“Election Officials Need to Help Protect Voters Caught Up in Foreclosure in 2010”
Brian Siebel blogs about this new report from the Fair Elections Legal Network.
Monthly Archives: September 2010
“Double Ballots Raise Queries”
Let’s hope West Virginia is not close.
Dick Armey Makes Unsubstantiated Vote Fraud Charges
Armey said voter fraud by Democrats accounted for 3 percent of votes in elections. He added: “I’m tired of people being Republican all their lives and then changing parties when they die.”
‘Chamber, American Action Network, AFSCME Spend Millions in Campaigns, Reports Show”
BNA: “While unions such as AFSCME and some other labor organizations clearly are taking advantage of the Citizens United ruling, it remains unclear to what extent corporations are taking advantage of the court decision to spend money on campaigns.… Continue reading
“Foreclosures Could Pose Trouble on Election Day”
NYT reports.
“Mixed reaction to new FEC rules on candidates, interest groups working together”
WaPo reports.
Ninth Circuit Upholds Hawaii Ballot Access Requirements for Independent Presidential Candidates
Hey Big Spender
Advertising Age: “Midterm Elections on Track for $3 Billion in Spending.”
This might be a good time to ask, as Ray La Raja does in his APSA paper being presented Thursday, whether Citizens United will spur an “arms race”… Continue reading
“Campaign Finance Reformers Facing Major Political, Legal Obstacles”
Open Secrets reports, including interesting quotes from Jim Bopp.
NYC Campaign Finance Board Reports Surge in Small Donors, Increased Challenger Victories
See this NY Times report about this new report.
Quote of the Day
“Next year will be the first time since Congress passed the Voting Rights Act in 1965 that there will be a Democrat in the White House at the time of redistricting.”
–David Hanna, speaking at Texas Senate Select Committee on… Continue reading
“Cuyahoga County To Provide Bilingual Ballots For Spanish-Speaking Residents Cuyahoga County To Provide Bilingual Ballots For Spanish-Speaking Residents”
See here.