Update for June 20. Yesterday a new survey of underpolled New Hampshire was added into the FHQ state polling dataset and today Minnesota got an update to the state of the presidential race as well.Source: The Electoral College Map (6/20/20)...
Interested in how Pennsylvania is shaping the 2020 election? Sign up to receive our newsletter every Wednesday.Source: Pa. NAACP sues state for changes to election law before November’s election...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans who worked for U.S. Presidents Donald Trump and George W. Bush have formed a Super PAC to support Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in November, the latest group launched by members of Trump’s own party who will work to see him defeated.Source: Republicans launch another pro-Biden Super PAC to help defeat Trump...
In this week’s episode, Catherine talks with Election Assistance Commissioners Christy McCormick and Don Palmer about their views on the torrent of election changes happening as a result of COVID.Source: Red,White, and True News Episode #2 – EAC Commissioners Christy McCormick and Don Palmer...
UPDATED, 3:00pm: U.S. District Court Judge Dominic Lanza accepted the Settlement Agreement this afternoon and dismissed the case. Arizona and Democratic groups finalized the settlement of a lawsuit challenging the law that mail-in ballots must be *received* by 7pm on Election Day.Source: SETTLED: Arizona's Election Day Deadline For RECEIVING Mailed In Ballots Remains...
The biggest super PAC focused on electing Joe Biden grew dramatically in recent weeks, as donors moved to help whittle the financial advantage that President Trump has held heading into their presidential contest.Source: Cash floods into pro-Biden super PAC...
Too many states aren’t preparing for a potential vote-by-mail mess.Source: Beware the Fall Ballot Harvest...
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) has collected a number of supporters for her bill banning microtargeted political ads. “Political speech is critical to democratic discourse, but organized disinformation and organic misinformation use microtargeting and prevent ideas from being debated in the open.Source: Bill Banning Microtargeted Political Ads Draws Crowd...
The Interface is a daily column and newsletter about the intersection of social media and democracy. Subscribe here. Programming note: The Interface is off on Thursday. Back on Monday.Source: Turning off political ads on Facebook could have unpredictable consequences...
YouTube’s controversial “hate speech” and “harassment” rules have greatly restricted what users are allowed to say on the platform by dishing out harsh punishments for jokes, criticism, and other types of language that YouTube decides has gone “too far.Source: YouTube CEO: We’ll remove “hate speech” from elected officials but media outlets are allowed to reupload it with their own “context”...
