FEC OKs Unlimited Donations for Recounts
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Presidential and congressional candidates can raise unlimited donations to finance recounts as President Bush and Al Gore did for their high-stakes Florida dispute in 2000.
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There will be plenty of trends to track in Tuesdayâs national free-for-all, as 43 contests in 24 states allocate 3,156 delegates on what could be the most significant night of the race to date.
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The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is trying to fend off the DemocratsÃ¢ÂÂ determined campaign to score a net gain of at least 15 House seats in the Nov. 7 elections Ã¢ÂÂ which they need to take control of the House. And Republican leaders have been pressing their politically Ã¢ÂÂsafeÃ¢ÂÂ members who have surplus campaign funds to ante up ever more money for the GOPÃ¢ÂÂs effort to extinguish the Democratic threat.
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By JIM KUHNHENN  WASHINGTON - Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and MoveOn.org Voter Fund, two outside groups that played key roles in the 2004 presidential election, reached an agreement with the Federal Election Commission to pay nearly $450,000 for various violations.
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Christine Jennings, the losing candidate in the race to represent Florida&#8217;s 13th District in the U.S. House of Representatives, has filed a lawsuit charging that e-voting machines in Sarasota County caused her vote total to be undercounted.
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Administrators are hoping that the victor in this year's presidential election will win by a wide margin. A close race, they fear, will result in more charges of voter fraud and demands for recounts. Kim Zetter reports from Washington.
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Senators are now allowed to use taxpayer dollars to travel to the funerals of service members in their home states
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The U.S. Congress on Tuesday passed  $2 billion in emergency spending to help hurricane victims in  Florida, a crucial battleground state in the upcoming  presidential and congressional elections.
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Officials in Florida are once again up in arms over recount procedures. The latest imbroglio follows a controversial ruling on touch-screen voting machines that was delivered days before a statewide primary. By Jacob Ogles.
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The Federal Election Commission today unanimously approved an Advisory Opinion permitting Senator Barack Obama to solicit and receive contributions designated for the 2008 presidential general election while retaining the option of refunding those contributions and accepting public funding should he become the Democratic PartyÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂs nominee.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio on Monday certified President Bush&#39;s 119,000-vote victory over John Kerry, even as third-party candidates prepared to demand a statewide recount.
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EWARK, Aug. 18 - The biggest political donor in New Jersey pleaded guilty on Wednesday to trying to compromise a witness in a campaign finance investigation by setting him up with a prostitute and secretly videotaping the sexual ...
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Congress, facing the prospect of an election-year recession, passed an emergency plan Thursday that rushes rebates of $600 to $1,200 to most taxpayers and $300 checks to disabled veterans, the elderly and other low-income people. President Bush indicated he would sign the measure.
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The House Wednesday approved by a 422-0 vote legislation named for the late Georgia Rep. Charlie Norwood, that organ donor groups say could lead to many more kidney transplants each year.
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Interest groups spending big donations on ads and voter outreach in the presidential race will face new limits after the fall election under rules approved by federal regulators. Campaign watchdogs criticized them as too little, too late.
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A hand recount of ballots cast using optical scanning technology gave a Democrat enough extra votes to bump a Republican from victory in a county commissioner's race.
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Washington state's unresolved race for  governor will be extended further with a hand recount of the  2.8 million votes cast, after Democrats agreed to pay for  another tally of the ballots which had their candidate losing  to the Republican contender by 42 votes.