Since the early 1970s, the right has conducted a sustained drive to gain power and set policy in the 50 states. The left, by contrast, has been far less effective at the state-level.Source: The Republican Party’s 50-State Solution...
Nonprofit groups’ disclosure policies vary. Some campaign finance reform groups list donors online; some disclose donors if asked. Some only disclose gifts from institutions; others list institutions and individuals. Some accept anonymous money; some do not.Source: Groups decrying 'dark money' use shadowy money themselves...
It is easy to dismiss as overblown the concern about the outsize role of ultra-rich donors in the American political scene. Exhibit 1: Jeb Bush.Source: Money can’t buy Jeb Bush the White House, but it still skews politicsThen there is this:“People are upset about the Citizens United decision; people are upset about all this money flowing into politics, but at...
The legal mind behind Jeb Bush's super PAC fired another shot against Donald Trump on Wednesday, lodging a second complaint with federal regulators that the billionaire has improperly used corporate resources to advance his presidential ambitions.Source: Bush-aligned lawyer: Donald Trump's camp is breaking federal law...
Fox Business Network has shrunk the main stage to seven candidates for Thursday’s Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.Source: The presidential debate commission is getting ready for a serious 3rd party candidate...
On January 14, a lawsuit was filed against some Pennsylvania ballot access restrictions that pertain to primary election petitions. The lawsuit challenges the ban on out-of-state circulators for primary petitions. It also challenges the requirement that each sheet of a primary petition be notarized.Source: Lawsuit Filed Against Pennsylvania Ballot Access Restrictions for Primary Candidates...
What do Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have in common? Pause for requisite awful hair joke. No really. From a campaign finance perspective, they have one distinctive thing in common: they have no Super PACs propping up their candidacies.Source: 2016 Will Be A Test for Super PACs...
Business executive John Cox, a Republican who ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. House and Senate in Illinois, has moved one step closer to placing an initiative on the ballot that would require state legislators to wear the emblems of their top donors.Source: California businessman pushes ballot measure for NASCAR-style disclosure...
The California Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for the Legislature to place an advisory measure on the November ballot asking voters their views on campaign spending.Source: 'Citizens United' advisory measure can go on ballot, California high court saysThis statement from CA SOS Alex Padilla seems inappropriate to me. Padilla is the person who counts the votes, not one who...
