Thanks to former Chairman of the Federal Election Commission David Mason for passing along this interesting article on Canadian election law and Twitter. As Canadians in four electoral districts spread right across the giant country cast ballots on Monday to fill vacant seats in the House of Commons, Elections Canada asked a newspaper to remove […]
Day: November 12, 2009
No contingency payments for placement agents
One company has proposed an approach to pay to play abuse in the pension fund industry. The president of Calpers urged fellow board members at the biggest U.S. public pension fund on Wednesday to back his plan to require placement agents to be subjected to laws for lobbyists in response to events alleging their “undue […]
The “dark art” of redistricting?
The Times discusses redistricting reform in New York here. There is little chance of changing Albany’s corrupt culture without real political competition and the possibility of a full legislative housecleaning. The only way to do that is to wring much of the party politics and self-interest out of the redistricting process. New York lawmakers need […]