Kansas Gerrymandering Case Going to SCOTUS; Ohio Loses a Fair Maps Defender
With so much post-midterm drama, we haven’t updated you on redistricting issues recently, and redistricting in two states, Kansas and Ohio, is again in the news.
American Democracy Minute for July 28, 2022: Democracy Advocates Speak Out on Election Count Reform Act
We’re wrapping up our discussion of the proposed, bipartisan Electoral Count Reform Act in the U.S. Senate with what advocacy groups are saying about the legislation.
American Democracy Minute for July 14, 2022: Lawsuit Filed Against FEC for Dismissing Credible Complaint on Secret Payments to Trump Family & Insiders
We reported back in May on the Federal Elections Commission deadlock over alleged secret payments benefitting Trump family members. The complaint alleges Trump family members and insiders financially benefited from sweetheart contracts paid out by a political action committee supporting President Trump’s re-election campaign. The Campaign Legal Center has now filed a lawsuit contesting that decision.
American Democracy Minute for May 20, 2022: FEC Deadlocks on Trump Campaign Payments to Family-Controlled LLC
n a report by Business Insider, the FEC has apparently deadlocked again, this time over sketchy 2020 payments made from former President Trump’s campaign to even sketchier LLCs and holding companies set up by Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.