In October 2014, then-Federal Election Commission Vice Chairwoman Ann Ravel did what she often does: speak her mind about political campaign issues.Source: First Came the Drudge Link. Then the Death Threats....
More stories about Ann Ravel, FEC, CommissionerSource: Death threats directed at elections regulator...
Did you know that Hillary Clinton has a team of software engineers? We don’t operate at Google scale, but we scale people and products rapidly. We’ve only been around for a year and we’ve accomplished a lot. We have about 50 backend services and 20 frontend applications in production.Source: A first peek behind the scenes of Hillary Clinton’s Technology operation...
Curly Haugland loves the rules. The stubborn 69-year-old pool-supply magnate is North Dakota’s top Republican gadfly, its rule-mongering crank, its official state pain in the ass.Source: Donald Trump 2016 : How To Steal the Republican Convention...
Trump’s victory is leading to lunacy in high places - The Washington PostAbove all, they detest weakness in themselves and others. The country, in their view, has grown soft and feeble. Their opponents are losers, lacking in energy. Rather than despising bullying — as Ryan, Romney and all the Bushes do — they elevate it. The strong must take power,...
Trump currently has about 1,053 delegates of the 1,237 he needs to win the nomination outright. Republicans are still scheduled to vote in primary elections in California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, Washington, Oregon, West Virginia and Nebraska between now and June 7 – for a total of 445 delegates yet to be allocated. It is nearly impossible to...
Remarks: Q Hi, Mr. President. Earlier today, we spoke about — THE PRESIDENT: What’s your name? Q Patrick Forrest (ph) from the Fresno City College Rampage. THE PRESIDENT: From the what? Q Fresno City College, the Rampage. … Continue reading →Source: ...
Ask the person on the street when elections are held, and they’ll say, “Duh, in November.” Ask an election official, though, and depending on what state they’re in, they may say, “Spring, fall and sometimes in between,” or “They never stop—we’re doing elections all year long.” With all eyes on the presidential nominating races, it may be hard to contemplate...
In this heated election year, Andrew Appel explores the history of voting and voting fraud as we have transitioned from paper ballots to mechanical voting machines. What does the future of voting and voting security look like in the United States?Internet Voting? Really? | Andrew Appel | TEDxPrincetonU - YouTube ...
To vote in the GOP primary, you’ve got to be a registered Republican. My guess is that most right-leaning, independent-thinking AIP members would side with Trump. Fortunately, it’s not too late for these Californians to correct their mistake. They’ve got until May 23 to reregister as a Democrat, a Republican or with no party at all. The latter is officially...
