Network partners Justice at Stake and Brennan Center for Justice have both filed separate amicus briefs on the case Wisconsin Right to Life v. Brennan in federal appeals court.
Network partners Justice at Stake and the Brennan Center for Justice have issued a press release (via Justice at Stake) stating that two years after the Supreme Court decision in Caperton v. Massey, only nine states have adopted…
A US District judge in Virginia has ruled that, under the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United, corporations can make donations directly to political candidates. Federal law had said that corporations could not contribute directly to candidates, but Judge James…
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…
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On May 22 Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty vetoed five bills, among them a measure to automatically register citizens to vote upon applying for driver’s licenses and state identification cards, unless they choose not to. Though Minnesota…
Following the February release of Heartland Democracy’s report on voter registration reforms, Tom Vellenga, president of Heartland Democracy and Erin Sapp, election reform project director, both
On April 13, a court ruled Al Franken won the most votes for the Minnesota’s contested Senate seat. After a statewide recount and seven-week trial, Franken was ahead of his challenger Norm…
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…
SAINT PAUL, Minnesota—TakeAction Minnesota held its first-annual “Somali Day on the Hill.” The Minnesota’s Somali-American community gathered at the State…
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