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“Relatives have ‘inside track’ in lobbying for tax dollars”

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October 17, 2006   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

A story in USA Today highlights a true appearance of corruption, and it has nothing to do with financing ...

Joyce Foundation/Wisconsin News Lab Report: Where and How Should Voters Get Their Information?

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October 14, 2006   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

The Joyce Foundation, working with the University of Wisconsin NewsLab, has released a report highly ...

When “Stand By Your Ad” is Irrelevant

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October 13, 2006   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

The FEC is currently considering alternative drafts of a new Advisory Opinion that asks whether a campaign committee receives a ...

And now for something completely different…

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October 13, 2006   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

In recognition that the blog post below is a bit on the "heavy" side, and because it's Friday, we thought our readers might appeciate ...

FEC to be renamed “Ministry of Free Speech”

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October 12, 2006   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

The term “Orwellian”, which has come to embrace a number of different definitions, sometimes crops up in the campaign finance ...

A Persuasive Campaign for Coercion

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October 11, 2006   •  By Steve Hoersting   •  ,

Jared DeMarinis, of the Maryland State Board of Elections, has referred Governor Bob Ehrlich's campaign to a state prosecutor because Ehrlich employed a common ...

This Just In: Corruption in Politics is a Bad Thing!

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October 10, 2006   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

Democracy 21 is up with a press release revealing that the American public does not like corrupt politicians.  Shazam!  For this you get six ...

“Emboldened bloggers target financial disclosures”

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October 7, 2006   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

CCP Chairman Brad Smith offers his thoughts on the push by bloggers for electronic filing of Senate campaign-finance reports in this article from ...

Tea Leaves in Alaska and Maine: The Sup. Ct. denies cert. in two electioneering cases

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October 6, 2006   •  By Steve Hoersting   •  ,

The Supreme Court has denied certiorari in Alaska Right to Life v. Miles and Christian Civic League of Maine, Inc. v. FEC.

What might ...

Bait & Switch: More on the Voters First Pledge

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September 29, 2006   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

Yesterday three organizations - Common Cause, Public Campaign, and Public Citizen, issued a release touting a ...

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