Citizens United Good for At Least One Industry–Television Stations Which Sell Advertising
NYT reports.
Category Archives: campaigns
Room for Debate Tackles the Question of Mandatory Voting
A very impressive lineup of writers on this topic. Most provocative (and in my view, wrong-headed) is Jason Brennan, who writes: “If we really want to help America, we shouldn’t force citizens to vote. We should encourage citizens… Continue reading
“Obama’s strategic edge: cash to campaign everywhere”
The LA Times offers this front-page report.
“Small Elections Drawing Big Money In Some States”
NPR reports.
Ohio’s Regulation of False Campaign Speech Meets Twitter
See here.
Hashtags as Political Snark
“Digital Media A Factor in Ferocity of Political Campaigns”
See this press release from the University of Missouri.
“Anti-Democratic text messages in Northern Va. prompt lawsuit, complaints”
WaPo: “A week before Election Day, Democrats have taken legal action to try to stop thousands of unsolicited text messages encouraging people in Northern Virginia to vote against their candidates.”
“Election laws tightening in GOP-run states”
The LA Times offers this front-page report, with the subhead: “Republicans in states like Florida are making it more challenging to vote or to register others. Democrats say it’s an effort to disenfranchise students, the elderly, the poor, the… Continue reading
Halloween Memory Lane
Last year, @DahliaLithwick and I wrote Evil Men in Black Robes: Slate’s Judicial Election Ad Spooktackular!
“Ed Lee Ballot Scandal Spawns Difficult Legal Questions”
SF Weekly: “The only law definitively broken by the pro-Ed Lee volunteers caught on film filling out and collecting ballots in Chinatown was the law of common decency. The introduction of a stencil-like device that allows people to expediently… Continue reading
“Republicans Embrace Twitter Hard for ’12”
Tweeting, pizza, and partisanship in the NYT.
“Indiana Democrats Release Findings from McCain Petitions”
See this press release.
“Michigan Dem Pleads No Contest In Fake Tea Party Scheme”
TPM reports.