“Judge Set to OK Bulk of San Francisco Political Ad Disclosure Rules”
Courthouse News Service reports.
Monthly Archives: February 2020
“Election Meltdown, Part 4. Rhetoric and reality: When is it OK to say an election was ‘stolen’?”
You can listen to the fourth episode of the Election Meltdown podcast (in conjunction with Dahlia Lithwick and Slate Amicus) at this link. (Episode 1 on voter suppression/voter fraud is here, Episode 2 on election administrator incompetence is … Continue reading
“Bloomberg’s Billions: How the Candidate Built an Empire of Influence”
“Rise of Sanders, Trump Shows Decline in Party Power; The national Republican and Democratic parties have far less sway now in anointing candidates and enforcing discipline”
New Morning Consult Poll: Voters Trust Paper Ballots More Than Other Means of Voting
Morning Consult:
After issues with a vote tabulation mobile app delayed the results of the Iowa caucuses, voters are more likely to trust in analog voting methods than ballot systems that rely heavily on technology, according to a new Morning… Continue reading
“Iowa disaster shows why techie culture and running elections don’t always mix — is Nevada next?”
Salon:
In other words, as party-run contests in Iowa continue and are poised to take the stage in Nevada, the riskiest, most controversial and possibly least assuring aspects of these 2020 elections are coming from decisions made by state party… Continue reading
Free and Fair Podcast Episode on “Primaries 101”
Listen to the latest from Franita Tolson and Ned Foley.
“New Hampshire primary showed how student turnout can overcome voter suppression”
Steven Rosenfeld for Salon.
“The Simple Lessons from a Complicated Iowa Caucus”
“Foreign Information Is Not a Campaign Finance Violation”
Jim Bopp in the NLJ:
The Democrat members of Congress and their media allies are totally off base. No President could effectively exercise his constitutional authority if his every interaction with foreign officials is subject to second-guessing under campaign finance… Continue reading
“Volunteers and campaigns worry about results reporting ahead of Nevada caucuses”
CNN:
With the Nevada Democratic caucuses only a week away, both caucus workers and presidential campaigns are worried about the lack of detail the state party is providing about how the results reporting process will work.The worries come after… Continue reading
“Documents reveal DNC was ‘intimately involved’ in development of troubled Iowa caucus app”
“Iowa Caucus Meltdown Proved Transparency Is Essential, Election-Watchers Say”
“Feds reviewing previously unreported cyber attack on Florida elections office”
Miami Herald:
Less than five weeks before Florida’s March presidential primary, the Department of Homeland Security is investigating a previously unreported cyber attack on Palm Beach County’s elections office, according to Supervisor of Elections Wendy Sartory Link.Link, who was … Continue reading