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January
- Speaker Shows Lukewarm Interest in Redistricting Reform
Thursday, January 26, 2012
- Blueprint for Reform
Thursday, January 26, 2012
- Political Map Battle Likely to Continue
Thursday, January 12, 2012
- Speaker Shows Lukewarm Interest in Redistricting Reform
- May
- GOP reps support House Dem redistricting bill to break impasse, broker deal with Senate measure
Sunday, May 30, 2010
- A GOP reversal on disclosure?
Saturday, May 29, 2010
- A First Amendment Litmus Test?
Saturday, May 29, 2010
- Hopes Buoyed for WI Public-Finance Law?
Saturday, May 29, 2010
- Scholar: Caperton Has Fueled Real Reforms
Saturday, May 29, 2010
- State ag agency clouds “transparency’
Friday, May 28, 2010
- Members Urged to Vote for DISCLOSE Act by Reform Groups
Friday, May 28, 2010
- House OKs redistricting plan with bipartisan support Hopes revived for reform amendment on November ballot
Friday, May 28, 2010
- House approves redistricting reform proposal
Friday, May 28, 2010
- Editorial: Friend of the court? Chief justice’s Facebook page opens new territory in judicial conduct
Friday, May 28, 2010
- Can ‘do the right thing’ prevail on redistricting
Friday, May 28, 2010
- OP ED: Take Justice Off the Ballot
Friday, May 28, 2010
- Editorial: Stevens offers stark example
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
- Ohio Supreme Court chief justice campaigned for self
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
- Redistricting plan gets House panel’s OK
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
- Deal near on election bill, state legislators say
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
- Disclosure Legislation Advances in US House
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
- O’Connor: ‘Take Justice off the Ballot’
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
- Public might get say in redistricting plan
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
- Privacy worries can thwart bids for cancer data
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
- Strickland Administration defies Ohio’s Public Records Law on Baard Energy documents
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
- Challenges to Campaign Finance and Disclosure Laws Multiply After Citizens United Ruling from Roberts Court
Monday, May 24, 2010
- Editorial: Put public in loop: Proposal would shed light on congressional abuses via earmarks
Monday, May 24, 2010
- Editorial: Sunshine Law training valuable for everyone
Sunday, May 23, 2010
- Study shows younger people, minorities more likely to vote in 2008
Saturday, May 22, 2010
- Electronic Filing Provision included in DISCLOSE Act: A Win for Transparency
Saturday, May 22, 2010
- House Committee Approves New Campaign Finance Regulations, Transparency Requirements in DISCLOSE Act
Saturday, May 22, 2010
- Improve Election Rules for Ohio
Saturday, May 22, 2010
- FDA Proposals Would Let in the Sunshine
Friday, May 21, 2010
- President’s Statement on Passage of DISCLOSE Act in House Committee
Friday, May 21, 2010
- Center for Responsive Politics Applauds Transparency Amendment of Rep. Susan Davis
Friday, May 21, 2010
- O’Connor on $9m Judicial Election: ‘You Like That?’
Friday, May 21, 2010
- O’Connor urges Illinois to select judges by merit
Friday, May 21, 2010
- McConnell Should Heed Past Disclosure Rhetoric
Thursday, May 20, 2010
- Elections not for sale: High court decision must be mitigated
Thursday, May 20, 2010
- IG should be able to recuse himself, legislator says
Thursday, May 20, 2010
- Main Agency now asserts notes are public records
Thursday, May 20, 2010
- As the money pours in, will we know where it’s coming from?
Thursday, May 20, 2010
- MN Joins States Passing New Disclosure Laws
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
- Bank lobbyists make very direct quid pro quo argument
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
- Editorial: Golden opportunity: Legislature should pass improvements for elections, redistricting
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
- Election upgrade: State lawmakers have spent much time crafting improvements in the way Ohioans vote. Now they must finally act
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
- Minnesota legislature unanimously approves stronger campaign finance disclosure
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
- Protestors Converge on Massey Annual Meeting
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
- Campaigns of Few House Incumbents Fueled by the ‘Small Donors’
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
- Kilroy’s ‘free’ communications added up to $377,713 in ‘09
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
- Editorial: Making congressional earmark information publicly accessible would be a plus
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
- Need for Disclosure Rules in State Courts Highlighted
Monday, May 17, 2010
- FEC: Members Can Raise Soft Money for Redistricting Activities
Monday, May 17, 2010
- Ohio voting reform stalls: It’s probably too late to make changes for this year’s election
Monday, May 17, 2010
- Legal Center Urges Members to Co-Sponsor Redistricting Transparency Bill
Sunday, May 16, 2010
- Editorial: Can We Get You Anything Else?
