WASHINGTON -- A request to relax limits on coordination between candidates and super PACs left the Federal Election Commission divided and, at times, confused at a hearing on Tuesday.Source: FEC Deadlocks On Whether Candidates Can Coordinate With Their Own Super PACs...
After serving eight terms in Congress, Tom Coleman got used to asking people to vote for him. This Election Day, though, Coleman camped out in front of a Virginia precinct asking for signatures on behalf of another candidate.Source: Presidential Campaigns Use Virginia Elections as Opportunity to Qualify for 2016 Primary...
↓ Post navigation ← “2016’s ‘Missing Voters’ Can Be Found with Automatic Voter Registration” “How the Timing of Elections Shapes Turnout, Election Outcomes, and Public Policy” → An extensive 17-page concurring statement, which begins: On JulySource: Interesting Statement from FEC Commissioner Goodman on Role of Press in Presidential Debates...
It’s unlikely to happen, but voters could elect two different congressmen to fill John Boehner’s vacated seat in the March primary. That’s because Ohio Gov. John Kasich has chosen to conduct the primary for Boehner’s unfinished 6-month term and the two-year term on the same date.Source: “Boehner resignation leads to election oddity”...
A deadlock by the U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Public Citizen’s request that the agency close a loophole of its own making that allows federal contractors to make campaign contributions through subsidiaries means the loophole remains. The 3-3 vote came Tuesday evening.Source: “FEC Refuses to Close the ‘Chevron’ Loophole in the Ban Against Campaign Contributions From Government Contractors”...
WASHINGTON — The speaker has no house. Of all his unusual traits for his new role — relative youth, a love of Clif Bars for lunch and an excessive interest in tax policy — the most notable may be Speaker Paul D. Ryan’s insistence on sleeping in his Capitol Hill office.Source: Even as House Speaker, Paul Ryan Sleeps in His...
(KUTV) Just when you thought the 'Count My Vote' war was over, a new battle breaks out within Utah's Republican party. Candidates can start their applications for petitions recently allowed under the Count My Vote compromise on Jan. 4, less than two months away.Source: With deadline coming up Republicans still wrestling with Count My Vote...
After serving eight terms in Congress, Tom Coleman got used to asking people to vote for him. This Election Day, though, Coleman camped out in front of a Virginia precinct asking for signatures on behalf of another candidate.Source: Presidential Campaigns Use Virginia Elections as Opportunity to Qualify for 2016 Primary...
This story that the Jeb Bush campaign and its supporters failed to line up a full slate of delegate candidates littered the FHQ Twitter stream last night and has picked up some steam this morning.Source: The Extent of Jeb Bush's Alabama "Problem"...
