“The Supreme Court’s new definition of corruption is out of step with what Americans think”
Michael Johnston writes for The Monkey Cage.
Monthly Archives: July 2016
“Lewandowski Has Been Pitching Donors On His Own Pro-Trump Super PAC”
BuzzFeed:
“He was pitching donors in the suites the last two nights,” said a GOP fundraiser who deals with major donors. “I don’t know how it’s going, but he’s basically attacking the other two super pacs and saying that they… Continue reading
“Voter beware: Thanks to ID laws, being registered isn’t enough to vote in many states”
LAT letters to the editor, including one from Kathleen Unger of the great VoteRiders organization.
Wisconsin Voter ID Decision Roundup
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Reuters
WSJ
AP
And here is my earlier post, discussing the chances of success on appeal, if Wisconsin appeals.
“On Campaign Finance, Republicans and Democrats Could Not Be Further Apart”
Paul Blumenthal reports for HuffPo.
Oops
The Hill:
A staffer at the Department of Justice is in hot water after sending a tweet about Melania Trump from the agency’s Twitter account.
In a statement Tuesday, a Justice official said a “staffer in the public affairs… Continue reading
FEC Wants to Know About Super PAC Expenses for “Fundraising” When Candidate’s Husband is Only Donor
Following up on this post, see this letter.
“States can bring political ‘dark money’ into the light”
Ann Ravel has written this LA Times oped.
FEC Defends Electioneering Communications Disclosure Requirements
Kobach Calls Latest ACLU Action on His Voting Cutbacks “Frivolous” But He’s Lost to Them Numerous Times
Here’s Why We Still Need Federal Oversight of Voting under the VRA, Part 3,249
News from NC:
Early voting sites in two of Winston-Salem’s prominent minority neighborhoods are in jeopardy after the Forsyth County Board of Elections approved a plan last week that moves sites at Winston-Salem State University’s Anderson Center and the Sprague… Continue reading
Breaking: Federal District Court Softens WI Voter ID Law, Allowing Affidavit in Place of ID
You can find Judge Adelman’s 44-page order here.
I’m about to jump on a call, and so I will post more later. But suffice to say that this is a very big deal, and at first blush (subject to… Continue reading
“Virginia Needs to Fix Its Racist Voting Law”
Dale Ho NYT oped:
THE Virginia Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday in a lawsuit that aims to strip the right to vote from more than 206,000 people, including one in five African-American adults in the state. If state… Continue reading
Yeah, I’m Sure the Husband’s Super PAC is TOTALLY Independent of the Wife’s Campaign
Bethesda Magazine:
…Meanwhile, Epstein in early June put $300,000 into Maryland USA, an “independent expenditure” committee created late last year to promote Hoeber’s candidacy—bringing to more than $500,000 the amount that the couple has laid out over the past… Continue reading