05/20/2016 08:04 AM EDT
By Natasha Korecki (nkorecki@politico.com; @natashakorecki) with Manuela Tobias (mtobias@politico.com; @manuelatobiasm)
Good Friday morning, Illinois. Today, Mayor Rahm Emanuel will meet one-on-one with TSA administrator Peter Neffenger. Emanuel will "reiterate the need to fix the unacceptable security lines," according to a City Hall statement. "Afterward, Emanuel will meet with airport and elected officials at O'Hare Airport to discuss the new federal resources that aim to reduce the wait times. These meetings come after the mayor and city officials helped secure additional resources from the federal government on Tuesday."
On the court beat, a federal judge ordered former U.S. Rep. Dennis Hastert to begin serving his prison sentence in just four and a half weeks.
And in state news, Gov. Bruce Rauner said he may be open to signing a bill that decriminalizes small amounts of pot.
HASTERT TO THE HOOSEGOW -- "Hastert ordered to report to prison in June," by POLITICO's Josh Gerstein: "A federal judge has ordered former House Speaker Dennis Hastert to report to prison on June 22 to begin serving his 15-month sentence for violating a bank reporting law while paying out hush money to one of several men who accused him of committing sexual abuse several decades ago. U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Durkin's order issued Thursday doesn't name the facility Hastert is being sent to, but he is expected to serve his time at a federal prison hospital in Rochester, Minn. Durkin blasted the former speaker as 'a serial child molester' at a hearing last month where one of Hastert's
accusers confronted him about alleged sexual abuse while Hastert was a wrestling coach and teacher at a Yorkville, Ill. high school more than 35 years ago."
RAUNER SIGNALS POT DECRIM POSSIBILITY -- The Associated Press: "Gov. Bruce Rauner says he may be comfortable with legislation to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana in Illinois. But the Republican stopped short of promising to sign the bill. The Illinois House gave the measure final approval Wednesday. Because it already has passed the Illinois Senate the next step is the governor's desk. The bill includes recommendations Rauner issued when he vetoed a decriminalization measure last year. Rauner says he has to review the bill but that if it includes what he recommended he'll 'probably be comfortable with it.' The governor made the comments Thursday. The bill would impose
fines up to $200 for possession of 10 grams or less of marijuana but no jail time. It also sets a standard for what's considered too high to drive."
AUTOMATED VOTER REGISTRATION  -- From a release: "The Illinois State Senate on Thursday voted to pass SB250, a bill to create Automatic Voter Registration in Illinois. The bill now moves to the House, where more than 50 members have already signed on as cosponsors. Senate Bill 250, sponsored by State Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) and championed by State Rep. Carol Ammons (D-Champaign), and State Rep. Robyn Gabel (D-Evanston), reforms current registration laws so that whenever an eligible Illinois resident receives services at a designated state agency such as Drivers Services, Illinois Department of Human Services, or Illinois Department of Employment Security, he or she will be
automatically registered to vote in the local jurisdiction unless they opt out. Registered voters will also be able to update their voter information when they interact with these agencies."
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ILLINOIS' 39 TRUMP DELEGATES -- "Donald Trump's Illinois delegates a mix of the angry, eager, eccentric," by Chicago Tribune's Rick Pearson: "A couple of them started GoFundMe efforts for travel money. A few of them plan to bunk up as roommates. Only a handful has any history of political activism. And many of them said they believe the nation and its politics have become too politically correct. They are the 39 elected members of Illinois' Donald Trump delegation to the Republican National Convention - an eclectic, slightly organized group chosen across the state in the March 15 primary who found a common cause in the presumptive Republican presidential nominee."

AFTER THE PROTESTS -- "LGBTQ-Friendly Affordable Housing Complex Proposed For Logan Square," by DNAinfo's Paul Biasco: "A 100 percent affordable, LGBTQ-friendly housing development is being proposed in Logan Square. Ald. Joe Moreno (1st) unveiled a plan to build the apartment project that will include 88 affordable housing units Thursday morning. The affordable units will be restricted to households earning up to 60 percent of the area median income. The project will be paid for with tax increment financing funds from the Milwaukee-Fullerton TIF district, CHA funds, tax credits and private financing, according to Moreno."
CHICAGO'S ECONOMIC RACIAL DIVIDE -- "Chicago near bottom for black employment, income equality," by Crain's Lisa Bertagnoli: "Chicago ranks 65th out of 70 metro areas for employment equality for blacks and 62nd out of 70 for income equality, according to the 40th annual State of Black America report, published yesterday by the National Urban League. Unemployment for blacks in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area stands at 18.6 percent, compared with 5.8 percent for whites. Unemployment for blacks in the metro area that ranks first, Providence-Warwick, R.I., is 9.9 percent, compared with 6.8 percent for whites."
RULES SET DISPARITY IN MOTION -- "Chicago's Racist Housing Rules: How Early Laws Stalled Diversity," by DNAinfo's Linze Rice: "In West Ridge or Rogers Park, it's not uncommon to pass folks who hail from around the world on any given day. A stroll through Warren Park confirms it. A DNAinfo analysis of recent census data found that Rogers Park presently holds the distinction of being the city's most diverse neighborhood, with a roughly even spread of about one-third white, one-third black and one-third Hispanic residents. Yet the Far North Side is still predominately white."
UNEMPLOYMENT UP. JOBS UP. -- "Illinois unemployment edges up again in April to 6.6 percent," by State Journal-Register: "The unemployment rate across Illinois again crept up in March even as the state added jobs. The Illinois Department of Employment Security said Thursday that the jobless rate hit 6.6 percent in April. That was up from 6.5 percent in March and came in spite of news that the state's job base grew by 5,400. 'April saw modest job growth, but more than half of this growth was experienced in temporary jobs or employment agencies,' IDES Director Jeff Mays said in the report. 'Additionally, though Illinois jobs saw a moderate increase over the last four months, the portion of
full-time jobs in Illinois remains lower than it was before the recession began in 2007.'"
SAVINGS INABILITY KNOWS NO BOUNDS -- "Poll: Two-thirds of US would struggle to cover $1,000 crisis," by The Chicago Tribune: "Two-thirds of Americans would have difficulty coming up with the money to cover a $1,000 emergency, according to an exclusive poll released Thursday, a signal that despite years of recovery from the Great Recession, Americans' financial conditions remain precarious as ever. These financial difficulties span all income levels ... even for the country's wealthiest 20 percent - households making more than $100,000 a year - 38 percent say they would have at least some difficulty coming up with $1,000."
"Why Social Impact Bonds Are Seen As Gaining Traction," by The Bond Buyer: "The use of 'social impact bonds' as an alternative financing tool is on the rise and news that Chicago's first venture into the space will pay off for investors demonstrates the benefits, market participants said."
NOT SHAKING IT -- "Protesters shout '16 shots' at Emanuel during antiviolence event," by Chicago Tribune's Bill Ruthhart: "Mayor Rahm Emanuel held a news conference Thursday afternoon in a South Side park to talk about the city's summer antiviolence program, but quickly found himself once again addressing the familiar theme of a lack of public trust in the Chicago Police Department. As the mayor began to discuss building community bonds to discourage ongoing gun violence in some neighborhoods, a pair of protesters interrupted, shouting '16 shots!' a reference to the 2014 police shooting of Laquan McDonald. Sixteen is the number of times Officer Jason Van Dyke, who's now charged with murder,
shot the teenager."
NOT. GOOD. -- "Chicago's Pension-Fund Troubles Just Became $11.5 Billion Bigger," Bloomberg:
CRIME REBATE -- "Alderman proposes $200 security camera rebate for homeowners," Chicago Sun-Times:
THIS COULD BE A GOOD THING. SHHHHHHH -- "Mayor quietly informs Southwest Side of new school, addition," by Chicago Sun-Times' Fran Spielman and Lauren FitzPatrick: "Mayor Rahm Emanuel has quietly agreed to build a new school and a school addition to ease severe overcrowding on the Southwest Side but the good-news announcement was cloaked in secrecy. The decision to build a 16-classroom annex at Byrne Elementary, 5329 S. Oak Park, and a new school at 65th and Nottingham to replace Dore Elementary, 6108 S. Natoma, was unveiled at invitation-only meetings at the respective schools last Saturday ... City Hall may want to keep the lid on any expansion plans at a time when it's pleading for
hundreds of millions of dollars in pension help from the General Assembly in the waning days of the spring session."
REMOVED FROM PRINCIPAL POST, NOW LEADS PRINCIPAL GROUP -- "Troy LaRaviere, facing firing, wins principals' group election," by Chicago Sun-Times' Lauren FitzPatrick: "A Chicago Public Schools principal - who is a fierce critic of Mayor Rahm Emanuel - won an election Thursday to head a CPS principals' organization, despite being currently suspended without pay and facing possible firing. Ex-Blaine Elementary School Principal Troy LaRaviere won the election to be the president of Chicago Principals and Administrators Association in a rout of his opponent, retired Prosser Career Academy Principal Ken Hunter. LaRaviere won 69.1 percent of the votes, according to the association's website."

