Category Archives: federal election commission
“Fix the FEC: Background Memorandum on New Bipartisan Legislation to Address a Dysfunctional Agency”
“Campaign Finance Analysis: Deadlocks Are Only Part of Story at FEC”
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”
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”
Dave Levinthal reports for CPI.
“Federal Election Commission finally names top lawyer — sort of”
FEC Wants to Respond Sept. 14 to Republican Request for 3-Judge-Court in Soft Money Case
“Is the Federal Election Commission’s voting procedure unlawful?”
Jonathan Adler writes for Volokh.
“FEC Won’t Investigate Employer-Mandated Campaign Rally”
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”
“Senators resist the Internet, leave voters in the dark”
“FEC Draft Rejects Issue-Based Contribution”
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
“Introducing the Federal Election Commission’s first API”
Great news for data geeks.