Shadow groups have spent nearly a quarter billion dollars on 2010 election: analysis
RAW Story, October 27, 2010- Karl Rove's American Crossroads has drawn a lot of attention for its high-profile fundraising and lavish spending on congressional races. But Rove's group, it turns…
Corporate campaign ads haven’t followed Supreme Court’s prediction
Companies and unions have been able to avoid the transparency called for in the court's landmark ruling. Spending on next week's midterm election has been exorbitant. Chicago Tribune, October 27,…
RAW Story: Petition calls for Gold’s Gym to stop supporting Rove group
The CEO of the company that owns Gold's Gym has long given money to conservative causes and now that support may be backfiring. Nearly 2000 people have signed an online…
Watchdog Groups Call For Appointment Of A Special Prosecutor To Investigate The Use Of Secret Money To Influence Elections
Comparisons To Watergate Scandal Grow Washington, DC -- October 25, 2010: Today, several watchdog groups dedicated to clean and transparent elections sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder requesting…
Watchdog Groups Call For Appointment of A Special Prosecutor to Investigate the Use of Secret Money to Influence Elections
Comparisons To Watergate Scandal Grows WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, several watchdog groups, led by Protect Our Elections, dedicated to clean and transparent elections sent a letter to Attorney…
The Guardian: Tea Party climate change deniers funded by BP and other major polluters
October 24, 2010: BP and several other big European companies are funding the midterm election campaigns of Tea Party favourites who deny the existence of global warming or oppose Barack…
Washington Post Article Mentions POE’s FEC Filing Against American Crossroads
..."On Wednesday, for example, the watchdog groups Public Citizen and Protect Our Elections filed a complaint with the FEC alleging that the pro-Republican organization Crossroads GPS is violating federal campaign…
NBC: Micheal Isikoff Predicts $250M For American Crossroads
October 21 2010- On NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, Michael Isikoff predicted that Karl Rove's Americian Crossroads PAC would raise $250 Million- mostly from wealthy, anonymous donors- in this…
BREAKING: WE HAVE JUST FILED ANOTHER COMPLAINT WITH THE FEC
For Immediate Release: Contact:Angela Bradbery, Public Citizen, (202) 588-7741 Oct. 20, 2010 Kevin Zeese, Protect Our Elections, (301) 996-6582 Watchdogs to FEC: American Future Fund Appears to Be Violating Campaign…
WashPo: Felon voting rights expanded in 23 states
By Krissah Thompson Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, October 19, 2010; 1:37 PM A study of felony disenfranchisement laws has found that 800,000 former felons have been returned to the…
Protect Our Elections and Other groups File Complaint With DOJ
Watchdog Groups Ask Department of Justice to Use Criminal Statutes to Stop Crossroads GPS and American Future Fund From Violating Campaign Finance Laws DOJ Has Statutory Obligation To Step In…