NOT A BAILOUT BUT 'RIGHTING A GRIEVOUS WRONG' -- "Commentary: Rauner's shameful agenda to strangle CPS," Howard Brookins Jr.: "Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration has spent nearly two years making false accusations on a whole host of issues, but its latest whopper about funding Chicago Public Schools sinks to a new low. Before anyone swallows the tales by Illinois Secretary of Education Beth Purvis, keep in mind that all the Rauner administration has to show for its tenure is making Illinois the only state in the country without a budget. ... To call for equal funding is not, as Purvis claims, a 'bailout.' In fact, given Illinois' separate and unequal funding of education, it is righting a
grievous wrong that has been placed on a district in which 85 percent of students are African-American or Latino. This discrimination against Chicago schools, and other low-income and often minority students statewide, raises profound moral and legal questions."
'SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUE OF OUR TIME' -- "Can we at least put politics aside for a school funding fix?" by Reboot Illinois' Matt Dietrich and Madeleine Doubek: "MADELEINE: I used to write about our messed up school funding in the 1990s, for goodness sakes, and it's barely gotten better since. I remember working on a project at the Daily Herald where we went to a downstate school and spent some time and then compared it to a school in the suburbs. It's past time to fix the formula. How can our state have a future when we're withholding huge sums of money from our state colleges and treating downstate and Chicago kids like they're children of a lesser God? This is the social justice issue of our
time."
MAP RELIEF OR OVERPROMISE? -- "Illinois lawmakers send college tuition grant funding plan to Rauner," By The Associated Press: "Illinois Democrats have approved a measure to fully fund tuition grants for low-income students despite Republican concerns the state can't pay for its promises. The Senate approved the measure Thursday on a 39-15 vote. The bill goes to Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner next. The measure sponsored by Democratic leaders House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton would appropriate about $397 million to colleges and universities for tuition grants under the Monetary Award Program ... Republicans lawmakers cautioned against passing the proposal,
saying Illinois doesn't have money to pay for the grants because there's no budget and the state is spending at a deficit."
4-YEAR WAGE FREEZE FOR TEACHERS AT SCHOOL FOR DEAF -- "Rauner administration says it reached contract agreement with teachers at School for the Deaf," by The State Journal-Register's Doug Finke: "The Rauner administration said Wednesday it has reached agreement on a new labor pact with about 50 teachers at the Illinois School for the Deaf in Jacksonville. The workers are represented by the Illinois Federation of Teachers Local 919. The administration said the IFT agreed to a four-year wage freeze, as well as accepting a plan for performance bonuses to workers who recommend cost-saving measures or who meet or exceed performance standards."
TWO YEARS TOO LATE -- "Here's the secret report on sex allegations against ex-Treasurer Rutherford," by Crain's Greg Hinz: "We now know more about one of the oddest but most meaningful events in the 2014 race for Illinois governor: allegations of sexual harassment that torpedoed the candidacy of then-Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford for governor against then-businessman Bruce Rauner ... The report, by investigator Ron Braver, concludes there is 'no evidence' that former top Rutherford aide Edmund Michalowski was retaliated against for failing to acquiesce to alleged sexual advances, 'no supporting evidence' that he actually was sexually harassed and 'no evidence' that he was forced to do
political work."
IT'S BEAN GREAT -- "Cloud Gate ranked among nation's top landmarks," by ABC 7: "TripAdvisor ranked Millennium Park's Cloud Gate, better known as The Bean, among the nation's top landmarks for travelers. Cloud Gate came in at no. 11. The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington D.C. took the no. 1 spot, followed by the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and Alcatraz, in the San Francisco Bay. Rounding out the top five were the USS Arizona Memorial in Honolulu and Grand Central Terminal in New York City."
MAKING MONEY 'WITHOUT MAKING THINGS' -- "Playing the suckers," by James Krohe Jr. in Illinois Times: "In Donald Trump and Bruce Rauner we have two deal-making millionaires who have convinced people that practices that weaken a healthy economy, from low taxes to lax regulation, can make a sick government healthy again. All that the businessperson-turned-candidate offers as a credential is her success at business, it being assumed that the traits that made her a success in private life would make her a success in public life as well. That's not far-fetched in cases of the company-building entrepreneur. But these days our private-sector heroes tend to be corporate managers or deal-makers or
financiers who have found ways to make money without making things."
SAYING FAREWELL -- "CBOE Chairman Bill Brodsky to exit board, company," by Crain's Lynne Marek: "CBOE Holdings Chairman Bill Brodsky plans to leave the company's board next year after having leadership roles at the Chicago Board Options Exchange parent since 1997. Brodsky, 72, announced his exit at the company's annual shareholder meeting in Chicago today, saying he wouldn't be a candidate for the board next year ... CBOE also said that it plans to 'review its leadership structure,' including considering the option to combine the roles of chairman and chief executive officer. Brodsky arrived at CBOE as the options exchange was on the cusp of an electronic trading revolution."

SEC FINES HARVEY MAYOR AFTER BOND DEAL -- "Mayor in Illinois Settles Muni Bond Fraud Charges," SEC: "The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the mayor of Harvey, Ill., has agreed to pay $10,000 and never participate in a municipal bond offering again in order to settle fraud charges. The SEC alleges that Eric J. Kellogg was connected to a series of fraudulent bond offerings by the city. Investors were told that their money would be used to develop and construct a Holiday Inn hotel in Harvey, but instead city officials diverted at least $1.7 million in bond proceeds to fund the city's payroll and other operational costs unrelated to the hotel project. According to the
SEC's complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Mayor Kellogg exercised control over Harvey's operations and signed important offering documents the city used to offer and sell the bonds."
DUCKWORTH V. KIRK 'UNCHARTERED WATERS' -- "Two disabled candidates locked in historic battle," by USA Today's Donovan Slack: "The race for the Illinois Senate seat once held by Barack Obama has drawn intense attention as one of the closest in the country. But it also marks a compelling milestone. Republican Sen. Mark Kirk suffered a massive stroke and is now often wheelchair-bound. His Democratic challenger, Rep. Tammy Duckworth, had her legs blown off while serving in Iraq. 'To have two candidates with disabilities run against each other is uncharted territory,' said Jennifer Duffy, Senate analyst at the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. 'What's in bounds, what's out of bounds, I think
changes.'"
OPPONENT'S DREAM DATE -- "Trial Date Set in Suit Against Tammy Duckworth," by Roll Call's Eric Garcia: "A circuit judge presiding over a lawsuit involving Rep. Tammy Duckworth when she headed the Illinois Veterans Affairs Department set a trial date for August 15, which could disrupt her Senate campaign. Two women who worked at a veterans home in southern Illinois allege ethics violations. One claims she was fired in retaliation for complaining about their boss at the facility. Duckworth later reversed the decision. The other plaintiff says he was given a poor performance review which prevented a pay raise after she complained as well. Duckworth's campaign did not comment on the setting of
a trial date."
BREAK IN GRISLY MURDER CASE -- "DNA, phone records lead to charges in Gage Park massacre: police," by Chicago Sun-Times' Frank Main, Andy Grimm and Michael Sneed: "DNA evidence and phone records put a 22-year-old Chicago man at the scene of a massacre of six Gage Park family members - an attack that started as a robbery, police said Thursday. The details came as police announced charges against that man, Diego Uribe, and his girlfriend, Jafeth Ramos, 19. Each is charged with six counts of first-degree murder for the slayings at the bungalow in the 5700 block of South California Avenue, authorities said. Uribe is a nephew to one of the victims, Maria Herminia Martinez. Both he and Ramos
allegedly gave statements implicating themselves to authorities."
CRAZEY FOR BEYONCE -- "Beyoncé Prom Dress-Making Teen Chooses Chicago For Fashion Studies," by DNAinfo's Alex Nitkin: "All it took was Walmart, eBay and some explosive creativity for India Ross to turn herself into a fashion goddess. The high school senior from St. Louis attracted a national spotlight this week when she showed up to her senior prom in a homemade dress identical to one worn by Beyoncé at a fashion gala. Ross spend hundreds of dollars and untold hours putting the outfit together, she told US Weekly. After some outlet and online shopping, she said, she hand-placed more than 2,000 individual crystals for a look worthy of the pop icon herself. As of Thursday,
photos of Ross's project were trending nationally on Facebook and caught the attention of fashion magazines like Essence."
WHERE'S RAHM? In the morning, participates in a meeting and deliver remarks at O'Hare International Airport to discuss the new federal resources that aim to reduce TSA wait times at Chicago's airports.
WHERE'S RAUNER? Holding a roundtable at Running Central in Peoria in the afternoon.
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I changed the account to Finance but check it again in a few days in case it flips back when it gets settled.
