This week’s Beyond the Network takes a look at some of the issues happening outside the Midwest, and provides a national perspective on some of the issues that Midwest Democracy Network covers. Read on, read on!
This morning the National Journal takes a look at corporate political campaign disclosure. In the piece titled “Transparency v. Free Speech,” which takes a look at campaign disclosure from two points of view: one…
We brought you a Redistricting Round-Up earlier this week, but there have been some big developments in Midwest redistricting since then.First, Midwest Democracy Network’s Draw the Line campaign has…
Redistricting continues to move forward in the Midwest! Here’s some of the latest news from throughout the region, including a plug for Draw the Line Midwest in a CNN.com article.Draw the Line Midwest mentioned on CNN.com Midwest Democracy Network’s redistricting…
Report shows heavy partisan gerrymander in proposed Minnesota maps.
Minnesota has been right in the thick of their redistricting process, with both the state house and senate introducing their proposed redistricting maps. However, the maps were drawn with little public input and appear to show a heavily partisan gerrymander,…
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Tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear the campaign-finance case Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission that could allow corporations to make unlimited donations to campaigns up to election day.…
Public Citizen released a video detailing what could happen if the Supreme Court decides to allow unlimited corporate money in politics.
In a historic 68-31 U.S. Senate vote Thursday, Judge Sonia Sotomayor was confirmed the United States’ first Hispanic Supreme Court justice.President Barack Obama selected Sotomayor for the Supreme Court on May 26.Sotomayor will be the 111th person to sit as…
The Minnesota Citizens Jury on Election Recounts, established this summer during the extended recount of the Franken/Coleman race for U.S. Senate, recently released its final report. They issued a “31-page report urging some fundamental, and even novel, changes in Minnesota’s…
The Minneapolis Supreme Court recently unanimously ruled that “ranked choice voting” is completely legal and constitutional, a decision that has received media attention statewide.
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