Roll Call ($) reports: Senate Democrats have made their next move in the ongoing stalemate involving Federal Election Commission nominees, asking President Bush on Monday to either drop former Justice Department lawyer Hans von Spakovsky or begin persuading Senate Republicans to go along with individual votes to fill the five agency vacancies.
Day: May 12, 2008
Women’s Voices, Women Vote, Women Asking People to Register After the Deadline for Doing So
This article details the latest in the ongoing controversy surrounding Women’s Voices, Women Vote’s efforts to register voters, notwithstanding registration material being sent after the applicable voter registration deadline has passed.
Political Contributions from Minors
The Charleston Daily Mail reports that an 11-year-old contributed $440 to the Clinton campaign. The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 banned certain contributions from minors; McConnell struck the ban. The Federal Election Commission subsequently passed a rulemaking clarifying when minors can give using their own funds.