Sunday, May 16, 2010
- Another Voice for Voter Registration Modernization: the D.C. Board of Elections
Sunday, May 16, 2010
- Kerr seeks documents on Bosco property purchase
Sunday, May 16, 2010
- Opinion: 2010 Census, State Elections Could Map a New Republican Majority
Sunday, May 16, 2010
- Disclosure in the State Courts
Thursday, May 13, 2010
- Important trend: More voters show liking for convenience of absentee balloting
Thursday, May 13, 2010
- Expert Shares History of U.S. Judicial Selection
Thursday, May 13, 2010
- Ohio Citizen Action’s Catherine Turcer’s Testimony on Senate Bill 240
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
- Testimony on the DISCLOSE Act for the House Admin. Committee: Statements & Testimony
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
- Earmark Transparency Act will finally bring transparency to earmarks
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
- Election officials reject primary audit
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
- How to Win the Redistricting Fight in 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
- Ohio Chief Justice Thomas Moyer discusses direct election problems * Judicial Selection Home * Map * News/Video * Resources * Publications/Articles * IAALS Home Ohio Chief Justice Thomas Moyer discusses direct election problem…and why the U.S. judicial selection debate matters.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
- EAC Salutes Election Officials and Poll Workers in Honor of Public Service Recognition Week
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
- EDITORIAL: No slots secrets
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
- “I never felt so much like a hooker down by the bus station … as I did in a judicial race. Everyone interested in contributing has very specific interests. They mean to be buying a vote.”
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
- Take that, Supreme Court: House and Senate bills seek to mitigate some of the effects of the Supreme Court’s ruling on corporate and union campaign spending.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
- The DISCLOSE Act
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
- Jennifer Brunner rebuffs call for audit of May 4 election
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
- Should judges be elected?
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
- States Move to Allow Overseas and Military Voters to Cast Ballots by Internet
Monday, May 10, 2010
- Judicial Recusal and Expanding Notions of Due Process
Monday, May 10, 2010
- Forest Hills ordered to pay $10,000
Sunday, May 9, 2010
- Candidates for state office would have to reveal more financial information under proposed law
Friday, May 7, 2010
- Bill forces candidates to reveal finances: Push by Democratic legislators aimed at GOP’s Kasich
Friday, May 7, 2010
- Cuyahoga County Democrats to vote on replacement for chairman Jimmy Dimora
Friday, May 7, 2010
- Dann set to admit guilt on 2 counts: Ex-official reaches plea deal resulting from 2008 scandal
Friday, May 7, 2010
- Justice O’Connor raises issues of judicial independence and civics education at State Bar’s Annual Convention
Friday, May 7, 2010
- ‘Attack’ on board of elections website likely not malicious: Vote count was never in jeopardy during Election Night crash of public website.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
- Justice Stevens: To Life, To Life, L’Chaim
Thursday, May 6, 2010
- Fall political battles could fuel record fundraising: Open seats and competitive races are driving fervor in Ohio, experts say.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
- Many primary voters turned to absentee option
Thursday, May 6, 2010
- Editorial: The wrong direction: Step by step, the public’s right to know is being curtailed
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
- Some Sunshine But Mostly Cloudy: County transition, charter, still difficult to scrutinize
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
- Legislation to Respond to the Citizens United Decision Myths and Realities: Parts 1 & 2
Wedneday, May 5, 2010
- State won’t appeal ruling tossing out lobbying law
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
- County election chief believes more people to vote by mail than will walk into polls this primary
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
- A New Proposal Seeks Recusal Reform
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
- Editorial: Judges and conflicts
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
- No politics in the courtroom, please
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
- 89 voting machines in Cleveland have glitch
Monday, May 3, 2010
- Ohio Supreme Court unanimously declines to stop Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner’s probe into funding behind anti-slot machine campaign
Monday, May 3, 2010
- Open up: Police should not raise barriers to public scrutiny
Monday, May 3, 2010
- DISCLOSE Shines a Bright Light on Corporate Expenditures but Leaves Political Activities in the Shadows
Sunday, May 2, 2010
- The Black Box of Corporate Money
Sunday, May 2, 2010
- Zandex to employees: Vote no on County Home levy
Sunday, May 2, 2010
- Bill Would Require Disclosure Of Corporate Election Spending
Saturday, May 1, 2010
- Bills Seek Sunlight on Corporate Political Spending
Saturday, May 1, 2010
