AD KICKSTART. AdAge. “If all goes according to the Citizen Super PAC plan, funding will come from everyday people pledging small amounts of money to the PAC via a platform developed by Tusk.” FINANCING PATAKI. Yahoo. “Even the fringiest candidates for president tend to have a wealthy backer or two able to keep them in […]
FEC AND 16. NYT. “‘It’s the Wild West out there in some ways,’ said Kate A. Belinski, a former lawyer at the commission who now works on campaign finance at a law firm. Candidates and political groups are increasingly willing to push the limits, she said, and the F.E.C.’s inaction means that ‘there’s very little […]
SUPREMES ON SOLICITATION RULE. NPR. “Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the court’s four liberals in rejecting an appeal by Lanell Williams-Yulee, a lawyer who, in 2009, ran for a county court seat in Hillsborough County. Yulee mailed voters a personal letter asking for money; she also posted it online.” NOT GUILTY PLEA. MH. “The former […]