08 Nov

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...

22:19 / Campaign Finance / reformers / vblog
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08 Nov

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...

22:19 / Election Law / vblog
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04 Nov

Three members of a 2012 presidential campaign committee were convicted by a federal jury in Des Moines, Iowa, on all counts of an indictment charging the concealment of campaign expenditures made to secure the endorsement of an Iowa State Senator.  Assistant Attorney General Leslie R.Source: Three Members of 2012 Presidential Campaign Staff Guilty of Concealing Campaign Expenditures to State Senator...

04:59 / Campaign Finance / vblog
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04 Nov

Weintraub voiced support for the Honest Ads Act, introduced Oct. 19 by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and co-sponsored by Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.), as a more effective means for promoting greater digital ad transparency.Source: FEC Commissioner Says Agency Limited in Ability to Regulate Online Political Ads...

04:59 / Campaign Finance / Technology / vblog
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