The Dark Politics of Dark Money
In the United States, money spent on candidates, politics, or public policy is protected...
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Posted by Eliza Fish | Jun 19, 2015 | Politics |
In the United States, money spent on candidates, politics, or public policy is protected...
Read MorePosted by Eliza Fish | Oct 1, 2014 | Politics |
If you are very attentive, and live in one of those places where regular state and local...
Read MorePosted by Lou Dubose | Jan 6, 2014 | Politics |
Raleigh, North Carolina From a distance, North Carolina’s Moral Monday Movement reads like...
Read MorePosted by Eliza Fish | Feb 15, 2012 | Uncategorized |
The movement to save electoral democracy by requiring states to enact voter-identification laws began with a whimper. In 2005, Mark “Thor” Hearne, a lawyer who had worked for the Bush-Cheney political campaign, founded the American Center for Voting Rights.
The center produced one 72-page report: “Vote Fraud, Intimidation, & Suppression in the 2004 Presidential Election,” which was submitted to a House committee chaired by Ohio Congressman Bob Ney (who would later do time for his role in the Jack Abramoff scandal).
Read MorePosted by Eliza Fish | Feb 15, 2012 | Legal Affairs, Politics |
In their reporting on the 2004 contest, authors Harvey Wasserman and Bob Fitrakis make a compelling argument that Republicans stole the race when they turned what was in reality a narrow 4-percent John Kerry victory into a...
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