How big a problem is “dark money”? What about corporation spending in politics? Why doesn’t the FEC take a stronger stand against political activities by private groups? These are some of the questions tackled by Federal Election Commissioner Lee Goodman.Source: Lee Goodman Offers Spirited Defense of First Amendment in Campaign Finance Law...
The House will host the first hearing specifically on the need to disclose the sources of political adds online. Oversight subcommittee on information technology chairman Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) scheduled the hearing for Tuesday of next week…Source: The Hill: House slates hearing on social media political ad disclosures (In the News)...
Last week, Governor Jerry Brown signed the California DISCLOSE ACT, AB 249, which by some standards makes California’s campaign-advertisement disclosure laws the toughest in the country.Source: California’s Campaign-Advertisement Disclosure Laws Become Toughest in the Country...
An initiative to split California into three states started to circulate in California on April 24. To qualify, it needs 365,880 valid signatures by April 2018. If passed, the Governor of California would be required to ask Congress to approve the idea. The proponent is Timothy Draper.Source: Initiative to Split California Into Three States Begins to Circulate...
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Democratic Sen. Mark Warner about the Honest Ads Act, a proposal to regulate online political advertising the same way as television, radio and print. Seems like nearly every day brings some new twist involving Russia and Facebook or Twitter or Google.Source: What You Need To Know About The Honest Ads Act...
Democratic Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill on Sunday that was hailed as an effort to force President Donald Trump and future White House hopefuls to disclose their personal tax returns in order to be put on the California ballot.Source: Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown vetoes presidential candidate tax return disclosure bill...
The U.S. Supreme Court considered whether to hear Minnesota Voters Alliance v Mansky at its October 6 conference, but when the results of that conference were revealed on October 10, the Court had not acted on that case. It will be considered again at a future conference.Source: U.S. Supreme Court Still Undecided on Whether to Hear Case on Political Clothing...
Cosmopolitan Magazine has this article by Mindy Finn, the vice-presidential nominee who ran in 2016 as an independent with Evan McMullin. The article doesn’t say much about her vice-presidential run, but instead focuses on the need for more woman candidates for important elected office.Source: Mindy Finn, Evan McMullin’s Running Mate, Has an Article in Cosmopolitan...
Source: Watch Video of Ann Ravel, Brad Smith, and Rick Hasen Talking Election Law at Ninth Circuit Conference (in July)...
The Federal Election Commission is asking for public input on its disclosure rules for online political advertisements, as companies like Facebook and Google are being scrutinized by investigators for ads they ran during the 2016 presidential campaign.Source: FEC asks for public comment on online ad disclosure rules...