From: Marshall, Maxwell
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 4:08 PM
To: Alan Reed
Cc: Kaplan, Jordan; Parrish, Daniel
Subject: Roy Cockrum
Alan –
Roy Cockrum, TN just contributed 33,400 on the DNC general link today and intended on making the contribution towards one of our events. Can you please transfer his contribution over to finance?
Thanks,
Max
From: Roy Cockrum
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 3:09 PM
To: Marshall, Maxwell
Subject: Re: Upcoming Events in TN etc.
Hi Max,
Just sent DNC donation of $33,400.00 and would like to attend the round table next week if its not too late. Let me know ASAP so I can make travel arrangements. Also planning to be in Philly for all those festivities.
Thank you,
Roy Cockrum
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On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 1:40 PM, Marshall, Maxwell
> wrote:
Hi Roy –
Nice speaking with you earlier today! Please find the invitation for our event with Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Knoxville on June 3rd attached. I have also attached our convention package document, you currently qualify for the Main Line package! If were willing to contribute $33,400 we can bump you up a level to the Fairmont. Additionally, your generous contribution would allow you to attend a small roundtable we are having with President Obama in DC on May 18th  or a dinner in NYC  on June 8th (Invites also attached).
Finally please meet Scott Comer, DNC Finance Chief of Staff and son of Knoxville TN who is running point on our event.
Let me know what you think, as always we appreciate your support and friendship!
Max
Max Marshall
Southern Finance Director
Democratic National Committee
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Jordan C. Vaughn
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On May 4, 2016, at 1:02 PM, Brad Marshall
> wrote:
Approved
From: Kaplan, Jordan
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 12:38 PM
To: Vaughn, Jordan; Brad Marshall
Cc: Abdullah, Zain
Subject: Re: Lunch reimbursement
Brad, can you approve Jordan Vaughn’s lunch thing.  He took out Linda Lipsen (head of trial lawyers) so he should be reimbursed and given a medal.
Thanks.
Jordan Kaplan
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Democratic National Committee
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On May 4, 2016, at 12:36 PM, Vaughn, Jordan
> wrote:
Hey Kaplan, need approval from you/Brad Marshall for Zain to process the Linda Lipsen lunch reimbursement. Thank you.
Jordan C. Vaughn
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(c)
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On May 4, 2016, at 12:24 PM, Abdullah, Zain
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Hey Jordan,
Were you able to get the approval for this. Can you please forward it to me and I can add it to QB.
Thanks!
Zain


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TECH CLIPS
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Republicans using tailor-made tech on the campaign trail
Travis Zimpfer // The Missouri Times
If you follow Rick Stream on the campaign trail as he makes his bid for the 15th district state senate seat, you will notice that he is constantly checking his cell phone. When he has his face pointed down towards his screen, he is not looking at Facebook notifications or sending off texts. Instead, he has an application open that he hopes will propel him back into office.
That application should be familiar to almost any House Republican – Pebble.
Pebble was created in 2013 as the brainchild of multiple Republicans looking for a better software solution for campaigning after Missouri was largely left by the wayside.
Meet the San Francisco team behind Bernie Sander’s killer organizing app
Dawn Chmielewski // Recode
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has no problem exciting the college crowd with his fiery rhetoric about political revolution.
An app called Hustle helped the campaign connect with these young supporters, and recruit volunteers, using text messages. Texting proved to be more effective at reaching supporters and prospective volunteers than, say, emails or phone calls. And it works well with everyone — not just millennials.
Inside Voter: The ‘Tinder for Voting’ App That Has Sean Rad’s Stamp of Approval
Kerry Flynn // International Business Times
Despite Tinder's popularity among young people, presidential candidates this election season have been reluctant to embrace the matchmaking app as a campaign tool. But a new spin on the concept, borrowing the app's signature swipe function, has emerged as a way to educate and match voters to candidates aligned with the issues they care about.
Meet Voter, a new app that lets users swipe right for “yes” and left for “no” on issues just like they would for potential dates on Tinder.
Voter ID Laws May Have Actually Increased The Likelihood of Voter Fraud - By Hackers
David Holmes // FastCompany
Over the past 16 years, only 10 cases of voter impersonation—out of 146 million registered voters—have ever been identified. And yet each election, a vocal political contingent made up primarily of Republicans complains about an alleged epidemic of voter fraud and impersonation. To combat it, they propose—and in many cases successfully pass—laws requiring voters to provide verification of their identity with an ID card, along with verbal confirmation of various pieces of personal data, before they are permitted to vote.
As election officials become more reliant on electronic databases, the potential for hackers to commit voter manipulation and election fraud has gone way up. But it’s these very voter ID laws that are partly to blame, despite legislators’ claims that they would make elections safer, according to Joseph Kiniry, CEO of Free and Fair, a provider of secure election services and systems.
Trump’s Big Win Is a Giant Setback for Data Crunchers
Issie Lapowsky // Wired
After the 2012 election, the prevailing theory was that data had been President Obama’s secret weapon against Mitt Romney. The campaign’s number crunchers sat in a separate space called The Cave, rubbing elbows with the likes of Alphabet Chairman Eric Schmidt and identifying key voters using an internal database named Narwhal. After Obama’s win, the occupants of the Cave got a lot of the credit, and strategists predicted that no candidate could ever win again without ample data on their side.
But those people were wrong—at least, Trump’s Indiana victory makes it look that way.
Facebook voting reminder extends to 35 states
Morgan Lee // Washington Times
People across New Mexico are receiving an unsolicited reminder to register for primary elections in June as they log onto Facebook.
The social network attached the reminders to individual newsfeeds Tuesday and Wednesday as a May 10 registration deadline approaches. New Mexico votes in the final round of presidential primaries on June 7, while also narrowing the field of candidates for state Legislature and local offices.
Facebook has extended the registration drive to 35 states so far this year, skipping states with same-day registration. In New Mexico, the effort coincides with the introduction this year of online registration.
The GOP’s Lingering Campaign Tech Personnel Problem
Sean J. Miller // Campaigns & Elections
The presidential campaigns have fueled a D.C. tech boom this cycle but Republicans are struggling to capitalize. That’s because while GOP consultants have essentially closed the technology gap with their Democratic rivals, true parity remains elusive thanks to a dearth of personnel on the right ranging from data scientists to digital strategists.
“The plumbing is in place, the capabilities are there, but the campaigns still haven’t structurally solved [a personnel shortage],” Zac Moffatt, co-founder of Targeted Victory, said at this week’s CampaignTech East conference in Washington, DC.
The party continues to need everything from lawyers to approve content, to ad copy writers to data scientists, argued Moffatt.
Two Obama Tech-Reform Programs, 18F and the Presidential Innovation Fellows, Become Permanent in GSA
Robinson Meyer // The Atlantic
On Tuesday, some of President Obama’s most sweeping reforms to how the government builds websites and other kinds of digital infrastructure moved much closer to becoming permanent.
It’s a big step for the White House, which since 2013 has erected several provisional institutions meant to avert another Healthcare.gov-style debacle. But it’s also a slightly wonky step, so before I get to the news itself, here’s why it’s important.
As far as day-to-day work of actually running a country goes, “government technology services” like Healthcare.gov are both critical and banal. Like going to the post office, they’re how the promise of government turns into lived experience. For many people, buying health insurance isn’t only one of the few interactions they’ll have with the government in a year. It’s also one of the biggest financial decisions they’ll make.


This dv is inspired by this:  (which is also similar to a supporter record email from last month)
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Sender: The Democrats
Subject: Happy Donorversary!
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On this day in 20XX, you donated $XX to support the Democratic Party
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You were part of a community of millions of proud grassroots Democrats
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And supported Democratic candidates all across the country
[banner that reads THANK YOU!]
[Little heart]
So today, on your Donorversary (the anniversary of your donation), we want to say thank you, thank you, thank you!
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P.S. — As a token of our appreciation, please enjoy 10% off at the Democrat Store when you use the code THANKYOU10 – you deserve it!


That's damn good.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 11, 2016, at 5:50 PM, Kaplan, Jordan
> wrote:
We are having an okay may
May:
$720,718
$32,150 since yesterday
Jordan Kaplan
National Finance Director
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By Isaac Arnsdorf | 05/04/2016 02:00 PM EDT
With help from Cogan Schneier and Brianna Gurciullo
ROLODEX:
- The Herald Group hired Julia Treanor as senior director, providing strategic communications and advocacy advice, and Caitlin Rush as digital account manager. Treanor was the senior director of communications for the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity and worked at Adfero. Rush oversaw digital marketing for trade associations and political and private sector clients at Endeavor Strategies. The Herald Group also promoted Kasia Mulligan to senior director and Amanda Bobbitt to senior associate.
- Direct Impact, Burson-Marsteller's grassroots shop, promoted Connie Partoyan to CEO and Michael Fleischer to EVP. Partoyan served four years as chief of staff for Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.).
