“HIDE AND SEEK: THE DISMAL STATE OF TRANSPARENCY AROUND INDEPENDENT SPENDING IN STATE ELECTIONS”
The National Institute on Money in State Politics has issued this press release.
Monthly Archives: March 2012
“California could decide the GOP nominee”
Interesting report from The Fix.
“Miss Vermont shows with a bit of girl power, anything is possible”
Perhaps surpisingly, that’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly.
“Politicians as Fiduciaires”
Teddy Rave has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Harvard Law Review). Here is the abstract:
When incumbent legislators draw the districts from which they are elected, the conflict of interest is glaring: they can and do gerrymander district lines… Continue reading
Breaking News: Indiana Supreme Court Unanimously Reverses in Charlie White Case, Says He’s Eligible for His Sec. of State’s Office
IndyStar:
Former Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White was eligible to run for office, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled this morning.
The state’s highest court issued a unanimous decision this morning saying that even though White was registered to vote… Continue reading
Texas Ups Ante in Its Voter ID Case, Says Voting Rights Act is Unconstitutional: Case Could Reach SCOTUS Before Election
Texas filed an amended complaint today [UPDATE, actually Tuesday] in its action to overcome the US Department of Justice’s objection to its voter identification law. The complaint now says that the Voting Rights Act section 5, as amended in 2006,… Continue reading
New Campaign Finance Front: Challenge to FEC Aggregate Limits on Contributions to Candidates
Under current federal law, an individual may give no more than $46,200 to all federal candidates during a 2 year period. This law has struck me as ripe for challenge under current Roberts Court precedents.
Here’s the opening salvo before… Continue reading
“Takoma Park stands by non-U.S. citizen voting law”
WaPo reports.
AFL-CIO Statement on Citizens United
Here.
“STOCK Act’s Anti-Corruption Provisions Are Needed”
This item appears at the CLC Blog.
“D.C. primary change means the flocking of candidates comes at different season”
An unintended consequence of the MOVE Act.
“Lobbyist League Looks to Obama to Help Eliminate Registration Loopholes”
BLT: “The American League of Lobbyists on Monday urged President Barack Obama to work with it to eliminate lobbying registration loopholes that the group says he has encouraged through his policies.”
Ninth Circuit Upholds Nevada Initiative Signature Gathering Rule Requiring Certain Number of Signatures Per Congressional District
Interesting opinion in Angle v. Miller.
“Unveil Corporate Money Trail in U.S. Politics”
Ralph Gomory and Leo Hindery Jr. have written this oped for Bloomberg View.