August 26th, 1958
Court Dismisses Challenge to Alaska’s Fair Share Signatures
Superior Court Judge Thomas A. Matthews dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Ballot Measure No. 1, Alaska’s Fair Share Act. The lawsuit sought to invalidate signatures collected by professional signature gatherers and take away Alaskans’ right to vote on the initiative in November. Matthews’ ruling granted Vote Yes for Alaska’s Fair Share’s motion to dismiss […]
New polling shows dramatically low levels of support for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Recent attempts by the Trump administration to allow drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and to bail out oil companies during the COVID-19 pandemic with taxpayer money, as well as its criticism of banks’ decisions not to fund Arctic oil and gas development, are hugely unpopular with American voters. According to newly completed […]
Georgia Holds Chaotic Primary Marred by Malfunctions, Long Waits
A disastrous primary election day in the southeastern U.S. state of Georgia Tuesday overshadowed a handful of key races to choose general election candidates for the November general election. The chaos was a combination of a new set of computerized voting machines that either malfunctioned or failed to arrive on time at polling stations, […]
“It’s Corrupt… I’m Allowed To”: After Admitting He Cast Ballot by Mail, Trump Launches Bizarre Attack on Mail-In Voting
President Donald Trump Tuesday evening attacked voting by mail—a solution many rights advocates argue is particularly necessary amid the ongoing public health crisis—as a “terrible thing” even after admitting that he cast a mail-in ballot in the 2020 Republican presidential primary in Florida (presumably for himself) just last month. “Mail-in voting is horrible. It’s corrupt,” Trump said […]
US Voters Warned of Foreign Influence Operations
PENTAGON – U.S. security and intelligence officials are warning voters to expect foreign actors to try to sway their views as they prepare to go to the polls in a series of key presidential primaries. The warning, issued on the eve of Super Tuesday votes in 14 states and one territory, comes as a […]
Bernie Holds Double-Digit Lead Over 2020 Rivals Among Young Democratic Voters: Poll
A new national poll of young Democratic voters released Monday shows Sen. Bernie Sanders leading the crowded 2020 field with a double-digit lead over the second most popular candidate, Joe Biden. According to the survey by the Institute of Politics (IOP) at the Harvard Kennedy School, the U.S. senator from Vermont is preferred by 31 percent […]
US Polls Show Majorities Oppose National Emergency Declaration
Three new polls in the U.S. show that a majority of Americans oppose President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to build a wall along the country’s southern border with Mexico without congressional authorization. In the latest survey released Wednesday, a Politico/Morning Consult poll showed Americans were opposed to Trump’s action by a […]
Shutdown Continues to Cast Shadow Over US Politics
WASHINGTON — High-stakes political negotiations began Wednesday in Washington that could determine whether the U.S. government will be plunged into another partial shutdown come the middle of February. A bipartisan group of Senate and House members will try to craft a compromise on funding border security, the issue at the heart of the 35-day government shutdown […]