Author: Eric Brown

Trick or Treat, You’ve Been Sued

Sen. Elizabeth Dole has been sued after her campaign ran a recent ad. Hagan announced the lawsuit in a press release that said the action was taken after Dole declined to remove the ad, which has been criticized by several newspaper editorials in the state. Hagan, a state senator, has moved ahead of Dole in […]

Web Contributions: New Rules?

This Express-News editorial suggests new rules are needed to address political contributions raised online. According to critics like attorney Scott W. Johnson, writing in the New York Post, the Obama campaign doesn’t utilize the Address Verification System that screens credit-card charges for matching names and addresses. In tests, GOP activists were able to make multiple […]