Protect Our Elections
2012 Presidential Election Could be Impacted March 17, 2011- A new Florida rule stops felons from voting long after they’ve served their time. Is it tough-on-crime posturing — or a…
March 21, 2011- On January 21, 2010, the US Supreme Court handed over what little was left of this nation's pretensions to democracy on a silver platter to the Big…
March 21, 2011- It isn't too often that a top Federal Election Commission official fesses up to not enforcing campaign finance laws, but that's exactly what Donald McGahn, a Republican…
March 19, 2011- According to Jessica Wisneski, Legislative and Campaign Director of Citizen Action of New York, New York State is in an ideal position to enact legislation for the…
via Public Citizen, March 15, 2011- In a letter sent to President Barack Obama today, eight reform organizations expressed "our grave concern about the dysfunctional Federal Election Commission which is…
March 18, 2011- Not satisfied by the 2010 Supreme Court ruling that opened the floodgates to corporate-sponsored election ads, conservative opponents of campaign finance regulations have opened up a series…
March 18, 2011- Two years ago, the phrase “citizens united” conjured empowering images. For those unfamiliar with the Supreme Court Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling that stripped away…
March 18, 2011- When President Obama warned that the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision “will open the floodgates for special interests — including foreign corporations — to spend without limit…
March 17, 2011- Today, we sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder asking that he apply “Equal Justice Under Law” by prosecuting Justice Thomas for three serious crimes:
March 16, 2011- Everyone is talking about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas: The five-year anniversary of his last question from the bench, the disbarment complaint filed against him in Missouri…
March 16, 2011- Michael Scanlon, Jack Abramoff's partner in crime, doesn't want to pony up the ill-gotten millions he owes to Abramoff's former lobbying firm, Greenberg Traurig, and he doesn't…
March 16, 2011- The group Protect Our Elections is looking to get Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas disbarred in Missouri. He would still be on the Court, but face a…
March 15, 2011- Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) and a group of Congressional Democrats are said to be drafting demands that Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas be disbarred in Missouri…
March 10, 2011- Last Saturday, I held a town meeting in Montpelier, Vt., to discuss the disastrous Supreme Court ruling of last year which upended our democracy by unleashing a…
Minnesota State Republican Senator Warren Limmer says Minnesota needs a photo ID voting law. As evidence, Limmer referred to a story from the 2008 election that has been debunked by…