ABC has a look back on the history of politics on the internet from Leslie Harris of the Center for Democracy and Technology. During this election cycle, the political process finally found the digital alchemy that married impact activism with Internet innovation. We’ve seen “Citizen 2.0” take “Web 2.0” and fashion “Election 2.0” into an […]
Month: November 2008
CO: Amendment 27 Upheld
The Colorado Court of Appeals upheld campaign finance reforms yesterday, according to this report. The court sided with a lower court Wednesday on a lawsuit over Amendment 27. That was an amendment approved by voters six years ago to prohibit corporations from using their general funds to make political contributions or to pay for electioneering […]
Abramoff Case Update
The Nashville Post reports that James Hirni, a former Frist staffer, may plead guilty in the latest turn of the Abramoff case. In a statement released to the AP through a spokesman regarding Hirni, an associate states “He regrets one single instance as a first-time lobbyist over five years ago when a mistake in judgment […]