- The Climate Reality Project hired Stacie Paxton Cobos as senior vice president for communications and marketing, from public relations firm Hill+Knowlton Strategies. She was the DNC's national press secretary from 2006 to 2009.
- Brittany Uter is Vox Media's new Senior Consumer Communications Manager; she came from Vocativ.
- Women in Government Relations elected new officers: President Katie Schubert of CDR; Vice President Kate Shenk of Biotechnology Innovation Organization; Treasurer Suzanne Swink of BP; and Secretary Jacki Ball of National PTA.
- Startup incubator 1776 is opening in Dubai.
-FAA Administrator Michael Huerta named Intel CEO Brian Krzanich to lead the Drone Advisory Council.
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VROOM: Bockorny Group is lobbying for General Motors on connected cars, autonomous vehicles and cybersecurity privacy. The team includes Hayden Rogers [former chief of staff for Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)] and Jed Bhuta [former legislative director for former Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.)]. In January, the Department of Transportation set a timeline of six months for guidelines on driverless cars. GM also pays Eddie Fritts, Roberti Global, S-3, the Duberstein Group and Washington Tax & Public Policy Group, and recently dropped the Nickles Group, CGCN, Holland & Knight, the Normandy Group, and Bob Moss Associates.
DAILY BISTRO BIS: Sam DePoy of ARDA-ROC PAC and Kirk Freeman of REITPAC are hosting a lunch fundraiser this month for Rep. Juan Vargas (D-Calif.), with special guest Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.).
LANDRIEU OUT: The FutureGen Industrial Alliance, a coalition that had been working on a now failed carbon capture project in Illinois, has ended its lobbying deals, including its contract with Van Ness Feldman, Pro Energy's Alex Guillén reports. Mary Landrieu, who lost her Louisiana senate seat in 2014, had signed the project as her first client with Van Ness Feldman last August. The group has also ended its deal with former House majority leader Dick Gephardt, hired in 2007. Check out the latest Energy Influence for more:
TALKER: The National Review's Myra Adams writes that former House speaker Newt Gingrich, already acting as Trump's emissary to K Street, Congress and the press, may be his best choice for a running mate. Both Roger Stone, a top Trump adviser, and Mark McKinnon, former chief media adviser to the presidential campaigns of President George Bush and Sen. John McCain, hinted that Gingrich would be an strong choice. Gingrich could be a viable foil to Trump's bombastic, outsider persona - he's an establishment figure, though Adams points out he maintains a level of "outsideriness," and adds legitimacy to Trump's campaign with his extensive legislative experience. Other pros? He's a fundraising
asset, a good campaigner and has solid conservative support.
PUERTO RICO WATCH: Puerto Rico's Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi, also a leading candidate for governor in the territory's November election, is under investigation from both the FEC and Puerto Rico's Office of Electoral Comptroller, reports POLITICO's John Bresnahan, Anna Palmer and Manuela Tobias. The FEC wants Pierluisi to return more than $91,000 in donations to his federal campaign, and the Comptroller office in San Juan, which oversees campaign fundraising, is investigating whether he failed to report extra funds raised from Wall Street groups, including Morgan Stanley, which had helped the territory issue bonds. The FEC argues that Pierluisi does not need the money for his
federal campaign, since he is retiring from that post to run for governor. Puerto Rico's electoral comptroller Torres Nieves is also investigating whether Pierluisi was allowed to raise money for his gubernatorial campaign while also accepting donations for his federal committee for resident commissioner. Pierluisi has been a major figure in the congressional talks on Puerto Rico's debt crisis, and faces a June 5 gubernatorial primary.
IMMIGRATION CONFRONTATION: POLITICO's Seung Min Kim reports a fight is looming in Congress on the H-2B visa program, which allows low-skilled foreign workers to come to the U.S. to work for up to 10 months as landscapers, housekeepers or seafood processors. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle whose home states rely on immigrant labor to support local industries, like Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland and Republican North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, both from states with robust seafood production, want to include language in this year's spending bills that renews a provision in last year's omnibus quadrupling the number of H-2B visas available. Additionally, hundreds of groups
representing varied professions, like florists, concrete pavement producers and ski resort operators, have been lobbying Congress to increase the visa limit, with more than 1,000 groups sending a letter to congressional committees in March. The visas face pushback from labor groups, like the AFL-CIO, which argue the program takes jobs away from Americans and puts workers in unfavorable conditions.
POP: The American Beverage Association spent $1.5 million in its fight against Philadelphia mayor Jim Kenney's proposed tax on sugary drinks in the month since the measure's introduction in March, The Philadelphia Inquirer's Tricia L. Nadolny and Julia Terruso report. The organization has largely helped fund the No Philly Grocery Tax Coalition, which has spent $2.6 million on advertising against the proposal.
NEW PAC REGISTRATIONS:
Americans For Sensible Solutions (Independent Expenditure-Only Committee, Unauthorized)
Lafayette Surgical Hospital, LLC Political Action Committee (Non-Qualified Non-Party, Unauthorized)
Leading Builders of America Political Action Committee (LBA PAC) (Non-Qualified Non-Party, Lobbyist/Registrant PAC)
Not Trump Or Hillary (Independent Expenditure-Only Committee, Unauthorized)
United Republicans of Texas (Non-Qualified Non-Party, Unauthorized)
NEW LOBBYING REGISTRATIONS:
Alpine Group, Inc.: Rubber Manufacturers Association
Capitol Tax Partners, LLP: General Electric Energy Financial Services
Capitol Tax Partners, LLP: NextEra Energy, Inc.
DeBrunner & Associates, Inc.: Post Acute Medical
Foley & Lardner LLP: 1101 Dexter Avenue Investors, LLC
Foley & Lardner LLP: Treasure Island Community Development, LLC
Gray & Oscar, LLC (formerly Bob Gray, LLC): Vetri Community Partnership
Jochum Shore & Trossevin PC: GlaxoSmithKline
Jochum Shore & Trossevin PC: The Pew Charitable Trusts
Poblete Tamargo, LLP: Paganini
Poblete Tamargo, LLP: Piedra Family
Poblete Tamargo, LLP: Pingree
Poblete Tamargo, LLP: The Buttenheim Family
Poblete Tamargo, LLP: The Coleman Family
Poblete Tamargo, LLP: The Condon (Veeder) Family
Poblete Tamargo, LLP: The Raciti Family
Poblete Tamargo, LLP: The Ritter Family
Poblete Tamargo, LLP: The Wassall Family
The Raben Group: Protect Our Defenders
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POTUS and the Administration
Obama Confirms Death of Mullah Mansour, Taliban Leader, in U.S. Strike
NEW YORK TIMES // GARDINER HARRIS
An American drone strike in a restive province of Pakistan killed Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour, the leader of the Afghan Taliban
, the White House confirmed on Monday. Calling the death "an important milestone," President Obama
said in a statement, released just as he was meeting with top officials in Vietnam, that the United States had "removed the leader of an organization that has continued to plot against and unleash attacks on American and coalition forces." "Mansour rejected efforts by the Afghan government to seriously engage in peace talks and end the violence that has taken the lives of countless innocent Afghan men, women and children," Mr. Obama continued in the statement. "The Taliban should seize the opportunity to pursue the only real path for ending this long conflict - joining the Afghan government in a reconciliation process that leads to lasting peace and stability."
Obama Looks to Boost Economic, Security Ties in Asia
NEW YORK TIMES // THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
President Barack Obama's mission in Vietnam and Japan is to build stronger economic and security ties with Asian-Pacific allies anxious about the rise of an increasingly muscular China. That forward-looking message will be delivered even as he confronts the legacies of two wars long past - Vietnam and World War II - that still are fraught with emotion. Obama's first stop on his weeklong Asia trip was Vietnam, where he is the third sitting president to visit since the end of the war. Four decades after the fall of Saigon, and two decades after President Bill Clinton restored relations with the nation, Obama is eager to upgrade relations with an emerging power whose rapidly expanding middle class beckons as a promising market for U.S. goods and an offset to China's growing strength in the region. Obama arrived in Hanoi late Sunday. During his three-day stay in Vietnam, he'll make the case for stronger commercial and security ties, including approval of the 12-nation trans-Pacific trade agreement that is stalled in Congress and facing strong opposition from the 2016 presidential candidates.
Obama Braces for Donald Trump Questions From World Leaders
NEW YORK TIMES // GARDINER HARRIS
Officially, the top world leaders who gather Thursday at the Group of 7 summit meeting will talk about shared concerns, like global trade or the Islamic State. But their private discussions are likely to cover a topic that is not on the agenda: Donald J. Trump. President Obama now hears questions in his meetings with world leaders about whether Mr. Trump has a realistic shot at becoming president. For months, Mr. Obama has answered those questions with an emphatic "no." "I continue to believe Mr. Trump will not be president," Mr. Obama said in February at the end of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit meeting in California.
