South Dakota Democratic Senate nominee Julian Beaudion dropped out of the race Tuesday, a move that comes following heightened pressure from within the party to clear the way for a stronger independent candidate, according to paperwork filed with … Continue reading

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Absentee voting in Wisconsin discriminates against disabled voters, a judge ruled Tuesday, siding with groups that are seeking to force election officials to allow for electronic casting of ballots.

But Dane County Circuit… Continue reading

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Missouri’s top election official has rejected a citizens’ petition seeking a statewide referendum on new congressional districts backed by President Donald Trump.

Supporters of the referendum had submitted hundreds of thousands of petition signatures in a bid to… Continue reading

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A Tallahassee judge said the title and summary for the November ballot initiative to reduce homeowners’ property tax, originally proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, is “clearly and conclusively defective” and ordered it rewritten.

The proposed state constitutional… Continue reading

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A Richland County judge has ordered the S.C. Republican Party to put disqualified U.S. Senate candidate Danny Lee Ford II on the ballot to replace late Sen. Lindsey Graham after striking him from contention under a… Continue reading

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Former Speaker of the House Tom Foley lost his final bid for reelection in 1994 after three decades in office.

In 2013, Foley died.

But the “Committee to Reelect Tom Foley” — his still-technically active campaign committee… Continue reading

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In less than five years, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee has become one of the biggest spenders in American elections, flooding the airwaves in congressional races across the country.

Since its first involvement in elections,… Continue reading

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Over the past 10 years, American philanthropy has mobilized to defend the nation’s democracy. After the 2016 election, sensing that democracy was under threat, donors dramatically increased their support… Continue reading

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What year is it again?

Over the past few days, President Trump has been living in the year 2020, claiming that he defied his advisers to reopen the country during the coronavirus… Continue reading

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There… Continue reading

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A Bay Area News Group analysis of campaign finance data found that 34 Silicon Valley executives and investors, along with 14 of their spouses, poured $194 million into state elections over the past 1 1/2 years.… Continue reading

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A fight is heating up over a California ballot initiative to implement voter ID as it heads to the courts, pitting advocates who say it will ensure election integrity in the vote-by-mail era against critics who say it would… Continue reading

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The Kansas Supreme Court chose not to authorize an expedited review of lower court decisions temporarily blocking enforcement of a new state law repealing the three-day grace period for mail-in advance ballots.

On Thursday, a majority of… Continue reading

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President Donald Trump’s emergency appeal aimed at limiting the use of mail ballots is poised to test a controversial, 20-year-old Supreme Court principle that was intended to avoid chaos before elections.

The “Purcell principle,” rooted… Continue reading

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An increasing number of Democratic candidates are pledging to reject donations from business-linked political action committees in 2026 — a promise House Democrats say is easier said than done.

“I am deciding whether I’m going to committee or… Continue reading

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George Soros and his son Alex donated more than $400,000 to the Democratic National Committee during the 2018 midterms. They gave more than $1 million during the 2022 midterm election cycle, campaign finance records show.

This year, they have yet… Continue reading

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President Donald Trump threatened on Saturday to revive his controversial plan for federal payouts to people he says were “badly treated” by the Obama and Biden administrations, telling senators that he would “push hard” for legislation to fund the… Continue reading

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