Public financing brings more diverse voices to the ballot box. In Florida, Amendment 6 would repeal the state’s small donor public financing program. Vote No on Amendment 6.
New challenges to voter eligibility in three states have nothing to do with election integrity — they’re cynical attempts to discourage participation by legal immigrant voters. And now the Supreme Court is buying in.
“The public should have confidence that, when the system says who won the election, that tally is accurate and secure,”
@bartongellman
told
@pbsnewshour
.
In western North Carolina, election officials and voters are taking extraordinary steps to ensure the voting runs as smoothly as possible after Hurricane Helene. Here's what they've been up to:
Electing a president is not the only major decision this fall. Voters across multiple states have the chance to vote on critical issues such as gerrymandering, same-sex marriage, and abortion rights. Experts discuss:
Officials in Virginia and Alabama have blatantly violated federal law in recent weeks in a quest to bolster lies about who votes in American elections.
300+ candidates joined the first run of NY State’s small-donor public matching program. "This is a program with really broad appeal across the state and the political spectrum,"
@jzdanys
told
@Sludge
.
.
@tomTMwolf
went on
@BLaw
's "Cases and Controversies" podcast to talk about what happens when the federal government changes its position in legal disputes with
#SCOTUS
after a new president is elected:
In New York, where wealthy and corporate donors have dominated elections, candidates and voters alike are using a new program that matches small-dollar donations. More than 300 candidates for NY Senate and Assembly joined its debut run:
"Poll watchers can provide transparency,"
@AndrewGarber15
told
@ABC
. "The concern becomes when poll watchers go in either to fulfill partisan goals or to spread disinformation."
Wealthy donors giving at least $5 million to support Harris or Trump are spending twice as much as they did on the 2020 presidential race, according to our new analysis of FEC data. Most of that increase is attributable to the effort to elect Trump.
There is no place for violence in American public life. We are better than calls for violence against public servants, volunteers, and political opponents, and we cannot let this become “routine.”