All articles tagged with #political targeting
New Jersey’s sweeping data-law, signed June 30, could bar campaigns from selling or using voter data, imposing up to $1.5 million yearly fees and up to $50,000 per record in penalties, with no explicit political carve-out; the ambiguity and rapid effective dates create immediate uncertainty and risk of a data-driven campaign disruption as regulators prepare rules, potentially affecting races such as the NJ-7 contest.
A U.S. Justice Department lawyer, Mary 'Maggie' Cleary, has been unexpectedly appointed as acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, replacing Erik Siebert amid tensions related to investigations into New York Attorney General Letitia James and other political figures, with Cleary alleging political targeting and sharing her experience of being falsely identified in the January 6 Capitol attack.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has suggested that a recent pardon by President Biden indicates that he, too, was a target of political actions. Adams' comments come amid ongoing discussions about political targeting and justice in the U.S.