Super PAC spending $10 million to get low-propensity voters of color to polls
The progressive nonprofit organization Community Change Action (CCA) and its Super PAC arm will spend $10 million ahead of the November midterm elections in an effort to increase voter turnout for people of color. In a memo obtained by The Hill, CCA and the affiliated Community Change Voters Super PAC announced a campaign effort "targeting high-potential, low-propensity voters of color in races where these voters can provide the margin of victory." CCA will target six states in the voter engagement initiative: Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin.
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Read MoreRussia purchasing military equipment from North Korea, US assesses
Russia’s Ministry of Defense is purchasing millions of rockets and artillery shells from North Korea to bolster its forces in Moscow’s war in Ukraine, according to a U.S. official. The official told The Hill that the assessment, which is based on downgraded U.S. intelligence, is a sign of Moscow suffering from “severe” military supply shortages driven in part by export controls and economic sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine. The U.S. anticipates Russia purchasing more North Korean military equ
Read MorePreserving the Rule of Law: Successful law enforcement has a domino effect
Need evidence that successful law enforcement actions in cases involving the rule of law can have a domino effect? Exhibit A: On Sept. 3, we learned that former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows had recently coughed up texts and emails that he had previously failed to produce to the National Archives. “It could be a coincidence,” an unnamed source told CNN, “but within a week of the Aug. 8 search on Mar-a-Lago
Read MoreVote.org unveils $10M campaign to register young Americans
Voter engagement organization Vote.org is launching a $10 million campaign to boost young voter turnout ahead of the midterm elections. The campaign effort, called Vote Ready, seeks to reach out to four million voters aged 18 to 30 and register more than one million young Americans by Nov. 8, according to a press release to be published later Tuesday. Vote.org will use social media and other online resources to inform people how to register, fill out an absentee ballot or navigate election laws ahead of election day. Vote Ready builds on a previous announcement
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