The Sacramento Bee offers this report, which begins: “Bob Stern, one of the architects of the state’s Political Reform Act, said Tuesday that he believes that public financing of elections is the next major change needed to improve elections… Continue reading
It sure took the FPPC long enough to decide, and as the FPPC notes in its press release, its rules now remain in effect for the pendency of the appeal (unless, as seems possible, Citizens/Schwarzenegger get an injunction preventing enforcement… Continue reading
With all the talk about whether the FEC should require bloggers to reveal on their websites if they are paid by campaigns to blog in favor of the campaigns, Jeff Hauser passes along this link to a Howard Kurtz Washington… Continue reading
The San Diego Union-Tribune offers this report, which includes: “Ted Costa, the initiative’s author, said yesterday that while he has no doubt it will make the June 2006 ballot, it might not have enough petition signatures in time to… Continue reading
Howard Bashman has the details here on the Landell case (my earlier coverage here), including a particularly sharp footnote directed against one of the dissenting judges. NRVI has also posted this analysis, which does not include analysis of… Continue reading
Bob Bauer has posted At the Altar of Disclsoure (on why we might not want compelled disclosure as a matter of policy and constitutional law) and this post on an upcoming House hearing on 527 legislation.