC from Lodi address...
Early voting, which gives all voters the chance to cast their ballot prior to Election Day: Favor: 80% Oppose: 18%Requiring all voters to provide photo identification at their voting place in order to voteFavor: 80% Oppose: 19% Source: Four in Five Americans Support Voter ID Laws, Early Voting...
On Friday, Washington's secretary of state certified the results of the state's Aug. 2 primaries, cementing an atrocious and under-reported outcome in this year's open treasurer's race.Source: Washington's screwed-up primary system yields all-Republican general election for state treasurer...
Appearing on MSNBC during the 11 a.m. ET hour on Monday, attorney and former Republican National Committee counsel Mark Braden denounced an attempt by anchor Tamron Hall to dismiss claims of voter fraud as “extraordinarily rare” and “minuscule.Source: Election Lawyer Blasts ‘Lunacy’ of MSNBC Denying Voter Fraud...
With November approaching, political analysts have started crunching the numbers behind the 2016 presidential campaigns. Although Democrats and Republicans have been criticized for the millions of dollars they receive in contributions both parties have said that they want campaign finance reform.Source: 5 Myths About Money in Politics That May Affect Voters' Decisions...
Using data from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s Election Administration and Voting Survey, this indicator measures the percentage—out of all ballots cast—of absentee ballots that were rejected.Source: Elections Performance Index...
Identity theft wasn’t supposed to be part of writing checks to the Democratic National Committee.Source: Identity thieves target Dems’ big donors after DNC hack...
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v.Source: Political Contributions and Lobbying Proposals...
In Texas, Michigan, North Carolina and elsewhere, federal courts in recent months have struck down one discriminatory voting law after another in a series of major victories for voting-rights advocates.Source: Voting Rights Success? Not So Fast...
