“Majority Whip Steve Scalise Took in $211,000 from PACs in Single Day”
I never have days like this.
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GOP Lawsuit Over CT Dems Use of Federal Funds in Governor’s Race
Republicans have filed a lawsuit over the expenditures at issue in this request for an FEC advisory opinion, when the Democrats sent the mailer in question before getting an answer from the FEC. Here’s the complaint.
“Donors Use Loophole to Pour Money into Governor’s Race”
The Post and Courier has a report on the use of related business entities, each of which gives a $3,500 maximum contribution, to South Carolina gubernatorial candidates.
Slim MT Campaign Against EDR
From the Helena Independent Record:
Progressive groups are putting money and shoe leather into defeating a Republican-sponsored ballot measure that would end Election Day voter-registration in Montana.
Yet the campaign for the measure, known as Legislative Referendum 126, is… Continue reading
“A Look at the Battles Over Voter ID Raging in Courtrooms Across America”
The Blaze provides a summary, through Hans von Spakovsky’s eyes.
“7 Indicted in Voter Fraud in Hattiesburg Mayoral Election”
Here’s the story, though it’s short on details. Most of the allegations, as I understand it, have to do with absentee ballots.
And Now, a Ruling on Texas ID
And, of course, we’ve now got a SCOTUS ruling on Texas ID. In the wee hours of Saturday morning, the Court refused to vacate the 5th Circuit’s stay.
In real-person, that means that despite a full trial leading… Continue reading
We’ve Got a Supreme Court Ruling On a Temporary Pause…
… but not on the Texas ID case.
Here, the Court denies an emergency injunction in French v. McLean, the case about Montana’s ban on partisan judicial endorsements.
Tool to Track Independent Spending and Candidate Spending
“Election Officials Prepare for the Unexpected”
Finally, the election-Ebola crossover we’ve been waiting for. The newest ElectionlineWeekly awaits.
“How Billionaire Oligarchs Are Becoming Their Own Political Parties”
Jim Rutenberg takes an extended trip into the world of Tom Steyer and his colleagues for the NY Times Magazine.
“Courting Corruption: The Auctioning of the Judicial System”
Norm Ornstein, in the Atlantic, on judicial elections and campaign finance after Citizens United.
Texas ID documents at the Supreme Court
A redacted version of Texas’s response to the planitiffs’ application for vacating the 5th Circuit’s stay, and a reply here from some of the plaintiffs. The inimitable Lyle Denniston, as always, has more at SCOTUSblog.
We’re now waiting on word… Continue reading
International Campaign Finance Guide
International IDEA has published “Funding of Political Parties and Election Campaigns: A Handbook on Political Finance,” looking at the campaign finance structures of systems across the globe. You’ll find the US in the chapter on “The Established Anglophone… Continue reading