The LA Times reports that “Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and a group of reform advocates will file suit in federal court, along with rulemaking petition at the Federal Election Commission, Thursday morning that seeks disclosure of secret contributions flowing… Continue reading

This item appears at the Corporate Political Activity Law blog.

The latest from Wisconsin.

WaPo reports.

Ellen Aprill has posted this fascinating paper (from Tax Notes) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Senator John Ensign registered his legal defense fund as a section 527 organization. He appears to be unique in this regard. This report lays… Continue reading

The National Institute on Money in State Politics offers this report.

This item appears on the FairVote blog.

Check it out.

See here.

The Supreme Court denies the stay request in the Hunter case.

The following announcement just arrived via email: The Center for the Study of Democracy is pleased to announce a major conference, “The Judicialization of Politics from International and Comparative Perspectives,” will convene July 21-23, 2011 on the UC-Irvine Campus.… Continue reading

Let voters opt out of sample ballots sent by U.S. mail Ventura County’s campaign finance law is being expanded Redistricting in Ventura County.

See this press release about a new NVRA suit.

A must read from Politico. I expect this to be controversial both politically and legally.