Update, Jan. 30, 2016: A voter in Iowa tweeted about receiving a mailer from the presidential campaign of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) that hopes to goad him into heading to caucus by sharing the voting records of people he knows. The Cruz campaign confirmed that it had sent the mailer.Source: Do those ‘we know whether you voted’ warnings actually work?...
January 30 marks the fortieth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Buckley v.Source: The struggle to preserve a free political system...
In today’s political climate, finding public support for anything at 84 percent is almost unheard of. Yet, according to New York Times/CBS News poll last June, that’s how many Americans think money has “too much influence” in political campaigns.Source: Happy birthday to the case that was even worse than Citizens United...
Never in U.S. history has a third-party candidate been elected president. Yet that hasn't stopped the prospect of an independent candidacy becoming a recurring sotto voce whisper in the 2016 presidential race.Source: The ‘Bleak’ History of Third-Party Presidential Bids...
Books about who pays for American elections rarely hit the bestseller lists, but a rash of new titles tackling the once-obscure topic of campaign financing signals that publishers now regard political money as popular fare.Source: Political Money: New Best-Selling Book Genre?...
Last week Michael Bloomberg, former three-term mayor of New York City, told his advisers to inform the media that he is laying the groundwork for a possible presidential campaign as an independent. This is the third presidential cycle in which he has contemplated such a run.Source: Ralph Nader: What Is Michael Bloomberg Thinking?...
It’s not a new story: Some Americans are looking to the super wealthy to get us out of a political jam. This time, it might be billionaire Michael Bloomberg supposedly saving the country from a Donald Trump-Bernie Sanders race that could leave many voters without an acceptable alternative.Source: Radically Revise Campaign Laws to Give People, Not Billionaires, a Voice...
Sometimes the way a politician says something is more interesting than what he or she actually says. President Obama’s State of the Union speech offered a perfect example. As he discussed campaign finance, Obama’s poker face slipped.Source: Fear and Loathing in the World of Campaign Fundraising...
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at the ongoing debate over political speech and political transparency in campaign financing.Source: Constitution Check: Is there a basic flaw in campaign finance law?...
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Is the Supervisor of Elections computer system vulnerable to hackers? Dan Sinclair, who is running against Sharon Harrington, says it is.Source: Hacking into Supervisors of Elections Office...
