“Federal Election Commissioner Donald McGahn Criticizes ‘Overreach’ of Campaign Finance Regulations”
The Open Secrets Blog reports.
Monthly Archives: March 2011
“Ohio’s Speech Police”
The National Review Online offers this piece.
“Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to party spending”
Politico offers this report.
The Supreme Court: Don’t Have a Cao, Man
Today the Supreme Court denied cert. in Cao v. FEC, raising questions about federal party fundraising for candidates under BCRA I thought a grant was likely. Does this mean that Justice Alito and the Chief Justice are a bit… Continue reading
“Bay Area redistricting expert wins state contract to draw new political boundaries”
Read this for signs of “partisan gridlock” on the Commission.
“There Comes a Time When People Just Have to Set Boundaries As States Redo Congressional Districts, Hobbyists Draw Own Lines; ‘the Baconmander'”
The WSJ offers this interesting report.
“Where to count prisoners poses redistricting dilemma”
Stateline.org reports.
“The Citizens United effect; As Congress mulls changes, campaign finance reform cases multiply. “
The National Law Journal offers this report.
“Court Battles Over Campaign Disclosure Loom, Experts Predict”
This item appears at the “Open Secrets” blog.
“Assessing Electoral Fraud in New Democracies: A New Strategic Approach”
Staffan Darnolf has written this white paper for IFES.
Lots of Good Election Law Stuff….
in the current issue of the Cardozo Law Review.
More on the Battle within the California Republican Party Over Prop. 14
“For Public Financing Reform, All Eyes on New York State”
David Noriega blogs.
“California’s redistricting panel can’t escape partisan pressure”
The LA Times offers this report, with the subhead: “The voter-created commission is set to hire a map-drawing expert. But both applicants have been accused of bias by Republicans and Democrats. The fracas could be a glimpse of things… Continue reading