According to the League of Women Voters of Minnesota, both the House and the Senate unanimously approved a campaign finance disclosure bill. The legislation, which is currently awaiting action by Gov. Pawlenty, would add additional reporting periods, reinstate…
The Minneapolis Star Tribune called for judicial reform after Gov. Tim Pawlenty appointed five district justices, a new associate justice and chief justice. Yet these appointments, all within Gov. Pawlenty’s constitutional…
With less than a half an hour before the end of the 2010 legislative session on May 16, the Minnesota House of Representatives approved SF2471, a bill to bring greater disclosure of independent expenditure groups, by a vote of…
The Federal Election Commission has allowed Congressional candidates unrestricted campaign funds to influence the redistricting process. A New York Times editorial blasts the FEC’s decision, arguing candidates shaping the map making…
The Federal Election Commission granted the National Democratic Redistricting Trust permission to allow federal candidates and officeholders may solicit soft money to finance redistricting litigation because they are not “in connection with” elections.Federal law prohibits federal candidates and officholders from…
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In Support of People’s Rights and Our Democratic Process - 2011
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Census and Redistricting - 2009-2010
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