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May
Federal Election Commission website gets a facelift
I am still playing around with it, but it looks pretty good so far. Source: Federal Election Commission Home Page...
I am still playing around with it, but it looks pretty good so far. Source: Federal Election Commission Home Page...
Say what you will about Justice Samuel Alito, but the man always thinks ahead. On Monday, Alito dissented in Cooper v. Harris, the landmark 5–3 ruling that united Justice Clarence Thomas and the Supreme Court’s liberals to strike down North Carolina’s racial gerrymander.Source: Is Anthony Kennedy Ready to Put an End to Partisan Gerrymandering?...
“Money in politics” obsessives have long been frustrated at the lack of scholarly support for the notion that political spending directly alters legislative votes, which would help them to push for greater political speech restrictions.Source: Washington Examiner: New study fails to prove that money sways politicians, despite activists’ excitement (In the News)...
Hackers will target American voting machines—as a public service, to prove how vulnerable they are.Source: Top hacker conference to target voting machines...
Since the Supreme Court handed down Citizens United, which expanded the ways corporations can spend money to influence elections, there has been an accelerating drumbeat of calls for heightened disclosure requirements.Source: Guess who's addressing money-in-politics? It's not the government...