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…
It has been a busy week on the redistricting front, particularly in Illinois as the General Assembly rushed to get state level and congressional maps passed before the end of their session. Also, Michigan’s map drawing competition has concluded, and…
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!
Lawmakers in Wisconsin have approved what Wisconsin Common Cause is calling the “most extreme” voter ID law in the nation. The new law would require voters to show photo ID at the polls, which they…
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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For the first time since 1999 Wisconsin state legislators raised less than $1 million in a six-month period from January through the end of June, according to the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign. This has everything to do with the state Assembly’s…
The state Government Accountability Board’s plans to put in place new rules, which were strongly backed by Midwest Democracy Network partners in Wisconsin, closing the “issue ad” loophole that special interest groups…
According to a June 16th Wisconsin Democracy Campaign E-lert, the Assembly Elections and Campaign Reform Committee approved the Impartial Justice bill, which reforms state Supreme Court elections, as well as electioneering disclosure legislation closing the “issue ad” loophole interest groups…
The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (GAB) voted recently to amend a rule about “issue ads” regulated under the campaign finance law. The amendment would cause regulation to apply to ads “which clearly identify a specific candidate for office and…
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…
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