Thanks to my dogged determination (and to follow-up from a prior post) I secured what I believe are the proposed rules that the Maryland State Board of Election considered at their June 3, 2010 meeting. * * * * * Chapter 07 Authority Line Requirements; Electronic Media .01 Definitions. A. For purposes of this chapter, […]
Day: June 24, 2010
Social media, politics, and the law
CQMoneyline‘s got an interesting report on the potential regulation of political uses of social media. Although social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook are increasingly used by political campaigns to get their messages out, there are no specific federal rules or guidelines dictating how the communication can be used.
Doe on disclosure
The Supreme Court announced its opinion in Doe v. Reed today and SCOTUSBlog has the summary here. By a broad eight-to-one majority in an opinion by the Chief Justice, the Supreme Court today held in Doe v. Reed that signatories of referendum petitions generally do not have a constitutional right – i.e., a right that […]