A Federal Election Commission press release explains three new procedures the agency approved on Thursday. The initiatives are designed to significantly improve the efficiency and transparency of the Commission’s reports analysis and audit processes. Through these initiatives, the Commission will have increased direct oversight of the FEC’s reports review and audit processes. They create a […]
Day: July 2, 2010
Political committee status case ruling in New Mexico
To update a case I noted in August 2009, Ballot Access News reports that the Tenth Circuit handed down a decision in New Mexico Organized Youth v. Herrera. Among other interesting points, footnote 4 of the opinion explains: During oral argument, Secretary Herrera argued that the Supreme Court in its recent decision in Citizens United […]
New Jersey’s top lobbyist?
NJSpotlight.com spotlight’s William G. Dressel in this profile. For the past 15 years, Dressel has been the top lobbyist for the organization that represents the interests in Trenton of New Jersey’s 566 municipalities and some 13,000 elected and appointed municipal officials.