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Attempt to Make Gift Bans Unconstitutional in KY
Body: It was only a matter of time before the U.S. Supreme Court's campaign finance opinions (and decisions at the trial and appellate level that have applied them to other situations) would be used to...
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Lobbyist Miscellany
Body: Lobbyist Extortion According to an article yesterday on Columbus, Ohio's NBC 4 website, a lobbyist for a red-light camera company pleaded guilty to charges that he solicited campaign...
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Seattle Public Campaign Financing Initiative Passes
Body: Seattle's public campaign financing Initiative I-122 passed easily on Tuesday. It should prove to be an excellent experiment in campaign finance vouchers, an idea that has been batted about at...
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DC's Mayoral Booster Club To Closes Its Clubhouse
Body: I have all but called for prohibiting mayoral golf tournaments and similar pet nonprofit events, because they are an unnecessary form of pay to play that is legal primarily because they help good...
View ArticleA new way to influence elections without transparency
Body: We are seeing the first detailed evidence of the tampering that went on during the 2016 campaign for U.S. President. This is a whole new category of "nasty" that allows people without scruples...
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