Obama Campaign Fundraising Off “Real Truth About Obama” 4th Circuit Decision
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Monthly Archives: June 2012
“Pro-Romney Super PAC launches new ad wave”
Reuters reports.
“IRS Revokes 501(c)(4) Status of Entity That Benefits ‘Political Figure’ Founder”
Bloomberg BNA: “The Internal Revenue Service has revoked the tax-exempt status of a tax code Section 501(c)(4) organization after determining that its purpose was to advance the private interests of its founder, ‘a political figure’ who ran for office… Continue reading
“County Elections Board Votes To Pursue Voter ID Lawsuit”
CBS: “PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — By a 2-to-1 partisan vote, the Allegheny County Board of Elections authorized the county solicitor to file a lawsuit to stop the state’s new voter photo identification law.”
The Right Plays the “Intimidation and Harassment” Card Against the IRS
Eliza reports. It is the IRS’s job to make sure that organizations are not abusing the 501c4 organizational form. Let’s stop the unsupported hysterics.
Reform Groups Urge Passage of Sen. Udall Bill to Fix Presidential Public Financing System
Read it here.
“Letter from the Publisher: The Democratic Process”
ABA:
The Democratic Process
Letter from the Publisher
Dear Colleagues:
The upcoming November elections have spread the polity’s attention from Washington to the rest of the country as Republican candidates seeking nomination to oppose President Barack Obama in November… Continue reading
“Forty Years After Watergate; The Decades-Long Fight Against Political Money”
Pam Karlan in the Boston Review: “However, money is only one symptom of a deeper political pathology. We hear a flood of stories and arguments about campaign finance, but relatively little serious popular attention is paid to gerrymandering, restrictive registration… Continue reading
“Obama’s Lawyer Demands Information on Group’s Donors”
NYT’s The Caucus: “The lawyer for President Obama demanded on Tuesday that Crossroads GPS disclose its donors, saying in a complaint to the Federal Election Commission that the group is plainly a ‘political committee’ subject to federal reporting requirements.… Continue reading
“Big-name Florida felon’s mailbox surprise: a new voter card”
News from Florida (via Dan Smith).
“Super PAC targets incumbents of any stripe”
Fascinating WaPo report.
Quote of the Day
“Many reporters have missed the real story here — the [White House] is actually pleased with how the FEC is performing.”
–Former FEC Chair Michael Toner
Former FL Secretary of State Browning Wouldn’t Conduct Voter Purge Because of “Spidey Sense”
Miami Herald:
Browning refused to release the list.
“I consciously decided not to get them in the loop,” Browning said. “I didn’t feel comfortable rolling this initiative out. Something was telling me this isn’t going to fly. We didn’t… Continue reading
Dept. of the Unhelpful
March to indict Karl Rove. Really? Don’t people on the left see that ridiculous stunts like this play into arguments that the right is facing intimidation and harassment?
Many people dislike Karl Rove. But to casually urge (even for purposes… Continue reading