The NY Times offers this must-read extensive report. A snippet: These large donations — none of which were publicly disclosed by the chamber, a tax-exempt group which keeps its donors secret — offer a glimpse of the chamber’s money-raising… Continue reading

That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly.

I kid you not.

See here. See also these comments from the organization to the EAC.

TIME reports.

Doyle McManus has written this LA Times column, with the subhead: “Sure, Republicans are exploiting a gap in the law to avoid disclosing their donors. But the real question is how did the Democrats allow themselves to be so… Continue reading

ADN: “[Alaska] Elections director Gail Fenumiai also said all election officials have been reminded of the proper procedures governing elections, including not displaying a list of write-in candidates.” I understand the names of write-in candidates cannot be displayed if… Continue reading

Marc Schmitt blogs.

Latest Democratic mailer not pretty.

WaPo offers this report.MORE from Politico.

Today’s issue features Pro-Democratic Unit Reveals $5.2 Million In Donations for Last-Minute Political Ads and Absence of Electronic Filing Delays Access To Senate Campaign Reports on FEC Site.

Here.

From a just-released PPIC survey of California voters: As they consider nine initiatives on the ballot, most likely voters (55%) say that decisions made by voters through the initiative process are probably better than those made by the governor and… Continue reading

“Come to Colorado, your honor. You will see that those iconic individuals don’t have a prayer in the post-Citizens-United world, let alone some broadcast time for the soapbox.” –Timothy Egan, at the NYT Opinionator blog.