In an earlier post, I linked to a story and posted a picture of an endorsement letter in a South Dakota AG’s race where former FEC Commissioner Lee Goodman is identified as the “Chairman” of the FEC. Former Commissioner Goodman… Continue reading

McClatchy: The nation’s largest voting equipment vendor has for at least nine years coaxed state and local elections officials to serve on an “advisory board” that gathers twice annually for company-sponsored conferences, including one last year at a ritzy Las… Continue reading

Every work day I rely on the excellent work of Ken Doyle.  So I find this notice in today’s report very distressing: Notice to Subscribers Bloomberg BNA will cease publishing Money & Politics Report with the issue dated June 29,… Continue reading

Congrats to Fred Wertheimer, celebrating 50 years of advocacy! I received the following release from Common Cause about an event tonight: One of Washington’s most well-known advocates, Fred Wertheimer, will be celebrated by friends, media, and members of Congress Thursday… Continue reading

WaPo:  David Koch, one of the two billionaire brothers at the helm of the powerful conservative political network, is retiring from his family’s conglomerate, Koch Industries, and stepping down as chairman of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation. His brother, Charles… Continue reading

Another one: The Republican-endorsed candidate for North Dakota secretary of state is out of the race just two days after The Forum reported on his 2006 window-peeping incident on the North Dakota State University campus. Will Gardner made the announcement… Continue reading

Law.com reports.

Whoa: NEW … END OF AN ERA … BOB BAUER, long-time top Democratic political law expert, is leaving Perkins Coie. He has been with the law firm for more than 35 years. The former White House Counsel to President Barack… Continue reading

The Denver Post reports.

Tribute to Joaquin Avila by Marcus Breton in the Sacramento Bee, including these comments from Morgan Kousser: CVRA simplified winning voting-rights cases,” Kousser said. “In federal law, there are great many factors you need to prove before filing a voter… Continue reading

I am very sad to report that Joaquin Avila, one of the country’s leading voting rights attorneys and activists, has died.  Avila, a MacArthur genius award winner, was known as the father of the California Voting Rights Act. In… Continue reading

AP: Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is urging his state’s top elections officer to step down after the man was accused of sexually harassing an employee. The Democratic governor said Wednesday that Republican Secretary of State Tom Schedler “should immediately… Continue reading