CCP Legal Director Debates the Validity of super PACs live Wed., Feb 22, on Wisconsin Public Radio

February 21, 2012   •  By Sarah Lee   •  ,

CCP’s Legal Director Allen Dickerson will appear on Wisconsin Public Radio tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, to debate on-air the usefulness of super PACs in the ...

This weekend in campaign finance

January 17, 2012   •  By Joe Trotter   •  , ,

With the second anniversary of the Citizens United decision coming up this Saturday, reform groups are  pulling out all the stops to protest the decision. ...

Did FEC Get Too Much Info on ‘I Want Your Money?’

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October 20, 2010   •  By Allison Hayward   •  ,

How else to explain the inexplicable trouble the Federal Election Commission is having with a relatively straightforward request?

Counsel for the producers of ...

Campaign Finance Reformer Doris Haddock, R.I.P.

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March 14, 2010   •  By Brad Smith   •  , ,

Last week Doris Haddock, aka "Granny D," passed away at the age of 100. Granny D gained some small measure of fame in 1999-2000 ...

SLAPPed! Coming to a Courtroom Near You

February 19, 2010   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

The Center for Competitive Politics is pleased to welcome this guest blog post by Samantha Brown of the Federal Anti-SLAPP Project Politicians Behaving Badly ...

Ballot petition freedom updates

December 16, 2009   •  By Jeff Patch   •  ,

A couple ballot petition freedom lawsuits are working their way through the federal courts. The tireless Richard Winger of Ballot Access News has more: ...

Blogger Protection Act of 2008

April 2, 2008   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

A bill to protect bloggers from campaign finance regulations.

H.R. 2093

May 2, 2007   •  By IFS staff   •  , ,

Text of H.R. 2093, the grassroots lobbying disclosure proposal introduced by former Representative Marty Meehan (D-MA) in the 110th Congress.

A New Year’s resolution we could do without

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December 28, 2006   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

Incoming Speaker Pelosi has resolved to make grassroots lobbying disclosure a part of the flurry of legislation to be passed during the new Congress' ...

Racing to Absurdity: What would Dale Earnhardt Do?

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December 26, 2006   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

The FEC announced today its decisions in a couple of "MURs" (that's "Matters Under Review" for you normal folk).   The one

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