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Setting Some Ground Rules: Gavin Newsom Signs Bills Regulating AI in Political Campaigns

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What would you do if you received a call from the sitting president of the United States telling you not to vote in your state’s upcoming party primary election? In January 2024, many New Hampshire voters faced this...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Oregon Overhauls Campaign Finance System for 2027, Imposes Contribution Limits for First Time

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The Oregon state legislature has passed, and the governor has signed, legislation that will impose contribution limits beginning in January 2027. This will be the first time Oregon limits political contributions in the state....more

Snell & Wilmer

U.S. Supreme Court Holds That States May Disqualify State Candidates Under Insurrection Clause

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The focus of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Trump v. Anderson was its holding that states cannot exclude federal candidates from state primary ballots under the Insurrection Clause. This decision, however,...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Supreme Court Unanimously Rules States Cannot Enforce Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to Disqualify a Presidential Candidate -...

To the surprise of no one connected with the case, or who just listened to the oral argument, the Supreme Court, in a per curiam opinion (i.e., unanimously), decided the case of Trump v. Anderson, holding that states have no...more

Troutman Pepper

Bipartisan Group of AGs Issue Warning Letter Over Alleged Election Robocalling

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On February 6, a bipartisan group of 51 attorney general (AG) sent a warning letter to Life Corporation (Life Corp.) for allegedly engaging in an illegal robocall campaign that they claim was intended to deter New Hampshire...more

Fisher Phillips

Election Season in the Workplace: Employers’ Essential FAQs for 2024

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The coming election year promises to be turbulent, and your workplace will not be immune from the challenges that are sure to face us. What do you need to know about your rights and responsibilities as an employer now that...more

Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak

Will Donald Trump Be Listed First on Republican Primary Ballots

Political consultants will confirm that ballot order – meaning the order in which the candidates are listed on the ballot – has an impact on voter choice. But will the Republican frontrunner candidate be listed first on the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Colorado Supreme Court Holds That Insurrection Clause Bars Trump From Primary Ballot

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In a groundbreaking 4-3 decision headed by a 133-page majority opinion, the Colorado Supreme Court held this week that the Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment (the Insurrection Clause) prohibits former President Donald...more

Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak

How State “Sore-Loser” Laws Make It Impossible For Trump To Run A Successful Third-Party Campaign If He Loses The Republican...

Donald Trump and his allies have insisted that he can and should run as a third-party candidate in the general election if he fails to win the Republican nomination. The authors, practicing lawyers specializing in political...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Primary Elections and Campaign Finance: Ten Things to Know

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On this episode, Wiley Election Law & Government Ethics partners Mark Renaud and Andrew Woodson discuss how primary elections affect the campaign finance regime in election years. Andrew and Mark explain the top ten things...more

Cozen O'Connor

State Attorney General Elections Matter: Preparing for November 2022

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Over the next six months, the Cozen O’Connor State AG team will provide guidance on what corporate America needs to know in planning legal, regulatory and political strategies to anticipate and react to shifts in the AG...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Dear YouDig? Build Your Community One Vote at a Time

Dear YouDig? Readers, YouDig? is about constructing bridges from the past into the future and from mystery to knowledge. We seek connectivity and community. Nothing screams “community” more than Election Day, which at long...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

When Do You Have to Seek a Stay in an 80C Appeal?

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The Law Court this week issued an interesting decision in the ongoing ranked choice voting litigation that will have a broad application to appeals of final agency actions under M.R. Civ. P. 80C. The decision clarifies when...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Responding To The Democratic Party’s Tax Plans

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The Convention- The Democratic Party’s “virtual” convention last week seems to have gone pretty well. All the stars of the Party’s firmament were on hand and spoke in “virtually” one voice in their assessment of the...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

2020 Minnesota Primary Results

What follows is an overview of the results of the August 11, 2020, primary in Minnesota.  Not every race is included; instead those races that involved incumbents, or were otherwise notable....more

Nossaman LLP

Compliance Notes – Vol. 1, Issue 2

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Here, we are expanding upon our eAlerts (where we provide substantive analysis on key issues), to deliver a periodic digest of the headlines, statutory and regulatory changes, and court cases involving campaign finance,...more

Hogan Lovells

Primaries, Polls, and Results: Super Tuesday special edition

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Super Tuesday showed us that you should never underestimate the power of endorsements, electability, and momentum on voters, even in this new era of seemingly unlimited targeted advertising, digital outreach, and endless...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Under The Dome: Inside The Maine State House

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Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House provides a high-level overview of recent activity at the Maine State House. Shawn Moody Wins Republican Primary in First Round of Ranked Choice Voting; Democratic Nominee to be...more

Stinson LLP

2018 Minnesota Legislative Session Wraps with Little Reform and the 2018 Election Season Heats Up

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The 2018 Minnesota legislative session kicked off with the state’s budget administrators announcing a $329 million budget surplus. Looking back, there wasn't much more good news from this session....more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

News Now: A New Chief, Election Lawsuits, and More

The last month has brought a flurry of news on the public law front. Here are your highlights: New Chief Justice. Habemus summum! With Nancy Rice’s retirement on June 30, Colorado will have a new Chief Justice: Nathan B....more

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Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House

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Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House provides a high-level overview of recent activity at the Maine State House. Primary Election Results - On Tuesday, June 14, Maine voters headed to the polls for the...more

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Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House

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Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House provides a high-level overview of recent activity at the Maine State House. 127th Legislature Adjourned Sine Die on April 29, 2016 The second regular session of the 127th...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

Top 5 Things to Know About the Caucuses in Minnesota

1. What is a caucus and how does it differ from a primary? - The caucus system is a political process put on by the major political parties in Minnesota. At the caucus, party activists endorse candidates and discuss...more

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Four Tips for Navigating the Compliance Challenges of Election Season

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Early voting has already begun and, if your state is like mine, you’re being inundated with campaign ads and “robo calls.” Yes, it’s election season again and, for ethics and compliance officers, this time of the year often...more

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