TSA Administrator Peter Neffenger may be in trouble
WASHINGTON POST // JANELL ROSS
Wait times at major airports that exceed 90 minutes. Independent tests showing Transportation Security Administration screeners failed to detect fake weapons and bombs planted by auditors 95 percent of the time. The constant threat of a terrorist attack. That's the stuff on TSA Administrator Peter Neffenger's daily must-address list. A new addition to that list: a job in possible jeopardy. The Senate approved Neffenger's appointment as the TSA's sixth administrator in June. Just 11 months later, he has basically been warned. During a Sunday morning appearance on ABC's "This Week," Reps. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) and Edward R. Royce (R-Calif.) each told viewers that there may be a need for management and leadership changes, or at least significant improvement, at the TSA. Schiff is the ranking Democrat on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Royce is chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. And as members of Congress representing districts in California, both men spend a fair bit of time in airports. When "This Week" host George Stephanopoulos asked them about the need for change at the TSA, Schiff and Royce did not rule out a change in the TSA administrator's office.
Valerie Jarrett: GOP's 'political calculus' delaying Garland nomination
THE HILL // CYRA MASTER
Senior White House Adviser Valerie Jarrett says Republicans' decision not to work with President Obama - on his Supreme Court nomination and on a swath of other issues - comes from party leadership. In an interview with "60 Minutes" that aired Sunday night, Jarrett said Republicans are "making the political calculus that to be friendly to the White House is not in their interest." Jarrett said Obama has reached out to Republicans on a number of issues, including the nomination of Merrick Garland to the high court. "I want to completely debunk this notion that if the president were just simply more friendly and more outgoing and [could] schmooze that this would change," she told CBS's Norah O'Donnell. Jarrett said the GOP's decision not to cooperate with Obama on Garland's nomination comes from the top, without naming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell specifically.
Democrats
Democrats are gay, Republicans are rich: Our stereotypes of political parties are amazingly wrong
WASHINGTON POST // JOHN SIDES
Here's a quiz question for you: What percentage of Democrats identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual? Here's another: What percentage of Republicans make more than $250,000 a year? Got your answers? Now keep reading. It's pretty well known that Democrats and Republicans like each other less than they used to
. And it's pretty well known that being a Democrat or Republican can bias how we view virtually everything, including objective facts like the state of the economy
.
Schumer, Gillibrand Call For $1.1 Billion To Fight, Prevent Zika Virus
CBS NEW YORK // MIKE SMELTZ
U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) joined health officials Sunday to ask for increased funding to prevent and treat the Zika virus. As WCBS 880's Mike Smeltz reported, Dr. Bernard Dreyer, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said at the Madison Square Park news conference that the time to act is now. "The Zika virus is a true urgent public health threat," Dreyer said. Dreyer said action cannot wait until after babies are born in the U.S. with Zika-related birth defects. Schumer said the U.S. House of Representatives' approved sum of $600 million to fight Zika comes up woefully short. "There won't be enough money to come up with a vaccine quickly enough, there won't be enough money for prevention and there won't be enough money to do the research to find out exactly how Zika works," Schumer said.
Julian Castro rallies Democrats at first 'swing state' gala
POLITICO // MATT DIXON
Florida Democratic donors and activists gathered in Orlando Saturday to select final delegates for July's Democratic National Convention, and encourage unity among supporters of Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in their common opposition to presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. "Remember when the last GOP president left office? We were losing 800,000 jobs, foreclosures signs dotted Florida streets" said Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz. "Now the G.O.P. is about to nominate someone who through that was the good old days." Her comments came at the Florida Democratic Party's first ever Swing State Blue Gala in Orlando. The event was used to select the party's final slate of delegates for the national convention and feature speakers to rev up the activists and donors who will return to their home counties and serve as the pillars of local political operations. The delegate selection process was marked by some hurt feelings from party activists who were left off the final ballot, but solidarity was the theme for the $100-a-plate dinner held after the delegate selection process.
Republicans
Senate set for showdown over women in the draft
THE HILL // JORDAIN CARNEY
The Senate is heading for a showdown over women registering for the draft. Supporters of requiring women to sign up for Selective Service see the upper chamber as their last best hope for getting legislation to President Obama's desk. They've turned their attention to the Senate after suffering a setback in the House, which last week dropped language requiring women to register from its version of the annual defense bill. Proponents say women already have the green light to serve in combat roles, hurting the legal argument for excluding them from the draft. But opponents say Congress needs to spend more time studying the politically tricky issue instead of tucking it into a massive "must pass" bill. The Senate Armed Services Committee has already included a requirement to open the draft to women in its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a move that sparked outrage from conservatives.
Graham privately asks conservatives to back Trump: report
THE HILL // JESSIE HELLMAN
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is privately urging Republicans to back Donald Trump, even while he is still publicly criticizing the presumptive GOP nominee. Graham, who once described Trump as "all-over-the-board crazy" and "unfit for office", urged GOP donors at a private fundraiser Saturday to unite behind the likely GOP nominee for president, CNN reports. "He did say that we need to get behind him," Teresa Dailey, a prominent Florida Republican who attended the event, told CNN. A Graham spokesman wouldn't confirm to CNN the content of the senator's remarks, but emphasized that he doesn't support a third-party run that some Republicans are working to organize. "There hasn't been any change in his position," Kevin Bishop said. He also tweeted a similar response to several reporters.
GOP rep calls for management overhaul at TSA
THE HILL // JESSIE HELLMAN
Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, called for a management overhaul of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Sunday, saying the TSA could be more effective. While talking about legislation that would allow for hiring of more screeners to cut down on long lines, Royce said the TSA needs to step in and overhaul management. "One of the difficulties we've had is with a great deal of turnover over at TSA, and there's certainly management problems at TSA. So with this legislation - it's also important the administration move in with an overhaul of management at the TSA to make them more effective," Royce said on ABC's "This Week." "Replace the administrator?" host George Stephanopoulos asked. "Well, I think we have to have better results at TSA, and I think most of the audits show that there are management problems there," Royce said.
2016 Democrats
Hillary Clinton Warns Against Treating Donald Trump as 'Normal' Candidate
NEW YORK TIMES // AMY CHOZICK
Continuing to treat a victory over Senator Bernie Sanders as a fait accompli, Hillary Clinton on Sunday questioned Donald J. Trump's business record and assailed his ideas, warning that the coming weeks represented a critical period in which, if left unchallenged, Mr. Trump could "normalize himself" as he seeks to broaden his support. But Mr. Sanders pointed to polls showing Mrs. Clinton with dangerously high percentages of people who have unfavorable views of her and asked whether a choice between her and Mr. Trump in the fall would force voters to pick the "lesser of two evils." Even as she contends with Mr. Sanders's unflagging critique from the left, Mrs. Clinton said it was vital for her to pivot to confront Mr. Trump now, lest he successfully repackage himself for wider consumption, rather than appealing to the Republican primary electorate alone.
Clinton previews her general-election attacks
POLITICO // MATTHEW NUSSBAUM
Previewing her general election line of attack, Hillary Clinton is lambasting Donald Trump as dangerous and unqualified to be president. "My campaign is not going to let Donald Trump try to normalize himself," the Democratic presidential front-runner said in an interview aired Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." "I've said he was unqualified to be president. I believe that deeply." The former New York senator and secretary of state hit the presumptive Republican presidential nominee for refusing to release his tax returns, talking of pulling the U.S. out of NATO and, she said, of "advocating a return to torture, and even murdering the families of suspected terrorists." "That is beyond the pale. And it poses immediate dangers," Clinton said. "There's no evidence he has any ideas about making America great, as he advertises. He seems to be particularly focused on making himself appear great. And as we go through this campaign, we're going to be demonstrating the hollowness of his rhetoric. And the danger of a lot of what he has said." Trump has said he'd support re-implementing waterboarding and "worse" in interrogating suspected terrorists and that the U.S. should "go after" the families of terrorists.
Clinton: Trump 'afraid' to release taxes
USA TODAY // KEVIN JOHNSON
Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton stepped up her attack on presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump Sunday, asserting that the real estate mogul is "afraid'' to release his tax returns because it would reveal that he's paid little or no taxes. In an interview on NBC's Meet The Press, Clinton also said Trump has offered nothing to show that he is capable of fulfilling a campaign slogan that promises to make America great again. "I think in the course of this campaign, we are going to demonstrate he has no ideas,'' Clinton said. "There's no evidence he has any ideas about making America great, as he advertises. He seems to be particularly focused on making himself appear great.'' Clinton said Trump's promises to revitalize the military and invest in America's crumbling infrastructure are hollow pledges because he has aggressively sought to reduce his personal tax burdens even as other Americans pay their share.
