Category: FEC

Good morning, here are Thursday’s political law links (8/30/12)

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 30, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, HLOGA, Illinois, LDA, South Carolina, Voting

CONVENTION COSTS. Here. “Federal taxpayers could be on the hook for more than $136 million to cover the cost of the major political parties’ presidential nominating conventions.” CONVENTION ISSUES. Story here. “In addition to nominating former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney for president, the quadrennial gathering has offered a chance for company representatives and lobbyists to […]

Good morning, here are today’s political law links (8/29/12)

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 29, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, HLOGA, House, LDA, New York, Voting, Washington

TX MAP DECISION. The Times. “A federal court in Washington ruled on Tuesday that political maps drawn by the Republican-controlled Legislature in Texas discriminated against minority voters, a decision that black and Hispanic groups claimed as a victory and the state attorney general vowed to appeal to the Supreme Court.” TECH IN TAMPA. ClickZ. “The […]

Political law links (8/28/12)

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 28, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, Alabama, Colorado, DC, FEC, HLOGA, LDA, New Jersey, Social Media, Washington

NO ALI-FRAZIER SUPER PAC BRAWL. Bloomberg. “Ali versus Frazier, it wasn’t. But the co-founders of the super-political action committees supporting President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney attacked each other over the honesty of their ads, which have come to dominate presidential campaign advertising.” POP-UP TAMPA TECHNIQUE. Story here. ”The political conventions have always been […]