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Filibluster: Senate Rules Deal Yields Good and Bad News 30 Jan 2013 | 04:29 am
Crossposted at Huffington Post. Senate leaders Thursday adopted a bipartisan package of rules changes designed to smooth Senate procedure and curb government gridlock, but the dream of truly reformin...
Fourth Circuit Upholds Most of Challenged W. Va. Disclosure Laws 26 Jan 2013 | 01:21 am
On January 18, 2013, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a majority of West Virginia’s disclosure law in a victory for transparency in elections. The decision in Center for Individual Freedom v...
NY Attorney General Calls for Comprehensive Campaign Finance Reforms 25 Jan 2013 | 10:02 pm
Last week, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman held a public hearing on his proposed regulations to require charities operating in New York to disclose their political spending. Testifying on ...
Governor McDonnell Should Veto Virginia’s GOP Redistricting Gambit 24 Jan 2013 | 03:34 am
The 20-20 divided Virginia Senate took extraordinary action to drastically rewrite the district lines for 45 percent of Virginia’s residents on Inauguration Day. On January 21, 2013, State Senator He...
Tying Presidential Electors to Gerrymandered Congressional Districts will Sabotage Elections 23 Jan 2013 | 12:25 am
Recently Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Virginia introduced legislation to make the distribution of electoral votes for president dependent on the votes in each congressional districts instead of statew...
Money in Politics This Week 19 Jan 2013 | 01:13 am
Crossposted at ReformNY Every Friday, the Brennan Center will be compiling the latest news concerning the corrosive nature of money in New York State politics—and the ongoing need for public financin...
Voting Rights Cannot Be Ignored 18 Jan 2013 | 11:27 pm
A new year means new opportunities. It is 2013, and our democracy should not have to suffer through another cycle of rancorous, partisan, and business-as-usual politics — there is too much we need to ...
Money in Politics This Week 12 Jan 2013 | 01:18 am
Crossposted at ReformNY Every Friday, the Brennan Center will be compiling the latest news concerning the corrosive nature of money in New York State politics—and the ongoing need for public financin...
A Step Forward in Virginia on Restoring Voting Rights 11 Jan 2013 | 09:10 pm
Crossposted at Huffington Post. On Wednesday, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell used his annual State of the Commonwealth address to urge the legislature to reform Virginia's voting rights restoration proc...
The SEC Takes a Step Toward Transparency in Corporate Political Spending 10 Jan 2013 | 07:55 pm
Crossposted at The Huffington Post The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that it will consider making a rule to require public companies to disclose information about the money t...
