Monthly Archives: April 2015
“Interim Report on Voting Equipment Performance, Usage & Certification”
From Virginia (more here).
“A Skewed Electoral Field”
Rob Richie NYT letter to the editor.
“Fresh Questions About ‘Coordination’ Rules”
Bauer on Brickner on Gilbert.
#SCOTUS Didn’t Mean It When They Said It Dep’t
Brad Smith trying to recast the holding of Citizens United in the NYT:
“The court’s position is pretty simple, and it is not that independent expenditures can never create gratitude in an officeholder,” said Bradley A. Smith, a professor of… Continue reading
“Gov. Scott’s criticism of online voter registration angers counties”
News from FL.
“The Menendez Case Proves the Supreme Court Was Naive About Campaign Finance Laws”
Christian Farias writes for TNR.
“Robert Menendez Indictment Points to Corrupting Potential of Super PACs”
Michael Boos on @99Rise: “Do As I Say, Not As I Do”
The following is a guest post from Michael Boos, Vice President and General Counsel of the group Citizens United:
The group 99Rise made headlines earlier this week when several of its members disrupted proceedings at the U.S. Supreme Court in… Continue reading
“Don’t like ‘dark money’ in your politics? This guy could help stop it with a pen.”
Michael Keegan oped at Reuters.
“A compromise in Connecticut; Registrars and Merrill reach consensus on reform legislation”
That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly.
“Thanks to Obama, the New World of Campaign Finance Is Unlimited and Undisclosed”
“Delaying your candidacy doesn’t mean you can avoid campaign finance rules”
“America’s ‘Menendez’ problem: How big money poisons politics — and how it can be fixed”
Stephen Spauling oped in Salon.