But the recent complaints could signal a shift from how the parties have approached complaints in the past. The source believes the creation of the American Democracy Legal Fund is a sign that filing FEC complaints could become an establishment-endorsed tactic in campaigns.Source: “Parties Play Politics With FEC Complaints”...
As you may have heard, Harvard law professor and activist Lawrence Lessig is, maybe, running for president, identifying as a "referendum candidate" on the issue of political reform.Source: Larry Lessig's presidential campaign has already changed the campaign reform debate...
Trump has pledged to self-finance, and so far he has loaned $1.8 million of his own money to his campaign. He's received just $100,000 in contributions from other donors.Source: The Trump question: How do self-financed candidates fair in elections?...
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published by the Institute of Governmental Studies. Thomas Mann is also Resident Scholar at IGS.Source: Election 2016: Dumbing down American politics, Lawrence Lessig, and the Presidency...
The first GOP presidential candidate to go to war publicly with the Republican National Committee is not Donald Trump. It’s Carly Fiorina.Source: Carly Fiorina's camp cries foul in attempt to get on debate main stage...
Columbus, Ohio—In America’s quintessential swing state, aging voting machines and partisan battles are casting doubt over the fairness of the 2016 election.Source: Is Ohio the Next Home Of Hanging Chads?...
It probably pleases Bernie Sanders each morning to wake up and realize the trajectory of his campaign shows that Chief Justice John Roberts and Antonin Scalia didn’t ruin the country in quite the way that progressive groups had feared in 2010.Source: Three Cheers for Citizens United!...
By now it is fairly clear that Donald Trump can get away with expressing views that would sink almost any other GOP candidate.Source: Donald Trump’s lasting impression : How the GOP candidate can make a difference on the right....
On July 24, U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence Stengel, a Bush Jr. appointee, struck down the Pennsylvania system for checking petition validity for minor parties. Constitution Party of Pennsylvania v Cortes, e.d., 12-cv-2726.Source: August 2015 Ballot Access News Print Edition...
WASHINGTON — Donna Mae Litowitz, a Miami Beach retiree, likes Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont so much that three months ago she sent his presidential campaign $10,000.Source: Bernie Sanders’s Success in Attracting Small Donors Tests Importance of ‘Super PACs’...