- Ohio Supreme Court rules against Stainbrook appointment to Lucas County Elections Board
Saturday, May 1, 2010
- Ohio court upholds elections chief’s slots probe
Saturday, May 1, 2010
- Ohio Supreme Court rules in favor of Brunner on racetrack slot issue
Saturday, May 1, 2010
- GOP reps support House Dem redistricting bill to break impasse, broker deal with Senate measure
- April
- BOE Urges Voters To Return Absentee Ballots
Friday, April 30, 2010
- Bucyrus City Council moves to oust mayor
Friday, April 30, 2010
- Barish: The Constitution and Corporations Don’t Mix
Friday, April 30, 2010
- Chamber of Commerce Attacks Proposed Disclosure Of Corporate and Labor Union Campaign Expenditures Unleashed by Controversial Citizens United Decision
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Dem bill would blunt campaign finance ruling
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Supreme Court Justices Trade Barbs, Wit During Transparency and Disclosure Debate
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- DISCLOSE Act Is Key First Step in Fixing “Citizens United”: Bill Would Help Prevent Corporate Cash from Overwhelming Democracy
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Van Hollen unveils companion bill to Schumer’s DISCLOSE Act
Thursday, Aprl 29, 2010
- Senate Democrats unveil DISCLOSE Act
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Online Users Look For Government Information
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Doe v Reed: A Sigh of Relief on Campaign Finance Disclosure
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- County has poor showing in census: Mail response rate lags 2000, is one of worst in Ohio
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Lawyer Joseph O’Malley pleads guilty as part of county corruption probe
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Capitol Square board to make rules in private
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- John Paul Stevens: An Independent Life
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Warren County issues campaign finance reports
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Thousands of OSU students fail to fill out census
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- Cuyahoga County executive candidate’s ideas on campaign reform likely would not hold up in court, official saysCatherine Turcer
Wednesdy, April 28, 2010
- American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio sues Cuyahoga County over transition records
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- Without Scalia, whither anonymity? John Doe No. 1 v. Reed, Argument recap
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- High Court to Hear ‘Blockbuster’ Speech Case
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- FEC Leaves Redistricting Question Open
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- Supreme Court Debates Case With Major Transparency, Free Speech Implications
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- Anonymity for political activists? John Doe No. 1, et al., v. Reed, et al., Argument preview
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- Schumer, Van Hollen Walking A Tightrope:
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- Blog: Commissioner refuses to release evaluation
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- Citizens United: An Update of News, Analysis
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- US House Adds Live Web Video
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- Citizens United Bill Next Week? Corporate Forces Attack
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- “Voter Fraud Agenda,” Indeed
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- Capitol Square board to make rules in private
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- Cleveland City Council President Martin J. Sweeney needs to stop delaying and produce the receipts: editorial
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- Financial records show 2010 could be one of the most expensive campaign years ever in Ohio
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- FEC Leaves Redistricting Question Open
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- Landmark Term for Free-Speech Decisions?
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- Are corporations people, too?
Monday, April 26, 2010
- A cloud over the Capitol? Ohio lawmakers agree that Congress deserves the scorn coming from voters
Monday, April 26, 2010
- Afraid of the Sunshine
Monday, April 26, 2010
- Critics complain Brunner skirting reporting rules
Monday, April 26, 2010
- Ohio AG, flush with cash, donates to fellow Dems
Monday, April 26, 2010
- A Few More Choices: Seven ballots possible in May 4 primary
Monday, April 26, 2010
- Campaign Contributions Show Big Money In Ohio Politics
Saturday, April 24, 2010
- Census nears 2000 mail-in response rate
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Campaign finance bill has GOP wary
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Democrats plan to introduce bill to blunt ruling on political spending
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Several Tributes Sought to Honor Moyer
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Democrats Craft Citizens United Response — Talking Points Frame Bill As Non-Partisan
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Campaign Donations: Access or Ideology?
