“The Chamber’s False Claim on Union Political Funding”
This post appears at the AFL-CIO Now blog.
Monthly Archives: October 2010
“Illinois Candidate’s Name Misspelled As ”Rich Whitey’ On Electronic-Voting Machines”
This election season, you just can’t make up stuff as funny or interesting as the truth.
“‘Nonpolitical” Groups Target Democrats In Ad Blitz”
Don’t miss Part 1 of this NPR report on secret money in the 2010 elections. Part 2 airs tonight.
Two from WaPo
Justice O’Connor Goes on the News Hour to Talk About Judicial Elections
See here.
“How The GOP Went From 48 To Zero In Support Of Donor Disclosure”
Sam Stein writes at the Huffington Post.
“Court Denies Bid to Block Maine System For Public Financing of State Campaigns”
This BNA report also discussed the 9th Circuit’s new decision in the Human Life case upholding Washington’s disclosure law.
“Bickerstaff: The threat from corporate ‘citizens'”
Steve Bickerstaff has written this CU-related oped for the Austin-American Statesman.
“How Companies Influence Elections: Political Campaign Spending Patterns and Oversight At America’s Largest Companies”
See this new report from the Sustainable Investments Institute and IRRC Institute. According to the press release, “while nearly 80 percent of S&P 500 companies have disclosed direct political campaign spending policies, 86 percent have no disclosed policies regarding… Continue reading
Schotland on the DISCLOSE Acts Shortcomings
Below is a guest post from Roy Schotland, based upon a comment that will appear in volume 20, issue 3 of the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, in a symposium on Citizens United (footnotes omitted, and… Continue reading
“I’d like to buy a W, T, and an F please, Pat.”
That’s TPM‘s reaction to (“Wheel of Fortune host) Pat Sajak’s National Review Online post asking whether “state workers be able to vote in state elections on matters that would benefit them directly? The same question goes for federal workers… Continue reading
“Rove, Chamber ads widely debunked as false or misleading”
The Plum Line lists the fact checks.
“The Primary Purpose of McCain-Feingold Revealed”
John Samples blogs.
“Voting Rights Lawyers Gird for Election”
BLT reports.