Monthly Archives: July 2011
Federal District Court in Washington State Issues Preliminary Injunction Barring Enforcement of Contribution Limit Against Recall Committee
A very interesting opinion, which seems to turn at least in part on the fact that the particular recall committee seeking the p.i. was not closely aligned to a candidate. It is hard to see how this type of… Continue reading
Question of the Day
Who will be Obama’s first $1 million bundler? (Maybe he has one–or more–already.)
“Legislators ask secretary of state why police involved in inquiry of voters”
News from New Mexico.
“Voting Groups To Feds: Don’t Let Florida’s Restrictive Voting Law Go Through”
TPM reports on this letter sent by a number of election reform groups to DOJ. See also this press release.
“Two fundraisers confirmed to iWatch News that when the Obama campaign releases its list of bundlers on Friday, a number of individuals will be listed as having already raised more than $500,000.”
The Secretary of State Project
The Secretary of State project was a pretty influential liberal group dedicated to electing Democrats as Secretary of State. Here’s a 2008 Politico profile of the group.
While researching my book, I came across this article from the Washington Times,… Continue reading
“Florida League Of Women Voters Drops Registration Plan Over Restrictive Laws”
TPM offers this report, part of a new “Crackdown on Voting” series.
“Carded at the Polls; Will the Justice Department stop the assault on voting rights for minorities, the elderly, and the poor?”
This item appears at The American Prospect.
“Best Practices for Independent Spending: Part One”
National Institute on Money in State Politics: “What is independent spending? Organizations and individuals spend millions of dollars every election cycle supporting or opposing candidates and ballot measures-without coordinating or consulting with the candidate or measure committee. Most of… Continue reading
“Colbert’s Knock Knock Joke is Funny Because It’s True….Unless”
The Corporate Library Blog has this item.
Big Coup: Open Secret’s Dave Levinthal to Politico
A note from Dave via email: “A note to let you know that today is my last day with the Center for Responsive Politics and OpenSecrets.org, as I’m leaving to take a job with POLITICO. Starting Monday, I’ll… Continue reading
“Rules Be Damned; Former FEC Chairman Trevor Potter expects lots of ‘secret money’ to flow into the 2012 campaigns.”
A National Journal interview.
“A Tale of Two Special Elections; Costing Out Louisiana and Massachusetts”
That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly.