“How Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Are Flouting Campaign Finance Rules”
Brendan Fischer for Moyers & Co.
Monthly Archives: October 2016
“Pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC accepted illegal contributions”
CPI:
Pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC Correct the Record accepted $250,000 in illegal contributions from a charity backed by a Boston-based construction firm already in trouble this year for its political donations.
Suffolk Cares Inc., a nonprofit charity registered under section… Continue reading
“UK Law’s Election Law Society to Live-Blog during the 2016 Presidential Election”
More Baseless Trump Allegations of Voter Fraud
Today, via Sopan Deb.
“Right-Wing Group Citizens United Again May Have Tried to Trick the Elderly Into Giving It Cash”
“African American early voting is way down in North Carolina. Why is that?”
Insightus:
In the 58 counties that have been plagued by neither flooding nor locked polling place doors (Unimpaired Counties) African Americans are voting at 91% of their 2012 rate – not great, but a definite improvement over the statewide rate… Continue reading
Breaking: Democrats Sue Trump, State Republican Parties, and Roger Stone for Voter Intimidation Tactics
The latest set of filings from Democrats (led by Marc Elias) against the Trump campaign, state Republican parties, and Roger Stone’s “Stop the Steal” group:
Nevada Complaint
Arizona Complaint
Pennsylvania Complaint
Ohio Complaint [corrected link]
I haven’t yet gone through… Continue reading
“Why Bill Gates is trying to change Washington’s Supreme Court”
Quite a story from Reid Wilson:
In Washington, Gates and the other mega-donors are targeting a judge who has ruled against one of their pet projects in the past.
Last year, the court ruled that a 2012 ballot measure establishing… Continue reading
“Are Voter ID Laws Dead? That Depends.”
Daniel Vock for Governing.
“Why no selfies in voting booth? Think “$20 or a pint of whiskey””
“No evidence for ‘Trump supporters with dogs’ tweet claim”
Cincinnati Enquirer:
Outside of a single unsubstantiated tweet, there is currently no evidence Donald Trump supporters with dogs harassed African-Americans voting early in Cincinnati.
At about 10 p.m. Sunday, Christian writer and progressive political activist Jim Wallis tweeted to his… Continue reading
“Citizens vs. Citizens United”
WaPo editorial:
Voters in four states — California, Missouri, South Dakota and Washington — will vote on statewide ballot measures dealing with abuses in the campaign finance system. The measures range from support for a constitutional amendment to overturn… Continue reading
Will North Carolina’s Early Voting Cutbacks and Changes Affect Overall Voting?
From today’s NY Times survey on the state of early voting:
In North Carolina, Democrats have a wide lead in the number of ballots cast so far, with 43 percent to Republicans’ 31 percent. But because the state significantly curtailed… Continue reading
“North Carolina NAACP Files Federal Suit Charging State Illegally Suppressed Right to Vote of Thousands of Black Residents”
Release:
The North Carolina NAACP filed a federal lawsuit Monday seeking an immediate injunction to stop the state and various county boards of elections from illegally cancelling the registrations of thousands of voters who are being targeted in a coordinated… Continue reading