What Hillary Clinton thinks about Mark Cuban's interest in talking about the vice presidency
WASHINGTON POST // ABBY PHILLIP
Hillary Clinton says she welcomes businessman and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban's interest in potentially becoming her vice presidential running mate. In an interview that aired Sunday, Clinton opened the door wide open to Cuban and other business leaders, who could serve to counter the likely Republican nominee, real estate mogul Donald Trump. "I think we should look widely and broadly. It's not just people in elected office. It is successful businesspeople," Clinton told NBC News's Chuck Todd on "Meet the Press." "I am very interested in that." "And I appreciate his openness to it," she added of Cuban's comments. In a portion of an interview with Todd that was released Friday, Cuban said that he would "absolutely" be willing to meet with Clinton about becoming a potential vice presidential pick, but he noted that he had some concerns that she might have shifted too far to the left during the Democratic primary race against Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. "The key would be she would have to go more to center," Cuban said. "I like the fact that Senator Clinton has thought-out proposals. That's a good thing because at least we get to see where she stands."
Possible Conflict at Heart of Clinton Foundation
NEW YORK TIMES // ALBERT HUNT
The Clintons have been targeted by accusations of wrongdoing from Whitewater to Benghazi. There also are self-inflicted wounds: President Bill Clinton's dalliance with Monica Lewinsky and Hillary Clinton's use of private email servers while secretary of state. They may be on the verge of creating another one: The Clinton Foundation, which has done a number of good works over the past 15 years, would appear to present an inherent conflict of interest should Mrs. Clinton become president, and possibly does even now with her as a candidate. Mrs. Clinton has suggested that if she is elected, the foundation - which collects contributions from wealthy interests, including foreign governments - would continue basically as is. "The work that it's done has been extraordinary," she said in March when asked whether there would be any ethical concerns about continuing the foundation. "The answer is transparency." Ethics experts reject that answer. They say there wouldn't be any way to avoid the appearance of conflicts if she wins the presidency.
As Race Drags On, Clinton Says Sanders Has 'Right' to Continue
BLOOMBERG // MICHELLE JAMRISKO
Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton said her challenger, Senator Bernie Sanders, has "every right" to finish his campaign how he chooses, even though her extended 2008 contest for the nomination with Barack Obama was much closer than this year's battle. The former secretary of State also isn't concerned that Sanders's sharp criticisms of the Democratic Party's nomination process, and the potential for a chaotic party convention in July, is helping Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, she said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." Clinton leads the Vermont senator by 2,293 delegates to 1,533, with 2,383 needed to secure the nomination, according to tallies by the Associated Press that include superdelegates -- party leaders and elected officials not formally bound to any candidate.
Sanders: Voters see Clinton as 'the lesser of two evils'
POLITICO // MATTHEW NUSSBAUM
American voters should not be forced to pick between "the lesser of two evils" this November, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says. Asked in an interview airing Sunday on ABC's "This Week" if that's how he'd describe a possible match-up between Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, Sanders said it was not him making the characterization. "That's what the American people are saying," he said. "If you look at the favorability ratings of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, both of them have very, very high unfavorables." A recent CNN/ORC polls showed 57 percent of voters nationally viewed Trump unfavorably, while 49 percent viewed Clinton that way. Sanders continued to emphasize that he'll stay in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, though he acknowledged the delegate math provides for "a very steep uphill climb." He also appealed to so-called super delegates, who are not bound to any candidate at the Democratic National Convention, to consider switching their support from Clinton to him over issues of electability.
Sanders steps up feud with Democratic establishment
REUTERS // JOHN WHITESIDES
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders cranked up his fight with party leaders on Sunday, backing a challenger to the Democratic National Committee's chairwoman and accusing the party's establishment of trying to anoint Hillary Clinton as the nominee for president. In a series of television interviews, Sanders remained defiant despite what he acknowledged was an uphill fight to overtake front-runner Clinton. Clinton has said she already considers herself the de facto nominee and is increasingly turning her attention to Donald Trump, saying on Sunday that the rhetoric of the presumptive Republican nominee was dangerous. Sanders told ABC's "This Week" program that Americans should not have to choose between "the lesser of two evils" in the Nov. 8 election. Sanders said that if he won the White House, he would not reappoint U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz as DNC chairwoman. He also endorsed law professor Tim Canova, who is challenging the Florida congresswoman in the August Democratic primary.
Bernie Sanders Makes a Campaign Mark. Now, Can He Make a Legacy?
NEW YORK TIMES // JONATHAN MAHLER AND YAMICHE ALCINDOR
Congressional candidates who speak of "liberating the American underclass" are flush with campaign donations. The likely Democratic presidential nominee has not only moved to the left on a range of issues, but now routinely rails against the influence of "big money." There are plenty of signs that Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has left a mark on the political moment. But some liberal Democrats are beginning to worry that as Mr. Sanders continues his quest for the nomination, his chance to build a lasting legacy may be slipping away. Far from laying the foundation to transform his campaign into a movement, Mr. Sanders is wrapped up in the race itself, sharpening his attacks on Hillary Clinton and demanding that she debate him before the June 7 primary in California. And many of his supporters are following his cue. In an ugly series of events this month that, if nothing else, showed how difficult they may be to herd, Sanders supporters disrupted the Nevada Democratic convention and later threatened the state party chairwoman in a fight over delegates.
Sanders says he's going all the way to the Democratic convention
WASHINGTON POST // JANELL ROSS
Sen. Bernie Sanders shocked no one Sunday morning when he told viewers of CBS's "Face the Nation" that he plans to remain in the presidential race until at least the Democratic convention. Sanders (Vt.) is certain that he can become the Democratic nominee. But regardless of the outcome, he said he plans to go to the convention and seek what he considers critical changes to the rules. Sanders complained Sunday, as he has many times before, that closed primaries disenfranchise millions of people who may wish to vote for a Democratic candidate. Closed primaries are contests held in states that allow only registered party members, in this case Democrats, to cast ballots. In April, The Washington Post's Greg Sargent reported that Clinton had outperformed Sanders in states with closed primaries, suggesting that some share of support for Sanders comes from independent voters.
Bernie Sanders just declared war on the Democratic establishment
WASHINGTON POST // CHRIS CILLIZZA
If you want to make a politician really, really angry, endorse their primary opponent. That's exactly what Bernie Sanders did Saturday to Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. "Clearly, I favor her opponent," Sanders said in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper set to air today. "His views are much closer to mine than as to Wasserman Schultz's. Let me also say this, in all due respect to the current chairperson: If [I am] elected president, she would not be reappointed chairwoman of the DNC." That puts Sanders on the side of Tim Canova, a former Capitol Hill staffer who has enjoyed considerable fundraising success -- he's raised more than $1 million -- thanks to an anti-establishment message in his primary against Wasserman Schultz. And it ensures that the nastiness between Sanders and his supporters and Wasserman Schultz and the mainstream Democrats she represents will now surge into a full-blown battle.
Sanders fundraises for rival to Wasserman Schultz
POLITICO // MARC CAPUTO
Bernie Sanders made it official Sunday: He doesn't just oppose Debbie Wasserman Schultz as Democratic National Committee chair, he wants to help unseat her in Congress. "The political revolution is not just about electing a president. We need a Congress with members who believe, like Bernie, that we cannot change a corrupt system by taking its money," Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver wrote in a fundraising email for Tim Canova, the day after the presidential candidate announced he would back Canova's primary campaign against Wasserman Schultz. "Tim endorsed Bernie's presidential campaign, and was inspired to run because of Wasserman Schultz' support of the Trans-Pacific Partnership," the email read. "His campaign is funded like ours, by lots of people giving small amounts of money." The congressional primary could serve as a proxy war for the Sanders-Clinton rivalry.
Sanders says he's backing DNC chair's primary opponent, wouldn't reappoint her to DNC
CNN // EUGENE SCOTT AND JAKE TAPPER
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday said he supports Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz's Democratic opponent in her August 30 primary, adding that if he is elected president, he would effectively terminate her chairmanship of the DNC. Sanders, whose campaign has engaged in an increasingly bitter feud with the DNC chairwoman during his presidential bid, said in an interview set to air on CNN's "State of the Union" that he favors Tim Canova in Florida's 23rd congressional district. Canova is supporting Sanders. "Well, clearly, I favor her opponent," Sanders told Tapper. "His views are much closer to mine than as to Wasserman Schultz's." On Sunday afternoon, Canova accused Wasserman Schultz of ignoring her home district's economic issues. "In her own votes in the House of Representatives, I think she's making the problems worse," Canova told CNN's Fredricka Whitfield.
2016 Republicans
Clinton, Trump in tightening race in new poll
POLITICO // MATTHEW NUSSBAUM
Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton edges past presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump by just three points in a new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Sunday. Clinton leads Trump 46 percent to 43 percent, within the poll's 3.1 percentage-point margin of error. The finding indicates a tightening race between two candidates with high unfavorable ratings. Clinton led Trump by 50 percent to 39 percent in an April NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. The new poll of 1,000 registered voters May 15-19 found that 58 percent of voters view Trump unfavorably, while 54 percent have an unfavorable impression of Clinton. Forty-seven percent of the voters surveyed said they would consider a third-party candidate in a general election match between Clinton and Trump.
