Bernie Sanders lawsuit: Ohio official changed law to block 17-year-olds from voting Husted, however, insisted that there had been no change in the law. "The secretary of state has decided to disenfranchise people who are 17 but will be 18 by the day of the general election," Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver told reporters in Detroit Tuesday afternoon. "Those people have been allowed to vote under the law of Ohio, but the secretary of state of the state of Ohio has decided to disenfranchise those people to forbid them from voting in the primary that is coming up on March 15." In a statement, Sanders said minorities would be most affected by what he said was Husted's "unconstitutional attempt to block young voters from casting ballots." "It is an outrage that the secretary of state in Ohio is going out of his way to keep young people -- significantly African-American young people, Latino young people -- from participating," Sanders said. Weaver told reporters that the campaign expects the matter to be resolved before Ohio holds its primary next Tuesday.
To Build a Better Ballot No, this is not about the 2016 U.S. election. Not just that, anyway. First, I need to explain a weird glitch in our voting system. and Tracy Triangle , on a couple political axes. who simply votes for whoever's political position is closest. click & dragthe candidates and the voter: It's a tough choice. Of course, there's more than just one voter in an election. drag the candidates & voters around. Now let's consider a different election. , sees this. Now, you'd think giving the voters more of what they want should result in a better choice, or at least, not result in a worse choice, right? at first, beats . drag to just under , and see what happens: That's right. This is called the spoiler effect. In the Republican primary, one anti-establishment nominee, Trump, ran against sixteen GOP establishment nominees, who all "stole" votes from each other, letting Trump grab the nomination, easily. But again, this is not about the 2016 U.S. election. ...so yeah, no pressure. First objection. drag Yup.
Remembering Dale Bumpers If you’re a Democrat dreaming about your perfect presidential candidate, here’s where your fantasies might take you: Start with a child from a small town deep in the heart of a red state. Endow him or her with unusual intelligence and a strong set of values—honesty, compassion, civic engagement—passed down from a father who was a community pillar. Story Continued Below Give him a good education, a stint in the military and a gift of the gab that fuses eloquence with an inexhaustible supply of down-home humor. Put him through a crushing burden—the death of his parents in a car crash—that brings him back to the small town of his birth to manage his family’s store. Then, well into middle age, watch him mount a campaign for governor, with no money and 1 percent name recognition, against some of the most formidable politicians of his time—and watch as he vanquishes them one by one. Happily, this is no fantasy, but biography.
Log In Perhaps most arresting is the assessment that , the Russian president, sees the election attack as payback — not offense, but defense. He has borne a serious grudge against Mrs. Clinton, who he believes denigrated him when she was secretary of state and encouraged the pro-democracy protests in Moscow that erupted against him in 2011. Mr. Putin, the report says, sees the hidden hand of the United States in the leaking of the Panama Papers, files stolen from a law firm that exposed the wealth of his closest associates, secreted in offshore accounts. He even blames the United States for the exposure — carried out mainly by international sports authorities — of Russian athletes for their widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs. “From the Russian perspective, this is punching back,” said Christopher Porter, a former C.I.A. officer who now studies cyberattacks at the firm FireEye. Mr. While most of Congress and much of the public appears to accept the agencies’ findings, Mr. Mr.
Here’s a voter fraud myth: Richard Daley ‘stole’ Illinois for John Kennedy in the 1960 election (Associated Press) President Trump has chartered a Commission on Election Integrity to investigate his claim that millions of voters, including undocumented immigrants, voted illegally in 2016. Although no evidence has been offered to support this allegation, it does evoke some popular histories of election fraud in the United States. One of the most famous examples — cited by proponents of Trump’s commission — is the 1960 presidential election, when Chicago Mayor Richard J. But the story of the stolen 1960 election rests on several myths. [Pence’s voter fraud commission will almost certainly ‘find’ thousands of duplicate registrations that aren’t duplicates. Myth 1: Illinois put Kennedy over the top Popular accounts sometimes claim that winning Illinois was what put Kennedy in the White House. But Illinois didn’t change the national outcome. Kennedy won 303 electoral votes; his Republican opponent Richard Nixon won 219. Myth 2: Kennedy’s margin of victory in Cook County was extraordinary
In a new poll, half of Republicans say they would support postponing the 2020 election if Trump proposed it By Ariel Malka and Yphtach Lelkes By Ariel Malka and Yphtach Lelkes Monkey Cage Analysis Analysis Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events August 10 Trump: 'We have to protect the integrity of the vote' President Trump made remarks on July 19 at the first meeting of his commission investigating his allegations of voter fraud during the 2016 election. President Trump made remarks on July 19 at the first meeting of his commission investigating his allegations of voter fraud during the 2016 election. Critics of President Trump have repeatedly warned of his potential to undermine American democracy. Claims of large-scale voter fraud are not true, but that has not stopped a substantial number of Republicans from believing them. [Here’s a voter fraud myth: Richard Daley ‘stole’ Illinois for John F. Here’s how we did our research: The survey interviewed a sample of 1,325 Americans from June 5 through 20. true
Pence’s voter fraud commission will almost certainly ‘find’ thousands of duplicate registrations that aren’t duplicates. Here’s why. From left, former Cincinnati mayor Ken Blackwell, Vice President Pence and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach attended a meeting of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity last week. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Did Vice President Pence commit voter fraud? You might think so, if you looked at voter registration data that includes only each voter’s name and birth year. Mike Pence registered to vote eight times and cast seven ballots across six states in the November 2016 election. But you would be wrong. [Federal judge upholds fine against Kris Kobach for ‘pattern’ of ‘misleading the Court’ in voter-ID cases] The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, led by the vice president, has gotten considerable attention for requesting voter registration information (including names, birthdays and Social Security numbers) from each state. [Federal judge allows Trump commission’s nationwide voter data request to go forward] Here’s how we did our research. politics true
Russian Election Hacking Efforts, Wider Than Previously Known, Draw Little Scrutiny - The New York Times But months later, for Ms. Greenhalgh, other election security experts and some state officials, questions still linger about what happened that day in Durham as well as other counties in North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia and Arizona. After a presidential campaign scarred by Russian meddling, local, state and federal agencies have conducted little of the type of digital forensic investigation required to assess the impact, if any, on voting in at least 21 states whose election systems were targeted by Russian hackers, according to interviews with nearly two dozen national security and state officials and election technology specialists. The assaults on the vast back-end election apparatus — voter-registration operations, state and local election databases, e-poll books and other equipment — have received far less attention than other aspects of the Russian interference, such as the hacking of Democratic emails and spreading of false or damaging information about Mrs. Clinton. Photo Ms.
A political scientist has discovered a surprising way to increase voter turnout. It starts in childhood. (iStock) Almost one in two of the United States’ voting-age population failed to cast their ballot in last November’s presidential elections, putting the United States far behind almost all other developed democracies around the world in voter turnout. Many proposals have been offered to tackle this embarrassing problem: Hold elections on weekends. Make Election Day a national holiday. Get rid of voter ID laws. Now, a political scientist is offering another solution: Teach kids social skills.