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Third Frontier backers raised $1.73M
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Millions put into race for governor: Strickland, Kasich building bankrolls
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Mt. Healthy board member fighting to televise meetings
Fridy, April 23, 2010
- On the Ohio Campaign Trail: Jennifer Brunner’s Drive for U.S. Senate
Friday, April 23, 2010
- U.S. Citizens Association Files Suit Against White House OMB and FEMA Over Freedom of Information Act Requests
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Campaign Spending: Why Companies Are Holding Fire The high court ruling on corporate campaign spending hasn’t been a game-changer. Yet
Thursday, April 22, 2010
- Jennifer Brunner, the top Ohio elections official, isn’t following federal election disclosure rules
Thursday, April 22, 2010
- New Polling Information on the Citizens United Decision
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
- The Other RNC Case: the Coordination Challenge in the Fifth Circuit
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
- Tell us about the money
Wednesdy, April 22, 2010
- PA Governor Renews Push for Merit Selection
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
- Participation High in NC Public-Finance Program
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
- Special Interests Continue Federal Lobbying Blitz, New Reports Indicate
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
- Mother Jones Magazine Report Cites JAS
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
- Editorial: The Court, Money and Politics
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
- Election-Privacy Case Looms Before Supreme Court
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
- Primary raises questions on party affiliation
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
- Court magistrate sides with former Falls School Board member in open meetings law case
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
- It’s to the public’s advantage to keep some med mart aspects secret during bidding: editorial
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
- GOP candidates for secretary of state differ on redistricting reform
Monday, April, 19, 2010
- Editorial: Big Money’s Alarming Political Edge
Monday, April 19, 2010
- Voters are Left in the Dark about Who Funds Senators’ Campaigns
Monday, April 19, 2010
- The Occlusion of Equality in Campaign Finance Law
Monday, April 19, 2010
- Who’s paying for your congressional campaigns?
Monday, April 19, 2010
- Corporations Aren’t Persons
Sunday, April 18, 2010
- 10 percent of Cuyahoga County’s voting machines fail pre-election tests
Friday, April 16, 2010
- Democrats have most to lose in redrawing of House districts by governors
Friday, April 16, 2010
- Editorial: A Fairer Way to Count
Friday, April 16, 2010
- Money Talks But it Isn’t Speech
Friday, April 16, 2010
- Follow the Money: The sad, sordid way we pay for campaigns.
Friday, April 16, 2010
- Some Sunshine But Mostly Cloudy: County transition, charter, still difficult to scrutinize
Friday, April 16, 2010
- Seven states lead in budget transparency
Friday, April 16, 2010
- Democrats have most to lose in redrawing of House districts by governors
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
- Ohio Revamps Campaign Finance Web Site
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
- Corporate Disclosure Battle to Begin in Congress
Monday, April 12, 2010
- Court ruling to be tested at next vote: Two state lawmakers working on legislation
Monday, April 12, 2010
- Brunner calls for open primary system: All-in-one ballot may appease crossover voters
Monday, April 12, 2010
- Honoring Justice Moyer
Monday, April 12, 2010
- Teachers’ home addresses, phone numbers not a public record, judge rules
Monday, April 12, 2010
- JAS: Justice Stevens ‘One of Best Friends America’s Courts Ever Had’
Sunday, April 11, 2010
- Announcing Citizens’ Campaign Finance Policy Tool: Interactive Tool Lets Citizens See the Impact of Their Donations As They Select From a Menu of Policy Options in the States
Friday, April 9, 2010
- OpenSecrets.org Launches New Section Investigating Independent Expenditures
Friday, April 9, 2010
- Cuyahoga County judicial rankings go online, spark controversy
Friday, April 9, 2010
- Media Advisory — Seven-day Countdown Begins: Mail Back Census Forms by April 16
Friday, April 9, 2010
- Cuyahoga County will bar public review of proposals for medical mart builder
Friday, April 9, 2010
- O’Connor stumps for judicial independence, improved civics education during Pedrick lecture
Friday, April 9, 2010
- Agency Plans and Data
Thursday, April 8, 2010
- O’Connor a ‘Crystallizing’ Critic of Citizens United?
