Roll Call reports on political staff use of Twitter. [David] All said the best way to prepare for those attacks is for campaigns to have a clear and consistent social media policy for every staffer and volunteer. “It doesn’t mean people need to get off [their personal social media pages] … but the group as […]
Month: March 2010
No Smith-McCain rematch, but interesting Senate hearing scheduled nonetheless
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, “We the People? Corporate Spending in American Elections after Citizens United.” (Dirksen 226 at 10 a.m.) Bradley A. Smith is scheduled to appear, but because Senator McCain isn’t on the committee we can’t expect a repetition of past unpleasantry between the two to mar the […]
North Carolina State Board of Elections and the Realtors case
AP has a report on a recent meeting of the North Carolina State Board of Elections. State Board of Elections Chairman Larry Leake didn’t want to hear about a new U.S. Supreme Court ruling that opens the doors to more direct corporate and union involvement in political campaigns while he weighed evidence whether the North […]