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20 Nov 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Trump fired Christopher Krebs, who headed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and led successful efforts to help state and local election offices protect their systems and to rebut misinformation. [read post]
26 Jul 2018, 9:01 pm by Jim Sedor
MaineEthics Commission to Delay Clean Elections Funding Until Court RulingLewiston Sun Journal – Colin Ellis | Published: 7/25/2018 The Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices delayed action on Clean Elections in the hope that a court ruling on the matter might be issued soon but did not rule out the possibility of calling a special meeting should the… [read post]
24 Feb 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Missouri voters in 2018 voted to ban most gifts to state lawmakers. [read post]
12 Mar 2021, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
House Republicans are weighing whether to join Democrats in getting back into earmarks, the practice of loading spending bills with legislators’ pet projects. [read post]
10 Dec 2021, 7:27 am by gabrielagendreau
Governmental Affairs Coordinator. [read post]
15 Jul 2016, 6:38 am by Jim Sedor
An investigation by Fair Political Practices Commission staff alleged Lyft failed to file in a timely manner five lobbyist employer reports. [read post]
10 Mar 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Now, several dozen prominent legal figures are seeking to revoke Passantino’s license to practice law. [read post]
17 Feb 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Election Deniers Face a Nationwide Wave of PushbackMSN – Amy Gardner, Patrick Marley, and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez (Washington Post) | Published: 2/15/2023 There is a growing effort among state election officials, lawmakers, and private-sector advocates to push back against the wave of misinformation and mistrust of elections that sprang from Donald Trump’s false claim that his 2020 defeat was rigged. [read post]
26 Feb 2021, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Twenty-six states will have secretary of state elections next year, including five of the 10 closest states in the 2020 presidential election. [read post]
7 Feb 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
The bill would require presidential candidates to create and release an ethics plan for their transition team prior to the election. [read post]
25 Oct 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Congress Has Long Sought to Bar Foreign Campaign Contributions Roll Call – Todd Ruger | Published: 10/18/2019 In the decades before President Trump asked Ukraine to launch an investigation into his main political rival in the upcoming presidential election, Congress tried again and again to keep foreign nationals out of American elections and government decisions. [read post]
31 Jan 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Candidates are prohibited from using campaign funds for personal use under federal election laws. [read post]
20 Sep 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Her plan also would prohibit lobbying activities on behalf of foreign governments, something that is now standard practice on K Street. [read post]
17 Jan 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
The decade that followed was by far the most expensive in the history of American elections. [read post]
13 May 2022, 10:47 am by Monica Williamson
The Chief Judge is appointed to a four-year term by the Lower Elwha Business Committee, the elected governing body of the Tribe. [read post]
11 Sep 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Unions influence elections in three main ways: members’ votes, manpower, and money. [read post]
8 Nov 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Decisions about voter list maintenance, one of the most essential bureaucratic duties of state election officials, received intense scrutiny in several states this year. [read post]
14 Apr 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Twitter labeled NPR’s main account as “state-affiliated media,” a term also used to identify media outlets controlled or heavily influenced by authoritarian governments, such as Russia and China. [read post]