CBS Battleground Tracker Poll: Ohio and Florida show tight races
CBS NEWS // ANTHONY SALVANTO, FRED BACKUS, SARAH DUTTON AND JENNIFER DE PINTO
Quadrennial battlegrounds Ohio and Florida start off as close races as the general election looms, helping describe a 2016 presidential race that looks to be very competitive. Even as partisans appear to be coming into line behind their parties' likely nominees in these battleground states, many seem to be doing so begrudgingly, compelled by opposition to the alternative. And the wider electorate expresses both anger at the government and concern about the economy, just as primary voters did this spring. For them, the candidates' impending nominations elicit more cynicism than enthusiasm -- all of which could set the backdrop for a volatile, unpredictable contest. In Florida, a hypothetical matchup between Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump shows Clinton with a one-point edge among those with a preference, 43-42, and in Ohio, Clinton leads Trump by five at 44-39. A hypothetical matchup in Florida shows a tie between Democrat Bernie Sanders and Trump at 44 percent apiece, while in Ohio, Sanders enjoys a larger nine-point edge over Trump 48-39.
Key G.O.P. Donors Still Deeply Resist Donald Trump's Candidacy
NEW YORK TIMES // JONATHAN MARTIN AND ALEXANDER BURNS
A powerful array of the Republican Party's largest financial backers remains deeply resistant to Donald J. Trump's presidential candidacy, forming a wall of opposition that could make it exceedingly difficult for him to meet his goal of raising $1 billion before the November election. Interviews and emails with more than 50 of the Republican Party's largest donors, or their representatives, revealed a measure of contempt and distrust toward their own party's nominee that is unheard of in modern presidential politics. More than a dozen of the party's most reliable individual contributors and wealthy families indicated that they would not give to or raise money for Mr. Trump. This group has contributed a combined $90 million to conservative candidates and causes in the last three federal elections, mainly to "super PACs" dedicated to electing Republican candidates.
Donald Trump isn't empathetic. Is that a problem?
WASHINGTON POST // CHRIS CILLIZA
Donald Trump has cleared every electoral hurdle before him in this presidential race. He went from 1 percent, literally, to the top of the polls. He beat 16 other people for the Republican nomination. He finds himself in a statistical dead heat with likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. And, he has done it all by being himself: brash, bold, controversial and unapologetic. As the nation turns its eyes to the general election, I have one question that continues to nag at me as I think about the possibility of Trump in the White House: Can he be empathetic? Like, at all? And does he need to be? "Ultimately, I think a lack of empathy is just one piece of a portrait of a person who is unbalanced and damaged," said Stuart Stevens, a Republican consultant who has long vocally opposed Trump. "He has spent his life in a bubble, surrounded by hired yes men and women who have never told his inner child to grow up."
Donald Trump Lags Behind Hillary Clinton in Organizing Key State
WALL STREET JOURNAL // REID EPSTEIN
Though Donald Trump dispensed with his last primary opponent months before Hillary Clinton will, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee trails far behind the leading Democrat in organizing in key general-election states. Ohio, a state that has backed every presidential winner since 1964, presents both Mr. Trump's best opportunity to carry a big swing state and reveals his team's steep logistical challenges. After winning the GOP nomination on a tight budget with a skeletal staff, Mr. Trump doesn't have any general-election staff in the state, and senior aides in New York and Washington haven't made contact with the state Republican Party. Efforts to recruit the state's experienced operatives who helped elect Gov. John Kasich have so far been unsuccessful, people familiar with the matter said.
Trump camp quietly courts Muslims
THE HILL // JONATHAN EASLEY
Donald Trump's top foreign policy adviser has quietly opened backchannels within Muslim and Middle Eastern communities in the U.S. in an attempt to win over a small but increasingly important voting bloc. Walid Phares, a top national security adviser for Trump, has been courting prominent Muslim Republicans and conservative Middle Eastern activists in the U.S. Some Muslim Republicans and conservative Middle Eastern activists have also engaged with other top campaign officials about furthering Trump's outreach to those communities. In a Friday phone interview with The Hill, Phares said Trump campaign officials had not directed him to engage with the groups. Rather, he described the talks as a natural extension of the relationships he's built over decades of policy work on Middle Eastern affairs. Phares said that he initiated contact with several individuals and groups to ask them to organize for Trump or to sell them on Trump's positions in hopes that they'd at some point support the likely GOP nominee.
Donald Trump's stance on guns in classrooms - yes, no and probably
WASHINGTON POST // JANELL ROSS
Donald Trump may be the candidate that the National Rifle Association (NRA) supports in the presidential race, but on Sunday it was not at all clear whether he backs the organization's official position on guns in American schools. During a call-in interview with "Fox & Friends," Trump gave a rather ambiguous response to a question about the issue. "I don't want to have guns in classrooms. Although, in some cases, teachers should have guns in classrooms," he said. Then he offered more mixed statements about teachers and guns and schools. "I'm not advocating guns in classrooms. ... In some cases - and a lot of people have made this case - teachers should be able to have guns, trained teachers should be able to have guns in classrooms."
Trump: No Guns in Classrooms, Except Some Teachers
WALL STREET JOURNAL // WSJ STAFF
Donald Trump said Sunday that he is not "advocating guns in classrooms," but immediately added, "in some cases teachers should have guns in classrooms." The seemingly contradictory remark, made in a phone call to the Fox & Friends television show, was ridiculed by critics. The liberal website Thinkprogress posted an item headed, "Donald Trump wants guns in classrooms but doesn't want guns in classrooms." Mr. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, appeared to be seeking to make a distinction between allowing guns in classrooms generally and permitting individual teacher to carry firearms. "I'm not advocating guns in classrooms," Mr. Trump said. "But remember, in some cases, and a lot of people have made this case, teachers should be allowed to have guns in classrooms. Trained teachers should be allowed to have guns in classrooms."
Mark Cuban: Trump has been good for American politics
WASHINGTON POST // JANELL ROSS
Basketball-team owner, entrepreneur, author and reality-TV-show star Mark Cuban thinks that Donald Trump's run for the White House has been good for American politics, in the long term. That's what Cuban told viewers in a pre-taped appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" that was aired Sunday morning. Cuban told "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd that Trump had cleared the way for non-traditional candidates to enter the presidential fray, shown that the conventional political wisdom does not always prove accurate and eliminated the need for "Stepford candidates." All of that is good for the country in the long term, Cuban said. In the short term, Trump's candidacy has produced some things not so great for the country, such as increased social division, the Dallas Mavericks owner said.
Libertarian candidates draw attention, as #NeverTrump campaigners look elsewhere
WASHINGTON POST // DAVID WEIGEL
Bill Weld, the former Republican governor of Massachusetts who now seeks the Libertarian Party's nomination for vice president, has already received the sort of attention third-party candidates dream of. In an interview with the New York Times, Weld said he could "hear the glass crunching on Kristallnacht" when he contemplated Donald Trump's deportation agenda. In an interview with CNN, Weld talked confidently about a Libertarian campaign being able to "nudge the Democrats toward the economic center" and "nudge the Republicans to get away from their antiabortion stance." Yet the outnumbered but determined band of conservatives looking for a third-party savior are looking elsewhere. On Saturday morning, pollster Doug Schoen released the results of a poll conducted in mid-May with 1,000 likely voters. Fifty-one percent liked the idea of a third-party candidate. Twenty percent would favor a "generic" candidate in a race with Trump and Hillary Clinton. The Libertarian Party, which will decide next weekend whether to nominate Weld for vice president and former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson for president, got no mention at all.
Editorials/Op-Eds
Bernie Isn't Hillary's Problem
WALL STREET JOURNAL // THE EDITORIAL BOARD
As more polls show that Hillary Clinton could lose to Donald Trump, Democratic media and political elites have decided that the problem is- Bernie Sanders. The socialist warhorse has had his campaign fun, but now he and his supporters refuse to slink away quietly into Howard Dean obscurity. Doesn't he know that his persistence is helping Republicans? We'd humbly suggest that these Democrats are looking through the wrong end of the campaign telescope. Bernie's continuing string of victories is the symptom of the political demand for change after eight years of Democratic rule. The real Democratic problems this year are the Obama record and the Clinton candidacy. "I will be the nominee," Mrs. Clinton declared this week, and barring an act of God or the FBI director she is no doubt right.
Bill Clinton, Economy Czar?
NEW YORK TIMES // ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON
On a warm Friday night, Montana Democrats filed into a middle school gym for a Hillary Clinton rally that was all Bill and no Hillary.
Mrs. Clinton was never on the marquee for this one. Montana, South Dakota and North Dakota all vote on June 7, the last big Tuesday on the presidential primary calendar that includes the critical state of California, with many times more Democratic delegates than all three Western states put together. So it was that Mrs. Clinton dispatched her husband to traverse the Great Plains, speaking at rallies in Sioux Falls, S.D., Fargo, N.D., and Billings.
