Super-PACs and political non-profits have opened the spending spigot on congressional elections spurred by fears the bruising Republican presidential primary has put the party's majorities on Capitol Hill up for grabs. Outside groups from both parties have already spent a combined $34.Source: With GOP in Disarray, Super-PACs Target Congress...
FairVote believes that every vote should matter and be heard in every public election. The fundamental goal of any primary election system should be to help foster a general election that will include meaningful choices, real competition, and fair representation.Source: Introducing The Public Primary...
Stephen Colbert's campaign finance lawyer thinks Trump, Clinton and Sanders should join forces on getting money out of politics. He's not kidding.Source: Trevor Potter: Happy Campaign Finance Warrior...
FEC Commissioner Weintraub believes that she has hit upon a regulatory maneuver to stop publicly traded corporations from making independent expenditures, or unlimited contributions to independent expenditure committees.Source: One FEC Commissioner's Answer to Citizens United -...
Source: Corporations may be progressive, but that still doesn’t make them people...
"Fully Open" After Evenwel -The Court left open the question of how a state must apportion its districts, so for now, both total population and total voting age population remain acceptable means of apportionment. The Court’s decision today sided with Texas, a decidedly Republican-leaning state, and simply ruled that the way Texas had apportioned its districts was constitutionally acceptable.The Republican...
Today, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the three-judge district court's decision in Evenwel v. Abbott.Source: Evenwel v. Abbott: Supreme Court Maintains Status Quo on Redistricting...
The Court’s decision in Evenwel could not have been clearer, and indeed it was unanimous, that the Constitution does not command the exclusion of nonvoters from the base used for state and local legislative redistricting. It was a full defeat of the appellants.Source: "Fully Open" After Evenwel -...
Charles Koch is confident House Speaker Paul Ryan could emerge from the Republican National Convention as the party’s nominee if Donald Trump comes up at least 100 delegates shy, he has told friends privately.Source: Charles Koch Is Privately Committed To Getting Paul Ryan Nominated In Cleveland: Source...
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected an effort to change political boundaries and reduce the voting strength of the nation's Latino population on Monday.Source: SCOTUS Unanimously Rejects Challenge to 'One Person, One Vote'...
