No one loves lawn signs more than political candidates. Political candidates love lawn signs because 1. They love seeing their name around, 2. They assume that the number of lawn signs they see somehow correlates to the level of support they enjoy and 3.Source: Sorry campaign managers: Lawn signs are only 98.3 percent useless....
If you saw a new popup message when you opened Facebook recently, don’t worry: It’s not a hoax. In a bid to make up for, eh, letting the Russians run rampant on its platform before the last presidential election, Facebook has launched a poll worker recruitment drive this weekend.Source: No, You’re Not Seeing Things. Facebook Has Launched a Poll Worker...
PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. Attorney General William Barr delivered a broadside attack on mail-in voting Thursday, attacking the process used by many Americans — including the vast majority of Arizonans — as prone to undue influence and coercion.Source: U.S. Attorney General Barr attacks voting by mail while in Arizona...
Topline Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a complaint against Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Friday with the Federal Elections Commission, as calls grow for the controversial Postal Service chief to face consequences for allegedly reimbursing employees who made donations toSource: Watchdog Files FEC Complaint Against Louis DeJoy As Outrage Over Alleged Campaign Finance Violations Grows...
Old Navy, Target, Warby Parker, and Compass Coffee are paying employees to vote and work at the polls.Source: There might be a shortage of election poll workers. Corporate America wants to help....
Since 2016, Republicans have netted nearly seven times as many registered voters in Pennsylvania than Democrats. PHILADELPHIA — President Donald Trump has trailed Joe Biden in virtually every poll in Pennsylvania this year.Source: ‘I want to be in the Trump party’: GOP rides voter registration surge in key state...
The Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity arm and the FBI said on Tuesday they've seen no cyberattacks on voter registration databases this year, following news reports about Michigan voter data appearing on a Russian hacking forum.Source: DHS, FBI rebut reports about hacked voter data on Russian forum...
Dark money could be trending toward a record low this election cycle. It’s a development the media has been suspiciously silent on. "Dark money” is a pejorative label for campaign spending by groups that are not political committees.Source: The 2020 election could see record lows for 'dark money' influence...
Over the past few years, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (“CREW”) has been on a targeted lawfare campaign against the Federal Election Commission.Source: CREW v. FEC’s Impact on Independent Expenditures and Donor Privacy, Explained...
Washington, DC – The Institute for Free Speech published new research today finding no evidence of increased public corruption following the Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.Source: New Research: No Rise in Corruption Since Citizens United...
