“Voters rebelling against caucuses; Weaknesses of system exposed”
The Washington Times reports.
Monthly Archives: February 2012
“Federal Campaign Finance Reform and Corporate Responsibility Go Hand in Hand”
Leo Hindrey Jr. blogs.
“Obama’s Campaign Flip-Flops on Super PACs”
NBC Nightly News reports.
“Democrats Court Big Donor for PAC”
WSJ reports.
(The Other) Abrams is Also Only Partially Right on Citizens United
Last month I put up a post which responded to Floyd Abrams (in a Salon interview) on the question whether Citizens United led to Super PACs. Floyd said no—individuals could always spend as much as they wanted on… Continue reading
“News Coverage of South Dakota Indians’ Voting Rights Suit”
Check it out (including link to complaint).
“Primer: How Super PACs Rake It In”
Great digging by Ken Vogel into the shell game and shifting money in elections these days.
Important District Court Opinion, Relying on Bush v. Gore, Issued in Ohio Hunter Litigation
You can read the 93-page opinion at this link. This is a case on remand from a Sixth Circuit case that Ned Foley called “the most significant application” by a court of Bush v. Gore. I fully expect this… Continue reading
“Grassley: House GOP doing Wall Street’s bidding on STOCK Act”
The Hill: “Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) accused his Republican counterparts in the House of doing the bidding of Wall Street by removing a provision from the STOCK Act that would have required political intelligence firms to register in a… Continue reading
Can’t Wait for “The Voting Wars” to Be Published by Yale University Press This Summer?
Stay tuned.
“Okay. Now let’s dismantle O’Keefe’s latest horse shit…”
The Brad Blog [link added] on Minnesota “voter fraud.”
“Small Donors in 2011: Obama’s Were Big, Romney’s Not”
Important release from Campaign Finance Institute:
President Barack Obama’s small donor fundraising in 2011 outpaced all of his Republican opponents combined ($56.7 million to $38.1 million). In fact, Obama’s haul from small donors (ones whose contributions aggregated to $200 or… Continue reading
“Amateur Election Administration: You (Don’t) Get What You (Don’t) Pay For”
Must-read ChapinBlog.
Moneyed Interests Behind Voter ID Law Push in MN?
See this report.