Politico: Both sides now in dash for anonymous cash
-by Kenneth P. Vogel August 9, 2011- If anyone had doubts about the role that anonymous and untraceable money will play in the 2012 campaign ad wars, a flurry of…
AlterNet: 6 Shady Right-Wing Groups Pouring Money Into Wisconsin Recall
As Wisconsin progressives fight to recall Scott Walker's allies in the state senate, here are some of the conservative groups funding their right-wing agenda. -By Sarah Jaffe August 8, 2011-…
Washington Post: Appeals court upholds campaign finance ban on foreign donations
-By Del Quentin Wilber August 8, 2011- A three-judge federal panel on Monday upheld a ban on campaign donations by foreigners. The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by two…
RAW Story: Voter ID law to cost Wisconsin DMV an extra $6 million
-By David Edwards August 5, 2011- Fiscal responsibility has been a battle cry for Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, but his voter photo ID law is going to cost the…
John Edwards donor to plead guilty to illegal donations
-By Josh Gerstein on HamptonRoads.Com August 5, 2011- A prominent Los Angeles trial lawyer has agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanors for giving employees and a relative a total…
Politico: Mystery Mitt Romney donor comes forward
-By Maggie Haberman August 5, 2011- The anonymous donor behind the headline-making $1 million contribution to a pro-Mitt Romney super PAC is a former Bain Capital official with long ties…
Electronic Frontier Foundation: Hack the Vote 2011
EFF and Vegas 2.0 proudly present Hack the Vote 2011, an election about and for hackers, to be held on a Diebold AccuVote TSx electronic voting machine. The objective is…
Politicus USA: Ahead of WI Recall Elections Prosser Investigation Gets Special Prosecutor
-By Sarah Jones August 3, 2011- Justice moves slowly but surely forward in Wisconsin as the DA refers the Prosser choking incident to a Special Prosecutor. After reviewing the Dane…
NBC News: Firm gives $1 million to pro-Romney group, then dissolves
Records offer no clues who was behind mystery company that donated to 'super PAC' -By Michael Isikoff August 4, 2011- A mystery company that pumped $1 million into a political…
Politico: AFP Wisconsin ballots have late return date
-By David Catanese August 01, 2011- Americans for Prosperity is sending absentee ballots to Democrats in at least two Wisconsin state Senate recall districts with instructions to return the paperwork…
Washington Post: House Dems to Obama: Require contractors to disclose political donations
-By T.W. Farnam July 28, 2011- More than 60 House Democrats have signed a letter asking President Obama to issue an executive order requiring federal contractors to disclose political contributions.…