From following the Washington state proceedings from afar, and from listening to the trial judge’s findings of fact and conclusions of law today, it appears that there will be at least three major issues for Republicans to raise on appeal:… Continue reading
My notes are below:
The judge is giving detailed factual findings, so far, only for background.
Important factual finding: The judge has rejected the assumptions behind the “proportionate deduction” Republican model for determining illegal votes. This is the major legal… Continue reading
The LA Times offers this report, with the subhead: “Despite regulations that are intended to restrict the influence of wealthy donors, noncandidates spent $4.2 million on L.A.’s mayoral race.”
The trial judge in the Washington state gubernatorial contest trial has said he expects to rule from the bench Monday at 9 am (PDT). (You can find Howard Bashman’s links to weekend coverage here and here.) There seems little… Continue reading
The Hartford Courant offers this report, which begins: “Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s surprise call for the public financing of campaigns set the state Capitol abuzz Thursday morning. By nightfall, it was riding a bandwagon. The Senate’s Republican minority set… Continue reading
Steven Sholk has written “A Guide to New Jersey Corporate Political Action Committees After the 2004 Campaign Finance Legislation and Executive Order,” published in Volume 29, Number 1 of Seton Hall Legislative Journal.
Red State has collected some very interesting comments filed with the FEC today. Besides those mentioned in earlier posts, there are comments from the Institute for Politics, Democracy, and the Internet, Joe Birkenstock, and Markos Moulitsas, Matt Stoller, & Duncan… Continue reading
I have only had a chance to skim these comments. From the headline of the press release I just received, “Watchdog Groups Urge FEC to Exclude Bloggers from Internet Regulation; Say Soft Money Ban Should Apply to Online Activity… Continue reading