Like 2004, will this year see an electioneering message from UBL? The broadcast of the tape from the Al Qaeda leader jolted the campaign’s closing days, accentuating the terrorism theme with a reminder of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Marvin Kleeb is running against Pam Ippel to represent Kansas’s 48th House District. It must be a hot election, because Overland Park police have caught a vandal on videotape defacing Marvin Kleeb’s yard signs. The M.O. for the vandal appears … Continue reading
The Washington Times reports on an effort to make election night a little longer. The nation’s first elected black governor asked Virginia’s governor on Wednesday to keep Election Day polls open for three extra hours to accommodate an expected huge … Continue reading
The Mercury News cites the “loophole” some in California are using to make political robocalls. Robocalls that come from out-of-state call centers aren’t subject to the rule. The vast majority of campaigns—if not all of them—use that tactic because the … Continue reading
The recent Florida case involving electioneering communications is available here. The court found the regulatory regime unconstitutional and found that disclosure requirements cannot be applied to speech that is neither express advocacy nor its functional equivalent. The Examiner has great … Continue reading