“It Might Be America’s least super super-PAC”
WaPo on ProgressKy. Hard to imagine Senator McConnell having better luck.
Monthly Archives: April 2013
“Lawmakers: Tackle Redistricting or Wait for Courts?”
Ross Ramsey for the Texas Tribune:
Greg Abbott is selling a redistricting nostrum, telling Texas legislators they could cut their legal risks by adopting new political maps right away.
It is a hard sell. Lawmakers are getting along so well… Continue reading
“Obama advocacy group raises $4.8 million”
USA Today:
President Obama’s new advocacy organization collected roughly $4.8 million during the first three months of the year, the group announced Friday.
“In just the first few months of this brand-new organization, 109,582 supporters stepped up and invested in… Continue reading
“Bill to prevent online posting of disclosure forms passes Congress”
WaPo:
The Senate on Thursday and the House on Friday passed on short-cut procedures a bill that indefinitely delays, and effectively repeals, a controversial provision of the Stock (Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge) Act enacted a year ago. That law… Continue reading
The Movie 42 and Brushing Back Jim Crow
“FEC Deadlocks on Key Findings In Audit of Calif. Republican Party”
Bloomberg BNA: “The Federal Election Commission deadlocked along party lines in an April 11 vote on whether to approve staff audit findings that the California Republican Party may have received an improper extension of over $1.2 million in credit… Continue reading
“Jerry Goldfeder: Improve Voter Turnout by Moderninzing New York’s Election Law”
Here.
“More BS About ‘Both Sides'”
Eric Alterman Nation column:
Believe me, I’m more annoyed at having to write this column again than you are at reading it. But dammit, nothing changes. The Republican Party has gone off the rails by virtually every available measure,… Continue reading
“Director’s Note: Experience is the Best Guide: What Four Departing Election Officials Can Teach the Next Generation of Election Administrators”
Doug Chapin’s lead story for Electionline Weekly.
“Think Again: Campaign-Finance Reform in an Age of Corporate Influence”
Alterman on Wertheimer.
“GOP senators urge FCC to avoid new disclosure rules; Letter warns commission against implementing DISCLOSE Act ‘by fiat'”
Off to MPSA
Regular blogging to resume Monday.