NYT: The Republican Threat to Voting
April 26, 2011- Less than a year before the 2012 presidential voting begins, Republican legislatures and governors across the country are rewriting voting laws to make it much harder for…
The Brad Blog: New Details on Wisconsin Supreme Court ‘Recount,’ Waukesha County Clerk Investigation
Kloppenburg filing for special investigator alleges Prosser met privately with Walker on night after election, Nickolaus may have committed felonies Both camps agree to hand counts in parts of 31…
The Badger Herald: GAB denies Kloppenburg’s independent investigator request for recount
April 21, 2011- After announcing she would request a statewide recount in the Supreme Court election earlier this week, challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg and incumbent Justice David Prosser argued in court…
RAW Story: Florida bill an assault on voters’ rights, says ACLU
April 20, 2011- A bill in the Florida House of Representatives to "clean up" voting is the latest sad chapter in the state's handbook of voter suppression, according to the…
Politcus USA: With A Stroke Of His Pen Obama Strikes Back At Citizens United
April 21, 2011- A little over a year ago the Supreme Court of the United States made a controversial ruling that says corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in candidate…
Huffington Post: FEC Sued By Chris Van Hollen Over Huge Disclosure Loophole
April 21, 2011- A Democratic congressman on Thursday sued the Federal Election Commission in an effort to close a massive disclosure loophole before individuals and corporations have the chance to…
Brad Blog: BREAKING: Kloppenburg Files for Statewide ‘Recount’ in WI Supreme Court Election
Will ask for hand count in several districts; Calls for special investigator in Waukesha County... April 20, 2011- Wisconsin's Asst. Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg has filed paperwork for a statewide,…
CNN: Independent groups expected to rake in hundreds of millions
April 14, 2011- As President Barack Obama kicks off the 2012 money race with a series of well-publicized re-election fundraisers in Chicago, Democratic operatives are quietly crisscrossing the nation to…
Lorraine C. Minnite: The Myth of Voter Fraud
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LA Times: Democrats following Republicans into field of undisclosed donors
Independent political organizations that can accept unlimited and undisclosed contributions are being formed by Democrats, who rebuked Republicans for the use of such groups in the 2010 midterm election April…
Politico: Dems launch super PAC aimed at House races
April 13, 2011- Democrats are launching a new outside group designed to combat the independent conservative organizations that pumped tens of millions of dollars into the 2010 election and helped…
NGOs Call Upon JoAnne Kloppenburg to Petition Court for Hand Recount of All Votes Cast in the April 5 Wisconsin Supreme Court El
WASHINGTON, April 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NGOs VelvetRevolution.us and ProtectOurElections.org, whose work in the field of election integrity is national in scope, today called upon Wisconsin Assistant Attorney General JoAnne…
Citizen Vox: Public financing of elections: an idea whose time has come
April 6, 2011- Talk about an idea whose time has come. Today, the Fair Elections Now Act is being re-introduced. Actor Alec Baldwin, who was present at the bill’s introduction,…
Huffington Post: How ‘Independent Expenditures’ Are Remaking Elections
April 11, 2011- The 2010 midterm elections were the first of a new era, one in which campaign finance rules no longer limit the amount of money special interests can…