“Supposing is Good, but Finding Out is Better (cont.) – MinnPost’s Election Day Registration Map”
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Monthly Archives: March 2012
“‘Small Donors, Big Democracy: New York City’s Matching Funds as a Model for the Nation and States’ published in Election Law Journal”
See this press release.
“IRS Oversight Reignites Tea Party Ire; Agency’s Already Controversial Role Is in Dispute After Questionnaires Sent to Conservative Groups”
“2012 GOP Primary Turnout Lower Than 2008, 2000; Higher in Some States with Open or Semi-Open Primaries”
Curtis Gans and the Bipartisan Policy Center have issued this report.
“The Influence Industry: Obama gives administration jobs to some big fundraisers”
T.W. Farnamfor WaPo: ” Big donors considering whether to work the phones raising money for President Obama’s reelection campaign might consider the fate of his 2008 bundlers. Many of them, it turns out, won plum jobs in his administration.… Continue reading
Super PAC Effect on House and Senate Races Heating Up
I’ve been saying for a while that the real place to keep your eye in terms of Super PACs is on Senate and House races, especially if it looks (as it well could) that control of both houses could be… Continue reading
“Romney Lags in Small Donors as Big Givers Hit Limits”
NYT reports.
“Some Texas Democrats wonder if they could have fared better in redistricting case”
Dallas Morning News: “As candidates scramble to file for the 2012 elections under new political maps ordered by a court last week, some Texas Democrats are wondering: Could they have gotten more? Districts for Congress and the Texas House… Continue reading
“IRS May Act On Political Nonprofits”
Paul Blumenthal writes for HuffPo.
How Would We Know Dept.? Americans Elect Edition
Americans Elect press release (via email): “We are giving all voters a serious third choice for president in 2012. We are unencumbered by special interest and Super PAC money. We’re not influenced by the political class of consultants or guided… Continue reading
“Broken Ballots: Will Your Vote Count?”
This should be very good: a new book on voting technology by Doug Jones and Barbara Simons to be published April 15 by the University of Chicago Press.
NCSL’s Legislative Action Bulletin is Now Available
Here.
Voter ID is Coming to Pennsylvania
“Black lawmakers’ effort to expand early voting is rejected in Senate”
The Miami Herald reports.