Democracy

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules against Voter ID, for now

by Brendan Fischer — September 18, 2012 - 2:12pm
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Right Wing, Democracy, Propaganda, Race / Ethnic Issues

    • The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has vacated a lower court ruling that had upheld the state's voter ID law, setting the stage for the law to be blocked before the November elections.

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    Will Pennsylvania Follow Wisconsin's Lead on Voter ID?

    by Brendan Fischer — September 18, 2012 - 7:00am
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Democracy, Race / Ethnic Issues, Wisconsin Protests

    • Last month, a Pennsylvania court upheld the state's American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) - inspired voter ID law, but in hearings on appeal that state's supreme court has given the law a harsh reception. Might the Pennsylvania Supreme Court follow Wisconsin's lead and throw out the voter ID law before the 2012 election?

    On Jobs Promise, Walker Fooled Wisconsin Once; New Romney Ads Promise 240,000 State Jobs

    by Will Dooling — September 17, 2012 - 6:30am
  • Topics: Advertising, Election 2012, Democracy, Economy, Labor, Wisconsin Protests

    • On September 6th, the Detroit News reported that Republican candidate for president Mitt Romney took a look at the latest polls and decided to pull down ads in Michigan and Pennsylvania. Romney-friendly SuperPACs did the same. The campaign and its allies are looking to move the money to swing states where the polling is more favorable.

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    Walker's New Capitol Police Chief Cracks Down on the First Amendment

    by Harriet Rowan — September 7, 2012 - 6:49am
  • Topics: Activism, Democracy, Wisconsin Protests

    • On September 5, 2012, eight people were arrested, handcuffed, and ultimately given citations for simply holding signs in the Wisconsin State Capitol. This may come as a surprise to the hundreds of thousands of people who marched through the Capitol in February and March of 2011 proudly holding home-made signs that denounced Governor Scott Walker's attack on collective bargaining rights, but there's a new sheriff in town -- a new Capitol Police chief to be exact.

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    ALEC Member "American Chemistry Council" Drops $649K on Wisconsin U.S. Senate Race

    by Brendan Fischer — September 6, 2012 - 7:52am
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Election 2012, Corporations, Democracy, Politics, Wisconsin Protests

    • The chemical industry trade group American Chemistry Council, a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), has spent $648,600 on ads supporting Tommy Thompson, a former ALEC member and the Republican candidate for Wisconsin's open U.S. Senate seat.

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    Wisconsin Lawmakers Exploit Loophole to Hide ALEC Ties

    by Brendan Fischer — September 5, 2012 - 7:00am
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Corporations, Democracy, Politics

    • Wisconsin state legislators are routinely deleting emails concerning their involvement with the controversial American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), exploiting a loophole that exempts the Legislature from records retention rules that apply to all other state and local government officials.

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    Club for Growth Flexing Muscle in Races Across the Country, with Help from Big Donors

    by Brendan Fischer — August 31, 2012 - 6:41am
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Election 2012, Democracy, Politics

    • The Washington DC-based Club for Growth has racked up a winning record in its well-funded, $10.8 million effort to influence GOP Senate primaries across the country, and with help from some deep-pocketed donors, will continue throwing its weight around as November approaches.

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    ALEC Goes After the Center for Media and Democracy

    by Lisa Graves — August 29, 2012 - 6:26am
  • Topics: Activism, ALEC Exposed, Corporations, Democracy

    • The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) sent a message to hundreds of legislators and corporations across the country attacking the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), the creator of ALECexposed.org. Among other things ALEC claimed, "CMD is an attack-dog, not a watch-dog."

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    How Americans for Prosperity Will Keep Hiding Donors in Shifting Election Landscape, but Retain Tax-Exempt Status

    by Brendan Fischer — August 28, 2012 - 12:23pm
  • Topics: Election 2012, Democracy, Politics

    • In response to a recent court decision that was expected to bring greater transparency to election spending, the nonprofit created and chaired by billionaire industrialist David Koch, Americans for Prosperity (AFP), is shifting its electoral strategy to continue hiding its donors as it drops $27 million on the presidential race, with millions more likely to be spent as the election approaches.

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    Risk of Voter Suppression Resurfaces: Wisconsin Attorney General Seeks to Reinstate Voter ID Law

    by Brendan Fischer — August 23, 2012 - 8:04am
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Democracy, Politics, Wisconsin Protests

    • Wisconsin's Republican Attorney General is fighting to get vote-suppressing laws in place for the November election, asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to reinstate the voter ID law that has been found unconstitutional by two separate state judges, despite that Court rejecting a similar request in recent months.

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