Skip to main content PRESS RELEASE Press Release Share on Google+ Copy link Contact: Related Updates Deeplinks Blog by Cindy Cohn | October 10, 2017 Deeplinks Blog by Elliot Harmon, Jeremy Gillula | September 13, 2017Source: Trump’s Blocking People From His Twitter Account Violates the First Amendment, EFF Tells Court...
The results are in from Seattle's first election under the city's Democracy Voucher program. So far, the winners are incumbents and establishment-backed campaigns. The program gives each registered voter four $25 vouchers to give to the qualified candidates of their choice.Source: 'Democracy Vouchers' Help Incumbents, Establishment Candidates Coast to Victory...
Officials with the Secretary of State's Office say they need more money to meet a legislative mandate to update New Mexico's campaign finance reporting system to provide more transparency and public access. Nov. 8, 2017, at 8:10 p.m.Source: New Mexico Weighs Options for Campaign Finance Overhaul...
This week featured the first general election in which Seattle residents and candidates were able to use the city’s new taxpayer-financing system for political campaigns.Source: Checking in on Seattle’s “Democracy Vouchers” Experiment...
A bill introduced by Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles E. Grassley in response to indictments in the special counsel’s Russia probe would have far-reaching consequences for U.S. representatives of foreign governments, foreign companies and other international interests.Source: Sweeping Changes Proposed for Foreign Lobbying Law...
Att’n: Neven F. Stipanovic Acting Assistant General Counsel Federal Election Commission 999 E Street N.W. Washington, D.C.Source: Comments to FEC on Potential Rulemaking on Internet Communications Disclaimers...
Alexandria, VA – A Sacramento County Superior Court judge struck down a law passed late last year to allow state and some local governments to enact taxpayer financing of political campaigns.Source: Court Strikes Down Attempt to Allow Taxpayer-Funded Campaigns...
There’s an urgent need for reform for disclosure of how much money mighty political lobbyists are giving law makers who are writing relevant tax legislation When powerful lobbyists work hard over the coming weeks to convince Republican lawmakers to change their tax package to please them,Source: US campaign finance laws resemble legalized bribery. We must reform them...
Source: Tax reform can be boon for core political speech...
As we reported yesterday, Election Day 2017 featured several high profile ranked choice voting elections in cities and towns. Altogether, more than 200,000 voters ranked their choices in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Cambridge, Mass. and Takoma Park, Md in cities with a total population of about 844,500.Source: Voter Turnout Surges in All Four Cities with Ranked Choice Voting...
