“How Art Pope killed clean elections for judges in North Carolina”
This item appears at Facing South.
Monthly Archives: June 2013
“D.C.-based groups bombarded state high court races with ads”
“Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler wrong to use state funds for trip, ethics commission rules”
Eighth Circuit Upholds Iowa Corporate Campaign Contribution Ban, Upholds Some, Strikes Down Other Disclosure Rules As Applied to Certain Groups
You can read the opinion in Iowa Right to Life, Inc. v. Tooker at this link. As to the disclosure rules struck down, the court held that certain reporting requirements could not be applied to groups who do not… Continue reading
“Police raid Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez’s mayoral campaign in absentee ballot fraud investigation”
Quote of the Day
“It doesn’t matter who wins. It matters that they win by a lot.”
–Retiring Clark County (Nev.) Clerk Larry Lomax, in a must-read “first person” profile in ElectionLine Weekly, offering his version of the Election Administrator’s prayer.
“Federal election reform commission to hold hearing in Miami”
As We Wait for the Supreme Court to Decide the Shelby County Voting Rights Case
….here is some of my writing about the case if you want to get up to speed:
What’s Lost if the Voting Rights Falls? (Slate)
If the Court Strikes Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act (Reuters)
Who Controls Voting … Continue reading
“Camp Says IRS Targeting of Conservative Groups Did Not Originate in Cincinnati”
Bloomberg BNA:
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) June 12 said the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of tea party and other conservative groups applying for tax exemptions did not originate in Cincinnati.
Where the targeting originated… Continue reading
Latest Law Professor Blog Rankings
Courtesy of Paul Caron.
“It’s Time for the SEC to Regulate Political Spending By Public Companies”
Lisa Gilbert writes for Yahoo!.
“What’s Your Hurry?”
Linda Greenhouse on conservatives fretting about Justices Kennedy or Scalia leaving the Court.
Back in February, I talked about the flip side of this, After Scalia:Don’t give up on campaign finance reform, however hopeless it seems now.
“Dark Money Politics”
Tom Edsall dives into the data on 501c4 election activity.