Most Californians have a love-hate relationship with the initiative process. They love it when the voters approve their initiatives, but they hate having to vote on so many propositions. Conservatives appreciate Proposition 13, the property tax relief initiative passed in 1978.Source: California’s initiative process needs reform -- not repeal...
Patriot PAC fundraises hundreds of thousands of dollars for conservative causes, but little money goes to actual campaign committees or issue ads.Source: Conservative PACs raise millions, spend little on politics...
Working against a deadline, the Washington state legislature finished up not only a (third) 2015 special session, but completed work on a 2015-17 budget during the last week in June as well. This work had some impact on the 2016 presidential primary in the Evergreen state.Source: Washington State Will Have a 2016 Presidential Primary, but Caucuses, too...
Opponents of partisan gerrymandering have scored a series of legal victories in recent weeks as courts rule in favor of reforms aimed at making congressional elections more competitive.Source: Redistricting Reformers Are Having a Good Summer...
Approaching a recent campaign fundraising deadline, Ventura County Rep. Julia Brownley adopted increasing apocalyptic language to drum up donations. “huge embarrassment” and “we. fell. short” were among the subject lines of her campaign emails. Up against the clock, she blasted a 5:08 a.m.Source: Subject: Please, please read our story about fundraising emails...
Last year, a bipartisan commission established by President Obama declared that the U.S. faces an “impending crisis in voting technology.” After the 2000 Florida recount showed the world that the American presidency could be determined by hanging chads, Congress set aside $3.Source: “In Los Angeles, Voting Is Getting the Silicon Valley Treatment”...
Sen. Lindsey Graham recently unloaded on Fox News and the Republican National Committee for their exclusionary rules governing participation in the all-important first Republican presidential debate Aug. 6 in Cleveland.Source: GOP Debates --Why Not a Two-Night Mini-Series?...
Lobbyists are ditching their K Street gigs and taking big pay cuts for a chance to work on Capitol Hill under the all-Republican Congress.Source: Lobbyists decamp for Capitol Hill jobs...
This week marks the 271st birthday of the politician who first approved of “gerrymandering.Source: Juan Williams: A first step against gerrymandering...
Election after election around the world has proven that electoral predictions aren’t always to be trusted. In March, analysts failed to foresee Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s victory. In May, most people thought the Tories were doomed in England.Source: The Dirty Little Secrets About 2016 Predictions...
