News from West Va.:
Secretary of State Natalie Tennant’s rally on the steps of the Kanawha County Courthouse on Wednesday to celebrate the start of early voting may have violated state election law, officials said.
Tennant, the Democratic candidate for… Continue reading
WaPo:
The record amount of independent spending swamping this year’s congressional races is fueling a deeply negative political atmosphere, as attack ads from independent groups overwhelm the messages of candidates in many competitive races.
More than 80 percent of… Continue reading
Seth Masket:
I was initially approached back in July by a filmmaker named Jason Meath, who explained that he was doing a documentary on Colorado politics and wanted to ask me some questions on campaign spending and demographic shifts in… Continue reading
Reuters: “Trailing in the polls and getting little media coverage, California’s Republican candidate for governor handed out $40,000 in scholarships on Tuesday, just two weeks after offering gift cards to attendees at a campaign event.”
Press release from San Francisco Ethics Commission via email:
BEFORE YOU VOTE, READ THE LABEL
ETHICS COMMISSION “NUTRITION LABEL” REVEALS TOP FIVE “INGREDIENTS” OF BALLOT MEASURE CAMPAIGNS
Today, the San Francisco Ethics Commission published “Democracy Facts,” an interactive on-line tool… Continue reading
The order is here.
Here is my post on the panel’s original decision, a decision which is wiped out by today’s grant of an en banc hearing:
Breaking: Divided 9th Circuit Strikes Down CA Law Requiring Identity of Ballot… Continue reading