Thursday, April 8, 2010
- Records Shattered for State-Level Political Money
Thursday, April 8, 2010
- Where’s your census form? Local residents among those nationwide complaining they never received their forms
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
- Thomas J. Moyer: Ohio’s chief justice set a high standard as a person and as a judge
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
- Census means votes later — and cash now: How Democrats and Republicans are talking about redistricting in 2011 to raise a ton of money in 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
- O’Connor’s Voice of Conscience
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
- Changing political parties? Sign here
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
- Ohio Secretary of State Brunner creates easier-to-navigate campaign-finance Web site
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
- Hushed MoneyCould Karl Rove’s new 527 avoid campaign-finance disclosure requirements?
Wednesday, Aprl 7, 2010
- Shareholder groups seek to limit corporate contributions: Shareholder groups aim to keep a lid on companies’ political spending in the wake of Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission, a case in which the Supreme Court eased restrictions on corporate campaign spending
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
- Petition signatures should be out in the open, Cordray says
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
- Judging for Dollars: If you’re worried about what ‘Citizens United’ will do to congressional races, just wait until you see what it does to the justice system.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
- Coal, corruption and campaign finance reform
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
- Making Voting Systems Open Source Could Forever Change Election Technology
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
- Washington Lobbying Giants Cash in on Health Reform Debate: Patton Boggs Leads Center’s Ranking of Top Dozen Firms
Monday, April 5, 2010
- Do campaign dollars sway judges?
Monday, April 5, 2010
- Touch-screen voting machines sit, long after vote probe
Monday, April 5, 2010
- Possible redistricting lights up state races’ fundraising
Monday, April 5, 2010
- Akron’s legal struggle over campaign finance reform offers lessons for Cuyahoga County
Monday, April 5, 2010
- Who will be the next chief justice?
Sunday, April 4, 2010
- Big Money Flows to State Races:Both Parties Seek to Gain the Upper Hand Before Congressional Districts Are Redrawn
Sunday, April 4, 2010
- Judging for Dollars: If you’re worried about what ‘Citizens United’ will do to congressional races, just wait until you see what it does to the justice system
Sunday, April 4, 2010
- Taken to the limit, one more time: The city’s campaign finance law still needs repair
Sunday, April , 2010
- Legal Center and League of Women Voters Release Redistricting Report
Saturday, April 3, 2010
- Justice Brought to You By Your Corporate Sponsors
Saturday, April 3, 2010
- Merit Updates From Pennsylvania
Satuday, April 3, 2010
- Revolving Door Staffer Rebuked, Permanently Banned From Talking to Committee Staff
Saturday, April 3, 2010
- Court seeks comment on new rule for recusal
Saturday, April 3, 2010
- Ohio Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer dies
Friday, April 2, 2010
- Paperwork could complicate vote: Form required if changing parties or ballot may not count
Friday, April 2, 2010
- State Election Official Teaches Students About Vote@17
Friday, April 2, 2010
- States Move Away from Elections in Choosing Judges
Friday, April 2, 2010
- Reforming Government in the Midwest: As the expense of running for public office in America continues to spiral, it threatens to cost our electoral system something priceless: its credibility.
