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 | Out of the Supreme Court, no less: The Supreme Court is siding with Ohio’s top elections official in a dispute with the state Republican Party over voter registrations. The justices on Friday overruled a federal appeals court that had ordered Ohio’s top elections official to do more to help counties verify voter eligibility. Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, a Democrat, faced a deadline [...] Senator Don Benton claims that his campaign is funded by small business owners and individual citizens at a clip of 60% of his total haul. Aside from the other 40% of his funds coming from places like the National Rifle Association, payday lenders such as Money Tree, tobacco companies like R.J. Reynolds, and corporations like Wal-Mart, Benton’s claims may be correct. One of [...] The name of the political game is money, money, money. What it buys is access and legislation that does not necessarily benefit the people of the district the politician reportedly represents. Here are two cases in point: 1. Don Benton, a Republican incumbent in the 17th Legislative District, has now amassed in excess of $180,000 in his bid for re-election. Before the general election [...] and not black boxes that can be hacked but not audited, right? WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can require voters to produce photo identification without violating their constitutional rights, validating Republican-inspired voter ID laws. In a splintered 6-3 ruling, the court upheld Indiana’s strict photo ID requirement, which Democrats and civil rights groups said would deter poor, older [...] Just another example of what happens when people in power decide to twist and break the law to suit themselves. Revised Nixon rule, “If the [candidate for] President does it, it’s not against the law.” Related articles It’s Pretty Simple. John McCain is breaking the law. [via Zemanta] Delivery of 32,000 Cosignatures to FEC Complaint Against McCain [via Zemanta] The bill before the state legislature to allow local jurisdictions to use voluntary, “clean election” type, voter approved public funding of campaigns passed through the state house this evening and now goes to Gregoire’s desk for enactment into law. As Craig Salins, Executive Director of Washington Public Campaigns, said after passage today: … one huge stride toward democracy by people instead of money. [...] |      | ||||
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