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Election Law @ Moritz (Commentary: Protecting the Voting Rights of Military and Overseas Voters)
U.S. military personnel and overseas civilians, who are collectively estimated to constitute approximately six million potential voters, have long struggled with greater voting challenges than most absentee voters face. These challenges reflect both the high degree of transiency of these citizens, as well as the difficulties of delivering mail to and from remote locations around the globe. Although military voters have tended to register to vote at rates higher than those of the general population, their voting participation rates have usually been dramatically lower.
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Capital Rivals: Koch Brothers vs. George Soros - OpenSecrets Blog | OpenSecrets
Ever since Jane Mayer's recent New Yorker piece earlier this month, much of the media has risen to debate how much influence conservative and libertarian-leaning businessmen David and Charles Koch, the owners of Koch Industries, have in American politics.
Some critics of the article argue that the media cries foul over the Koch brothers, yet largely ignores liberal George Soros, the Hungarian-American currency speculator and stock investor, who has spent millions of dollars on liberal and nonpartisan causes (including the Center for Responsive Politics). -
Brian J. Siebel: How the EAC Could Help Bring Voter Registration Into the Digital Age
Today, I testified before the EAC. I proposed that the EAC amend its regulations to expressly permit an electronic version of the federal form to be filled out and signed by hand electronically on touchscreen mobile devices, and then e-mailed to the appropriate state election officials. Because states must accept and use the federal voter registration form, the EAC could quickly modernize voter registration by updating its regulations. The new regulations are expected early next year.
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GOP election night event pushes campaign finance envelope - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com
The lobbying and law firm Akin Gump, together with the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee, are circulating the solicitation, asking between $2,500 and $10,000 for levels of sponsorship of the event at the posh rooftop bar at the W Hotel in Washington, D.C.
The event seeks "underwriters" rather than contributors, and the solicitation reads at the bottom: "This is not a fundraising event. This reception is being held in compliance with applicable federal ethics rules." -
NAPLES, Fla. -- Gov. Charlie Crist can continue spending millions of dollars in contributions he received as a Republican Senate candidate, a Collier County judge ruled Tuesday afternoon.
But Collier County Judge Jack Schoonover said he has not decided whether a suit from former Crist supporters -- who want their contributions returned -- can become a class-action suit for thousands of other donors to Crist's campaign.
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