Protect Our Elections
April 3, 2011- The billionaire industrialist brothers Charles and David Koch have drawn sharp criticism for their extensive giving to libertarian causes. Though some of their organizational ties are public,…
April 1, 2011- With voter ID laws popping up in Republican-controlled statehouses across the country, could a federal bill be far off? According to data from the Democratic Legislative Campaign…
Groups argued against provision that gives candidates extra money if outside spending reaches threshold March 31, 2011- A federal judge in Madison on Thursday dismissed two challenges to Wisconsin's law…
Does the Supreme Court care more about free speech for the wealthy than about political corruption? March 25, 2011- Imagine you want to run for office, say for a seat…
March 27, 2011- Thursday, ThinkProgress reported that the Ohio House had approved the most restrictive voter id law in the nation — a bill that would exclude 890,000 Ohioans from…
March 28, 2011- Several years ago Arizona passed a clean elections law that provides state subsidies for candidates who follow certain rules. One provision of the law states that if…
March 28, 2011- Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a pair of cases that have campaign finance reformers on edge. McComish v. Bennett and Arizona Free Enterprise Club’s…
March 29, 2011- Political corruption in Arizona in the 1990s was so bad that a sting operation swept up almost 10% of the Legislature in a scheme to open a…
Campaign finances should be more regularly reported. March 28, 2011- Gov. Mark Dayton pledged to release his campaign finance reports more frequently last week as part of his push toward…
March 28, 2011- The Supreme Court today heard its first arguments on campaign finance since last year’s Citizens United decision; the early returns were not encouraging for reform advocates. In…
March 28, 2011- Organizations associated with prominent Republican strategist Karl Rove plan to spend $120 million to defeat Democrats in the 2012 elections, according to Sen. Barbara Boxer. A former…
March 28, 2011- A few weeks ago, Rick Scott reintroduced Florida to Jim Crow-style voting laws, which essentially disenfranchise a large percentage of African Americans and just so happen to…
Because practice makes perfect... March 28, 2011- With 2012 just around the corner and these babies still in use at polling places all over the country, why not get one…
March 25, 2011- Last year, Wisconsin Supreme Court justice and Gov. Scott Walker ally David Prosser cast the key vote in favor of a “justice-for-sale” ethics rule written by two…