New Lawsuit Against the Florida Voter Purge
Here’s the complaint and the press release.
Monthly Archives: June 2012
“Supreme Court upholds traditional candidate filing procedure”
STLToday: “The Missouri Supreme Court today ruled that candidates for state legislative seats in redistricting years don’t have to live in the newly-redrawn districts. In unanimous rulings, the high court said two St. Louis area candidates whose qualifications were… Continue reading
“Will the Supreme Court Consider a Campaign Finance Mulligan?”
Time magazine reports.
“A Fine Line: Distinguishing Issue Ads From Advocacy”
NPR reports.
What Should Be on Every Campaign Finance Lawyer’s Desk
“Lobbying Effort Is Said to Sink New Controls on Painkillers”
NYT: “Efforts to impose stricter controls on prescription drugs that are subject to rampant abuse have apparently failed after a groundswell of lobbying by pharmacists and drugstores, members of Congress said on Monday.”
“A Constitutional Amendment to Reverse Citizens United?”
Contributors to Politico‘s Arena ponder.
“Dark money middlemen; Citizens United banned coordination between campaigns and super PACs, but the GOP may have found a way around it”
Salon reports.
“U.S. Lawmakers Head to Exits as Partisanship Trumps Legislating”
Bloomberg: “Congress is broken because scoring political points to tear down the opposition has replaced the craft of legislating, retiring U.S. lawmakers said in a discussion about why they are leaving Washington. Two Republicans and two Democrats, representing the… Continue reading
“Follow the Dark Money: The down and dirty history of secret spending, PACs gone wild, and the epic four-decade fight over the only kind of political capital that matters.”
Must-read Andy Kroll cover story in Mother Jones.
“Chaffee election officials taken to task”
The latest from Colorado.
Fred Wertheimer in “Sex in the City” Parody
“Ayotte, Rubio to Speak at Super PAC Event”
WSJ Washington Wire: “Two of Mitt Romney’s potential running mates are slated to appear at a fundraiser for the super PAC that supports him this week, according to people familiar with the event.”