Category Archives: federal election commission

“Campaign Finance Analysis: Deadlocks Are Only Part of Story at FEC”

August 31, 2015, 7:40 pmcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

Ken Doyle for Bloomberg BNA: Partisan deadlocks at Federal Election Commission have been highlighted as the source of dysfunction at the beleaguered agency, but a new analysis of some of the most controversial matters handled by the FEC shows… Continue reading

“Parties Play Politics With FEC Complaints”

August 27, 2015, 7:25 amcampaign finance, campaigns, federal election commissionRick Hasen

Roll Call: But the recent complaints could signal a shift from how the parties have approached complaints in the past. “A general truce was in place for a number of years as both parties realized it wasn’t in their interest,”… Continue reading

“Federal Election Commission refuses to release computer security study”

August 20, 2015, 7:23 amfederal election commissionRick Hasen

Dave Levinthal reports for CPI.

“Federal Election Commission finally names top lawyer — sort of”

August 13, 2015, 3:47 pmcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

CPI reports.

FEC Wants to Respond Sept. 14 to Republican Request for 3-Judge-Court in Soft Money Case

August 10, 2015, 3:20 pmcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

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“Is the Federal Election Commission’s voting procedure unlawful?”

July 29, 2015, 6:33 amcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

Jonathan Adler writes for Volokh.

“FEC Won’t Investigate Employer-Mandated Campaign Rally”

July 24, 2015, 5:34 pmcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

Bloomberg BNA breaking news via email:”The Federal Election Commission deadlocked on whether to investigate charges that Ohio mining company Murray Energy violated campaign finance rules by requiring employees and their families attend a 2012 rally for Republican presidential candidate Mitt… Continue reading

“Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21’s Two-Pronged Effort to Join the FEC’s Advisory Opinion Process”

July 21, 2015, 8:31 amcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

Steve Klein blogs.

“Senators resist the Internet, leave voters in the dark”

July 20, 2015, 10:49 amcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

CPI reports.

“FEC Draft Rejects Issue-Based Contribution”

July 15, 2015, 8:15 amcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

Bloomberg BNA: The Federal Election Commission is set to deny a request from Democracy Rules Inc., a nonprofit organization that wants to collect online contributions from people favoring various issue positions and provide contributions to candidates favoring those positions.… Continue reading