A.P. offers this report.

That’s what Professor Fran Hill calls some of the 527s operating in Florida. See here.

The Hartford Courant offers this report.

The Topeka Capital-Journal offers this report, which begins: “Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan., said federal campaign finance reforms that were passed two years ago will force him to finesse the final phase of his re-election campaign.”

FOXNews offers NRA to Launch News Company. Thanks to Nate Persily for the link. See also this NPR audio report.

The Washington Post offers this report.

See this Boston Globe report. Thanks to Brenda Wright for the pointer.

See this report, which begins: “House Republicans refused to make the new touch-screen voting machines leave ‘paper trails’ Thursday, branding the idea an attempt by Democrats to rekindle fear among voters still angry about Florida’s 2000 presidential election fiasco.”

Great profile of Nate here. One obvious misstatement in the article: Referring to his work redistricting Georgia, the article says: “Persily’s work in the field of election law began with this most recent project.”

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer offers this report. See this snippet: Bradley Smith, the FEC chairman, said a majority of the six-member watchdog commission likely would find that any change in spending rules must come from Congress. “I think we will… Continue reading

The New York Times offers this report.

A.P. offers this report.

See this story out of Pennsylvania.

Okay, so it may not be thrilling to watch the FEC’s 527 hearing on C-SPAN. But from this page click on the Day 2 (Morning Hearing) and advance to about 1 hour and 40 minutes into it to watch a… Continue reading