Alexandria, VA – The Center for Competitive Politics (CCP), America’s largest nonprofit defending First Amendment political speech rights, released the following statement commending New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez for her veto of S.B. 96:Source: CCP Commends New Mexico Governor Martinez for Vetoing Anti-Donor Privacy Bill...
Following the annual review of Lobbying Disclosure Act Guidance, Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives issued revised guidance on January 31st, 2017. Outlined below are the new updates included in the revised guidance. The full revised guidance can be found here.Source: Revised LDA Guidance...
Alaska Representative Gabrielle Ledoux (R-Anchorage) introduced HB 200 on March 29. It converts Alaska elections to top-two elections. The bill has a hearing on Monday, April 10, at 1 pm, in the House Judiciary Committee. The Committee will meet again on the bill on Wednesday, April 12, for a vote.Source: Alaska Top-Two Bill Has Hearing Monday, April 10...
The move marks the first major West Wing shake-up less than three months into Trump's presidency.Source: Senior White House aide Katie Walsh moving to pro-Trump political group...
Washington (CNN)The political network supporting Donald Trump has further splintered after the President's major influential donors on Wednesday formally defected to start their own group to air ads backing the White House.Source: Trump political groups split over Mercer money...
The Future of Free Speech.The internet supports a global ecosystem of social interaction. Modern life revolves around the network, with its status updates, news feeds, comment chains, political advocacy, omnipresent reviews, rankings and ratings.Source: The Future of Free Speech, Trolls, Anonymity and Fake News Online...
Staff asked to hand in resignation letters at DNC:Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez has launched a major overhaul of the party's organization, which has been stung by recent crises — and the DNC has requested resignation letters from all current staffers.Source: Embattled DNC Asks All Staffers For Resignation Letters...
In the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election, many analysts suggested that Hillary Clinton lost to Donald J. Trump because of poor Democratic turnout. Months later, it is clear that the turnout was only modestly better for Mr. Trump than expected.Source: A 2016 Review: Turnout Wasn’t the Driver of Clinton’s Defeat...
The New Mexico Legislature took a significant step toward ensuring transparency and diminishing unchecked “dark money” in state elections this legislative session by approving Senate Bill 96. Now it is the governor’s turn to give New Mexico voters a break.Source: Looking In: Governor should sign ‘dark-money’ bill...
Searching for “rigged election” in Google News turns up “about 288,000 results.” Add “Trump” to the search and you get “about 342,000” hits. Enough already. The rhetoric is everywhere, and it’s misleading and dangerous.Source: Money doesn't buy elections and elections aren't rigged. Period....
