This week, the United States Congress passed a compromise to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for spending caps and future programmatic cuts, and President Obama signed the measure almost immediately. Many of…
Two Network partner groups have recently released reports showing current fundraising and spending trends in their states. PACs in Michigan have been ramping up the fundraising, even if totals showed slight decreases from previous election cycles. In Wisconsin, with recall…
This week, Congressional leaders in both the House (Representative Capuano) and Senate (Senators Menendez and Blumenthal) introduced the Shareholder Protection Act, legislation designed to give corporate shareholders more say in political donations that…
With the Supreme Court’s recent decision striking down “trigger” matching funds in public financing law, Gavel Grab compiled some of the possible alternatives that could become more popular as states opt for reform. These include small dollar matching funds…
Periodically here at Midwest Democracy Network we take a look at the news and happenings outside the geographic Midwest. In addition to just looking at news across the country, we also take a look at items that do not fit into…
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WASHINGTON D.C.— Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in a voting rights case (Bartlett v. Strickland) brought about due to the way a North Carolina Congressional district was…
NEW YORK -- Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law. Today in the United States, over five million otherwise eligible citizens cannot vote because of a felony conviction. Four million of these people are not in prison -…
COLUMBUS, Ohio —In early December 2007, researchers at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law released the results of a comprehensive study of the election administration systems in Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. The resulting book - From Registration…
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- With the 2008 presidential election quickly approaching, a recent analysis of the election administration systems of several key battleground states showed deficient systems that jeopardize voters’ access to the polls and the integrity and finality of election…
Douglas A. Berman, Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law & Douglas Dumolt, Class of 2006, Moritz College of Law BackgroundFelon disenfranchisement laws strip criminals convicted of certain crimes of their right to vote. Denying criminals the…
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