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Wisconsin should retain same-day voter registration

November 23, 2012
the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (Editorial)

Gov. Scott Walker put a lot on the table during a sold-out speech last week at the Ronald Reagan Library and Museum in California. Among his ideas, according to Journal Sentinel reporter Jason Stein: changing Wisconsin law that allows voters to register at their polling place on the day of an election.

Ending same-day registration is a bad idea, and it will almost surely reduce the number of people voting - many of whom are inclined to vote for Democrats, which likely is the real reason the ever-political Walker wants to make the change.

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Beware the Smart Campaign

November 16, 2012
The New York Times

By ZEYNEP TUFEKCI
Published: November 16, 2012 

 

“I AM not a number. I am a free man!” was the famous cry of prisoner Number Six, who could never escape his Kafkaesque village on the 1960s television show “The Prisoner.” This is a prescient cry for an era when numbers follow us everywhere. Jim Messina, the victorious Obama campaign manager, probably agrees that you are not a number. That’s because you are four numbers.

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How the FEC can stop the tidal wave of secret political cash

November 16, 2012
the Washington Post

By Trevor Potter, Published: November 16

Trevor Potter was a Republican FEC commissioner from 1991 to 1995, serving as chairman in 1994. A Washington-based lawyer, he has represented Stephen Colbert and appeared on “The Colbert Report” to discuss election law and Colbert’s super PAC.

Don’t blame Citizens United for the worst excesses of this year’s election.

Instead, look to the failures of the Federal Election Commission.

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Jesse Jackson Jr. investigation: On the money trail

November 14, 2012
Abc News
Ben Bradley

November 14, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- As Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.'s whereabouts remain unknown, federal investigators continue to look into whether he illegally used campaign money to pay for personal expenses.

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After Brutal Election, GOP Congressman Open to Campaign Finance Limits

November 19, 2012
WUIS-FM

After a blistering campaign in which millions of dollars were spent on television ads, some of the targets of the attacks are reconsidering how elections are funded. Brian Mackey spoke to one of Illinois’ incoming Congressmen.

Rodney Davis is the only Republican among the six men and women who will soon be Illinois’ newest Congressmen.

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Spending by independent groups had little election impact, analysis finds

November 7, 2012
the Washington Post

By Dan Eggen and T.W. Farnam, Wednesday, November 7, 11:10 AM

Record spending by independent groups largely defined how the 2012 elections were fought, but the money had no dis­cern­ible impact on the outcome of most contests, according to an early analysis of ballot results and expenditures by The Washington Post.

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Little to Show for Cash Flood by Big Donors

November 7, 2012
The New York Times

By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE and JESS BIDGOOD
Published: November 7, 2012

 

At the private air terminal at Logan Airport in Boston early Wednesday, men in unwrinkled suits sank into plush leather chairs as they waited to board Gulfstream jets, trading consolations overMitt Romney’s loss the day before.

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California political watchdog names secret $11 million campaign contributors, claims they were 'money laundering'

November 5, 2012
the San Gabriel Valley Tribune

By Steven Harmon
Bay Area News Group

Posted:   11/05/2012 09:38:11 AM PST
Updated:   11/05/2012 09:32:33 PM PST

SACRAMENTO -- Ending some but not all of the mystery behind an anonymous $11 million donation, an Arizona group revealed under court order Monday that the money it pumped into California's ballot wars was funneled through two groups -- one tied to David and Charles Koch, the billionaire brothers who have played a huge role in spreading anonymous political cash around the country.

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A campaign awash in cash

November 4, 2012
The Washington Post (Editorial)

By Editorial Board, Sunday, November 4, 5:24 PM

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New Jersey Residents Can Vote By Email Or Fax, Governor Chris Christie Says

November 3, 2012
The Huffington Post

TRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey will allow residents displaced by Superstorm Sandy to vote by email or fax.

Officials announced Saturday that registered voters can vote electronically. A resident must submit a mail-in ballot application by fax or email to the local county clerk.

When the request is received, a ballot will be emailed or faxed back. Ballots must be returned no later than 8 p.m. Tuesday.

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