“Will State Budgets Crunch Voters in 2010?”
Brian Siebel blogs.
Monthly Archives: September 2010
” Politicians Create Record Number of Joint Fundraising Committees”
Roll Call reports.
“Secret funds flow into races”
Fred Wertheimer has this opinion piece in Politico.
“Fox News Took ‘Dramatic Step’ In Suing Political Campaign, Says Copyright Expert”
TPM talks to Ben Sheffner.
Quote of the Day
“[I]n a 2002 study, researchers Stephen Ansolabehere, John de Figueiredo, and James Snyder found no connection between contributions and roll call votes, but it would be incorrect to infer that they have shown that money doesn’t affect results. That is… Continue reading
“Campaign Cash Surges From Undisclosed Donors”
A nice report from Peter Overby of NPR.
“Three Obama Administration Employees Fell Through Cracks of Lobbyist Deregistration Process”
The Open Secrets blog reports.
South Carolina Ethics Commission Issues Advisory Opinion on IE Committee Contributions
Courtesy of Neil Reiff, you can find it here.
“Spike in Campaign Finance Lawsuits Nationwide Following Citizens United: Court Cases of Interest by the Campaign Legal Center”
An unfortunately long list.
Pushback on Chamber Election Activity from Move On
See here.
Solicitor General Files Very Important Invitation Brief in First Circuit Felon Disenfranchisement Case
Via SCOTUSBlog, comes this invitation brief expressing the United States’s views on whether the Court should take Simmons v. Galvin, raising the question whether disenfranchisement laws aimed at currently incarcerated prisoners and that may have a racially disparate impact… Continue reading
New Demos/Common Cause Report on Swing State Election Administration Now Available
Following up on this post, you can find the new report at this link.
“South Carolina Campaign Finance Law Struck Down”
Richard Winger links to this decision involving political committee status.
More on the CCP Campaign Finance Poll
Following up on this post, and an exchange on the election law listserv, Jeff Patch has posted this response. If you are interested in the issue of polling on CU-related questions, you should definitely read it.