An Openly Gay Man Runs the Army
NEW YORK TIMES // THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Last week an openly gay man, Eric Fanning, became secretary of the Army. Read that sentence again and contemplate what it reveals about how much and how quickly American society has changed. Only five years ago, openly gay people were barred from serving in its armed forces. During Mr. Fanning's lengthy confirmation process, his sexual orientation was simply not an issue. That is a tribute to those who fought so hard to repeal the ban, and a measure of the nation's at times uncertain, but as yet unfailing, march toward equality. In retrospect the fight that convulsed this country over whether gay Americans should serve in uniform seems senseless, almost absurd. Yet it is instructive, if only because a Pentagon plan to allow transgender Americans to serve openly in uniform remains stalled by a similar, albeit quieter, debate.
The Broken Bargain With College Graduates
NEW YORK TIMES // THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Obama focused on the noneconomic reasons for going to college. The skills gained in college, he said, are tools to help "make the right choices - away from fear and division and paralysis, and toward cooperation and innovation and hope." It was an important reminder, well suited to the times and the occasion. But it also came across as if the economic benefits of college were a given. In fact, the familiar assumption - graduate from college and prosperity will follow - has been disproved in this century. College-educated workers have not seen meaningful pay raises, and public policy has failed to address the stagnation. It is true that as a group college graduates make more than high school graduates. This gap is one reason that politicians like Mr. Obama, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump want to make college more affordable. College affordability is thus linked to equality of opportunity. Since 2002, however, inflation-adjusted pay for college graduates has risen a measly 64 cents an hour, to about $31 on average. That's surely better than the 49-cents-an-hour drop for high school-educated workers in the same period, to a little less than $17. But standing still while others regress is no cause for celebration.
A net plus for America
WASHINGTON POST // THE EDITORIAL BOARD
AMONG THE many unfortunate aspects of the 2016 presidential campaign has been the bashing of "trade deals" by candidates across the political spectrum, including those who should know better, like the Democratic front-runner, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. As matters now stand, the next president - whether it's Ms. Clinton, her Democratic rival Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) or the Republican, Donald Trump - will be someone who opposes President Obama's proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement with 11 nations. The TPP's best chance at passage might be during the lame-duck session between the election and Inauguration Day, when Mr. Obama will still be in office and Congress will still be dominated by past supporters of the measure. In case anyone campaigning for office in the meantime is interested in them, some fresh facts about the TPP have just emerged showing why the case against it - that it would "steal" jobs from hard-pressed American workers, as previous such agreements have purportedly done - is so badly overblown. A definitive 800-page estimate of the agreement's impact on the American economy by the U.S. International Trade Commission shows that, by 2032, the TPP would raise U.S. annual real income by $57.3 billion above what it would have been otherwise, and it would create 128,000 full-time jobs. Given the enormous size of the U.S. economy, of course, these are modest improvements indeed: less than a percentage point in each case. Still, a net positive is a net positive.


Overview
With his lock on the Republican nomination, Donald Trump has ensured that his party's problems won't be limited to convention chaos- he's going to force GOP candidates in races big and small across the country to own his ugly, divisive and dangerous rhetoric all the way to the general election.
That's why GOP party leaders have started to fret publicly about their party's deepening divides, and stumble with no real strategy for embracing their standard bearer. You may have missed it, but 2016 is going so badly for the RNC, they put out a second autopsy
. Sad!
For years, the Republican Party has elevated extreme voices using divisive campaigns and now they're stuck with Trump. Over the last few weeks, exit polls have confirmed that Republicans believe their primary has been divisive, while three fourths of Democrats are excited about our primaries and would support either of our candidates.
This week, Trump showed he has no interest in being forthright with the American people. His refusal to release his tax returns, as well as his false claim that voters would learn nothing from them has set off fresh criticism from all sides
.
A new DNC video highlights his refusal to release his tax returns, as well as his false claim that voters would learn nothing from them. Trump is simply not being honest with the American people and lacks the temperament to be president.
WATCH
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Important Polls
*   According to a poll
from Quinnipiac University, in Florida, 51% approved of Obama's nomination of Garland, among Ohio voters, 47% said they approved of Obama's nomination of Garland, and in Pennsylvania, 52% said they viewed Obama's nomination favorably.
*   According to a poll
from Public Policy Polling, 61% of voters view the presumptive GOP nominee, Donald Trump, unfavorably.
What people are writing in the states
Donald Trump's meeting with GOP leadership this week showed that while Trump and Ryan may have a personal disagreement, they are both pushing the same divisive and dangerous agenda. This week, Democrats around the country have shown that from now until November 8th, we're going to hold Republicans up and down the ballot accountable for their divisive and dangerous policies.
Below is a sampling of the work from our state parties:
Statements
Is Rep. Dave Joyce Meeting With Trump Today?
- Ohio Democratic Party
From Will Hurd to Speaker Paul Ryan, Republicans figure out how to play nice with Donald Trump
- Texas Democratic Party
Nevada Republicans Jump on the #TrumpTrain
- Nevada Democratic Party
Trump Meeting in Washington Exemplifies Republican Party Chaos In New Mexico, Across the Country
- New Mexico Democratic Party
MDP Calls on Maine Republicans to Denounce Trump
- Maine Democratic Party
Ron Johnson's Beltway Blunder: The Ronald Just Can't Get Enough of the Donald
- Wisconsin Democratic Party
ICYMI: Guest on Diane Rehm Show Calls Support for Trump "Litmus Test of Character"
- New Hampshire Democratic Party
Articles and Op-eds
"Donald Trump is the modern Republican Party," Democrats say
IOWA DAILY DEMOCRAT // MIKE GLOVER
Dayton Congressman Turner says he'll support Donald Trump
DAILY DAYTON NEWS // BARRIE BARBER
Iowa GOP leaders urge support behind Donald Trump
KCCI DES MOINES LOCAL 8 // MARK TAUSCHECK
State Dem Party leaders blast Republican officials ahead of state GOP convention
WISCONSIN POLITICS // STAFF
Odds are against Iowa with a Trump agenda
DES MOINES REGISTER // IOWA DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR ANDY MCGUIRE


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When Voting Rights Go Right
By Alex Padilla
Alex Padilla is California’s Secretary of State.
If there’s one thing that every American should agree with, it’s this: Voting is the fundamental right in our democracy, the one that makes all others possible.
The right to choose our representatives is why patriots dumped tea into Boston Harbor, why women marched for the 19th Amendment, and why 51 years ago people of all races joined together to win the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
But one of the most insidious ideas in the 2016 election is that voting rights are negotiable. More than 20 states have enacted voting restrictions that could prevent many Americans from exercising their fundamental right to vote this November.
We saw the logical outcome of these laws last month in Arizona, when local election officials closed 70 percent of polling locations in Maricopa County
. We will never know how many people didn’t vote that day, frustrated by 5-hour lines and overwhelmed poll workers.
The reason given in Arizona was “cost-cutting,” but it wouldn’t have happened if the Supreme Court hadn’t done some cutting if its own — in a 2013 decision that shredded the protections in the Voting Rights Act. Before that decision, a place like Maricopa County with a history of disenfranchising people of color would have had to petition the U.S. Department of Justice before closing polling locations. But today states with a long history of racial discrimination are free to change voting rules to deprive people of their most sacred right in our democracy.
If Arizona is a story of when voting rights go wrong, California wants to be an example of when voting rights go right.
Our voter registration has surged leading up to the June 7 primary, driven by hotly contested presidential races for both Democrats and Republicans. As the state’s top elections official I asked the Legislature and Governor Jerry Brown for emergency funding to ensure local elections officials could hire and staff polling locations and process additional ballots.
Unusual in this fractured political climate, Democrats and Republicans in the Legislature voted unanimously to approve the funding, and Governor Brown signed AB 120. The law provides an additional $16 million to all 58 California counties to help cover costs for the June 7 presidential primary as well as the verification of ballot initiative signatures for the November general election. The money will allow the Secretary of State’s office to hire more phone interpreters for the voter hotline and conducting polling place observations in all 58 California counties. Access to information about voting is now available in 10 languages.
California Democrats and Republicans are working together to expand access to voting. There’s no excuse for the partisan divide in our country around voting rights. But the Supreme Court’s decision to gut the Voting Rights Act has given free rein to those who want to try to cling to power by suppressing voter turnout. Former Republican Senator Jim DeMint recently admitted that voter ID laws help elect “more conservative candidates.”
History shows that voter suppression is doomed to fail. We want as many people of all kinds to vote, regardless of their political persuasion. That’s the path to true democracy, and California is leading the way.
If you live in California, make sure your registration is up-to-date by visiting RegisterToVote.cadem.org
or RegisterToVote.Ca.Gov
before the May 23 registration deadline.
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