Category: elections

Democrat PAC Launches $80M Plan to Install Thousands of Local Election Supervisors| Facts Matter

Joseph Stalin, the former communist dictator of the Soviet Union, was once famously quoted as saying this: “Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything.” There is some debate about whether that quote was really from Stalin or from someone else in the Communist Party, but regardless, that appeared to be…


Sri Lanka’s Parliament Votes for New President as Protesters Wait

COLOMBO—Sri Lankan lawmakers voted in parliament on Wednesday to choose the next president from three contenders amid tight security, hoping the new leader would pull the island out of a crippling economic and political crisis. A win for acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe, one of the main two contenders but opposed by many ordinary Sri Lankans,…


Wisconsin Elections Commission Fails to Release Guidance for Clerks After Supreme Court Rules Ballot Drop Boxes Illegal

The Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) has not yet released new guidance on how to handle absentee ballots for the upcoming August election after the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled ballot drop boxes are illegal. Both Republicans and Democrats on the commission repeatedly hit an impasse on Tuesday when it came to deciding what the Supreme Courts’ ruling meant and…


Wisconsin Elections Commission Fails to Release Guidance for Clerks After Top State Court Rules Ballot Drop Boxes Illegal

The Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) has yet to release new guidance on how to handle absentee ballots for the Aug. 9 primary election after the state’s Supreme Court ruled that ballot drop boxes are illegal. Republicans and Democrats on the commission repeatedly hit an impasse on July 12, when it came to deciding the meaning of the court’s…


No Guidance for Wisconsin Election Clerks After Top State Court Bans Ballot Drop Boxes

The Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) has yet to release new guidance on how to handle absentee ballots for the Aug. 9 primary election after the state’s Supreme Court ruled that ballot drop boxes are illegal. Republicans and Democrats on the commission repeatedly hit an impasse on July 12, when it came to deciding the meaning of the court’s…


Israel to Dissolve Parliament, Call New Election

JERUSALEM—Israel’s weakened coalition government decided Monday to dissolve parliament and call a new election, the country’s fifth in three years. The vote, expected later this year, could bring about the return of a nationalist religious government led by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or another prolonged period of political gridlock. In a nationally televised news…


Israeli Government Dissolves Parliament, Calls New Elections

JERUSALEM—Israel’s weakened coalition government decided Monday to dissolve parliament and call a new election, the country’s fifth in three years. The vote, expected later this year, could bring about the return of a nationalist religious government led by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or another prolonged period of political gridlock. In a nationally televised news…


Dem Leads District 40 Congressional Race Against Split Majority of Republicans

As the top two frontrunners in the June 7 state primary election, Democrat Asif Mahmood and U.S. Rep. Young Kim, a Republican, appear likely to face off in November for California’s 40th Congressional District. Mahmood is currently leading with 40.2 percent of the vote, compared to Kim’s 33.5, according to updated unofficial results June 8….


Capitol Report (June 7): Gun Rights Debate Rages on in Washington; DHS Warns of More Violence in US

The lawn of the National Mall was covered with flowers to memorialize lives lost to gun-related deaths. Democratic lawmakers joined activists to urge Congress to follow through on restricting gun rights—even if they need to make compromises to gain the support needed across the aisle. We were in Denver, Colorado, over the weekend where we…


What to Expect in November’s Midterm Elections

Commentary “Ultra MAGA.” “Putin Price-Hike.” You can envision the White House hired consultants as they scramble around conference rooms, desperately trying to come up with the right keywords to deflect blame from the current administration’s objectively failing policy agenda. “How does ‘Vlad’s Cost-Rise’ make you feel?” They ask a demographically diverse focus group: “Are you…