During the waning days of the presidential election, Vermont Democratic state Sen. Cheryl Hooker got a desperate call from one of her constituents: The woman said she had forgotten to sign her name on the absentee ballot, it had been rejected by the town clerk, and she couldn’t fix it.This was a familiar story around…
chrisdorney / Shutterstock.com In 2010, the U.S Supreme Court issued its ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. It said that political donations were a form of political speech, so limiting corporate campaign contributions would be a restriction of speech. America’s corporations have been exercising that speech ever since.Using data from OpenSecrets.org – which…
London had the highest number of super-luxury home purchases of any city in the world during 2020, outperforming its traditional rivals of New York and Hong Kong.According to the upmarket estate agency group Knight Frank, 201 “super-prime” homes – collectively worth more than $3.7bn (£2.7bn) – were bought in London last year, easily knocking Hong…
After repeated violations of YouTube’s “presidential election integrity policy,” the video platform terminated the channel for a radio show hosted by Sebastian Gorka, a onetime aide to former President Donald Trump.© Provided by Washington ExaminerGorka’s show, America First, was removed sometime over the past three days. The Washington Examiner can confirm it was live as…
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| USA TODAYShow CaptionHide CaptionAP Top Stories April 11PHere are the top stories for Sunday, April 11th: Iran calls Natanz blackout “nuclear terrorism”; Pentagon chief declares ‘ironclad’ commitment to Israel; Trump goes after Pence, McConnell at a donor event; Floral memorial for Prince Philip. (Apr. 11)APPALM BEACH, Fla. – While keynoting a weekend conference devoted to…
THE CONVERSATION via AP — For all the predictions and talk of a slump in support among evangelicals, it appears Donald Trump’s election loss was not at the hands of religious voters.As an analyst of religious data, I’ve been crunching data released in March 2021 that breaks down the 2020 US presidential election results by faith.…
Digital-first campaigns come with competitive advantage, Democratic organizers tell Grits – The Hill Times lpc-digital-firstAno NewsBy Samantha Wright Allen April 10, 2021Remote staffing can be a ‘game changer’ to bring in diversity of skills and organizers for key roles are among the lessons learned by U.S. Democratic organizers during a pandemic election.The last day of the…
Scott Hammond/Stuff The Blenheim Samoan community organised a BBQ at Pollard park to celebrate general election day in their homeland. But they say whatever the result, they will celebrate together.On Friday the community had a barbecue at Pollard Park to mark election day.Rose Sekai said she should have been in her home country for the…
Stephanie Deeley | Guest ColumnistOur history of supporting the concept of a democratic form of government where everyone has one vote and the majority rules is being tested, and we are in danger of failing that test.The right to vote without undue restrictions is the gold standard for a democracy and makes us the shining…
