With ballots due, we're tracking last-minute $$

Independent committees spend on texts, robocall, even old-fashioned newspaper ads

Happy Election Day, everyone. In a low-turnout off-year election, the side that gets more of its voters to dig that ballot out of the pile of campaign flyers and other junk mail and actually mail it is more likely to win. So we’re tracking a flood of spending in the final days of the campaign on texts, robocalls, digital advertising, and even a few old-…