Campaign finance law was already in tatters. But according to expert Richard L. Hasen, it'll soon get even worse While there have been two national elections since the Citizens United ruling upended campaign finance law in the U.S.Source: “More corporate money in our elections”: Believe it or not, big money is about to get even more powerful...
It's hard to imagine the New Hampshire primary going any worse for establishment Republicans.Source: How New Hampshire turned into a nightmare for the Republican establishment...
Much of the political press leans left and has zero experience in politics. Perhaps they graduated Ivy League, did a tour or two at Salon or some lefty blog, then got in on the ground floor at a national media outlet covering politics.Source: The Marco Rubio Robot Bull—-...
DURHAM, NH — Today, New Hampshire will require voters to bring a photo ID to the ballot box for the first time in its history.Source: New Hampshire Braces For Impact Of New Voter ID Law...
Alex Seitz-Wald has the scoop. It does not appear this is limited to voters, and courts have ruled that providing transportation to the polls does not violate anti vote-buying prohibitions. (There was a case some years ago in Alaska about discounted gasoline.)Source: Uber Discount on Primary Election Day in NH? Kosher!...
This story will be updated. After languishing in limbo for nearly five-and-a-half years, one of the most controversial, politically active 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations in the country has been granted nonprofit status by the IRS. The ruling was made official last Nov.Source: IRS gives nonprofit status to Rove’s controversial dark money group...
America’s campaign finance laws are often a convenient scapegoat for all of our country’s ills. Witness Democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders invoking campaign spending in response to seemingly every other debate question. Now comes Republican Rep.Source: An alternative to nonstop political fundraising...
The Federal Election Commission has not solved the “Super PAC problem,” but then again the Commissioners cannot agree on what the problem is. Others outside the agency are divided in this same way. A number of questions in contemporary campaign finance are like that.Source: The Federal Election Commission's Role in A Reform Program -...
“[W]e don’t know how to deal with rumors. Rumors that confirm people’s biases are now believed and spread among millions of people. . .We tend to only communicate with people that we agree with, and thanks to social media, we can mute, un-follow and block everybody else.Source: Politics and Techno-Consciousness...
On Saturday night, I received an interesting tweet. Indianapolis resident PJ Hinton had seen some TV ads run by a group he didn’t recognize, Indiana Jobs Now, and thought he would look into them.Source: What happened when a super PAC listed Sunlight’s phone number on its ad filing...
