“Pa. urges judge to reject GOP poll watcher suit”
Morning Call reports. Hearing is today.
Monthly Archives: October 2016
“Why Trump’s rhetoric about immigrant voters is dangerous”
Chris Kromm for Facing South.
“Man Arrested For Wearing ‘Basket Of Deplorables’ Shirt At Texas Polling Place”
“Donald Trump Adds $10 Million of His Own Money for Advertising”
WSJ:
Mr. Trump’s cash infusion brings his total contributions to his campaign to $66 million, including about $30,000 he gave earlier this month in in-kind contributions, according to a report the campaign filed with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday.… Continue reading
“John Roberts and the Shifting Politics of Race”
Nathan Pippenger for Democracy Journal.
“NY Becomes Latest State To Face Suit Over Ballot Selfie Ban”
“Arpaio files election complaint against Soros-funded group”
“Bloomberg Law Brief: Democrats Sue Republicans (Audio)”
I talked to June Grasso and Greg Stohr about the latest in DNC v. RNC.
“N.J. voter intimidation case at center of Democratic court fight against Trump”
Jonathan Salant for NJ.com.
Public Perceptions of Voter Fraud Shifting (Among non-Trump Supporters)
Greg Sargent:
But here’s a potentially more significant finding. As Scott Clement and Emily Guskin note, the new Post/ABC poll also finds that worries about voter fraud have declined among American voters by 10 percentage points, even as confidence… Continue reading
“Money Flows Down Ballot as Donald Trump Is Abandoned by Big Donors (Even Himself)”
NYT:
Disclosures filed with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday revealed tens of millions of dollars in late donations and transfers to Republican “super PACs” focused on down-ballot races, suggesting a significant last-ditch effort to protect Senate and House candidates… Continue reading
“The Republican mission to quell the IRS”
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse in The Hill:
The GOP’s crusade against Commissioner Koskinen may seem overblown, but it makes a lot of sense when you consider motive: Republicans need dark money, and dark money needs a cowering IRS.
(h/t Paul Caron… Continue reading
“Miami-Dade busts 2 women for election fraud”
Literal stuffing of the ballot box by an election worker:
A 74-year-old woman tasked with inserting Miami-Dade County voters’ completed mail ballots into a counting machine was arrested Friday after co-workers caught her illegally marking ballots, resulting in an unknown… Continue reading