More information leads to less corruption. The thought has been repeated so often, it must be true, right? Professor Michael Gilbert of the University of Virginia School of Law says the answer is not so clear.Source: Public Disclosure, Once Thought To Be a Cure-All, Can Lead to Corruption...
Can Americans protect their privacy and their elections at the same time? Cynical politicians around the country say no. The rest of us should know better. Privacy is a key component of democracy.Source: Protecting privacy of nonprofit donors is key to our democracy...
Facebook said Tuesday that it had discovered a sophisticated coordinated disinformation operation on its platform involving 32 false pages and profiles engaging in divisive messaging ahead of the U.S. midterm elections.Source: Facebook says it has uncovered a coordinated disinformation operation ahead of the 2018 midterm elections...
Editors’ Note: Sean Parnell continues Histphil‘s forum on anonymous giving, making the affirmative, historical case.Source: The Historical Case for Charitable Donor Privacy...
The Institute for Free Speech is pleased to welcome Mike Columbo as a pro bono Senior Fellow. Mike is Of Counsel in the Political Law Section of the California law firm of Nielsen Merksamer.Source: IFS Welcomes Senior Fellow Mike Columbo...
Mission Viejo, California, a city in Orange County, will use cumulative voting for city council elections starting in 2020. See this story. Here is the wikipedia page about cumulative voting.Source: Mission Viejo, California, Will Use Cumulative Voting Starting in 2020...
ALCOA, Tenn.—With more than a quarter of the current 23 House Republican women leaving Congress after this year, GOP women are working to replenish their ranks in primary elections like Thursday’s crowded showdown in this Knoxville district.Source: Republican Women Seek to Keep Numbers From Dwindling in the House...