Friday, April 2, 2010
- Cuyahoga County: Early ‘by-mail’ voters keep Election Board busy
Friday, April 2, 2010
- Citizens United challenges the strident side of Supreme Court ruling
Thursday, April 1, 2010
- Sandra Day O’Connor speaks about judicial independence at Pomona Colleg
Thursday, April 1, 2010
- Ohio Supreme Court orders Constitution Party’s AG candidate be put on ballot
Thursday, April 1, 2010
- Lawyers dispute election ruling: Sides disagree whether Akron mayor violated limit on campaign funds
Thursday, April 1, 2010
- BOE Urges Voters To Return Absentee Ballots
- March
- Fundraising for states’ high-court races
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
- States act to revise judicial selection
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
- Citizens United: What Would Justice Brennan Do? (WWJBD)
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
- 2 on Ohio top court to sit out decision on Noe
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
- Voters who switch parties for May primary must attest to new allegiance in writing
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
- Election challenges: Counties: Rule complicates May primary
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
- What’s on the voter-challenge form
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
- Online guide helps Cuyahoga County voters find out about candidates and issues
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
- Op Ed: Don’t Let Lawmakers Draw Their Districts
Monday, March 29, 2010
- Representatives Tanner and Castle Push Transparency for Redistricting
Monday, March 29, 2010
- The Boston Globe Campaign finance: Disclose corporate, union ads
Monday, March 29, 2010
- Campaign Contribution Limits Shot Down
Sunday, March 28, 2010
- DIRECTIVE FROM BRUNNER: Crossover voters to be challenged
Sunday, March 28, 2010
- High court throws Brunner another roadblock: Ruling stymies probe into funding of slots ballot issue
Sunday, March 28, 2010
- Courts Rule on Funding of Campaigns
Sunday, March 28, 2010
- League of Women Voters backs reform for redistricting
Sunday, March 28, 2010
- Redistricting in the “Musical Chairs” States
Saturday, March 27, 2010
- Transparency Caucus Supports Open Government: The bi-partisan caucus, formed in the House, will promote Americans’ access to government information
Saturday, March 27, 2010
- Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer on Decision by a Three-Judge District Court Panel Today Rejecting RNC Challenge to Constitutionality of Soft Money Ban
Saturday, March 27, 2010
- Parties Scrap for Governors’ Seats to Gain Handle on Redistricting
Saturday, March 27, 2010
- Rulings split on campaign fundraising
Saturday, March 27, 2010
- Court orders Libertarian back on the ballot
Friday, March 26, 2010
- Brennan Center for Justice: Redistricting 101
Friday, March 26, 2010
- JAS Hails ‘National Momentum’ for Court-Election Reforms
Friday, March 26, 2010
- High court throws Brunner another roadblock: Ruling stymies probe into funding of slots ballot issue
Friday, March 26, 2010
- Sunshine Week Report Card on Government Transparency
Friday, March 26, 2010
- Citizens United Against the Supreme Court
Thursday, March 25, 2010
- States try to adapt to Supreme Court’s campaign finance ruling
Thursday, March 25, 2010
- Census gives daily tally of participation
Thursday, March 25, 2010
- That’s My Money You’re Using: Corporations can now fund politicians. What should investors do?
Thursday, March 25, 2010
- Judicial Elections Have Consequences, Especially If You’re Injured
Thursday, March 25, 2010
- Dreaming of More Accessible Data
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
- Where you live on April 1 is what’s important to Census Bureau
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
- Disclosure Rules Advance in Wisconsin
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
- Petition-handling dispute prompts procedure review
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
- The First Citizens United Ad
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
- Democrats counter Republicans’ pre-redistricting push
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
- Court ruling to be tested at next vote: Two state lawmakers working on legislation
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
- Celebrate Sunshine Week, because dragging government into the light is demanding work
Monday, March 22, 2010
- How to develop a better judge
Monday, March 22, 2010
- West Virginia Moves on Corporate Campaign Finance Disclosure
Sunday, March 21, 2010
- Editorial: From Scandal to Example in West Virginia
Sunday, March 21, 2010
- It’s the public’s right to know: Access to police, court records plays important role in society
Sunday, March 21, 2010
- The time has come for online disclosure
Saturday, March 20, 2010
- The battle for the big state governorships
Saturday, March 20, 2010
- Third parties to appear on primary ballots
Saturday, March 20, 2010
- Sunshine regulations brighten democracy
Saturday, March 20, 2010
- ABC News Exclusive: Study Shows Money Flooding into Campaigns for State Judgeships: Justices Ginsburg, O’Connor Say Fundraising Could Corrupt System, Reform is Needed
Friday, March 19, 2010
- Sunshine Week spotlights the need for open government
Friday, March 19, 2010
- Cuyahoga County prosecutor wants campaign finance recommendations to play a role in this year’s elections
Friday, March 19, 2010
- Video: Press Conference Announcing the Public Online Information Act
Thursday, March 18, 2010
- LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS MARKS SUNSHINE WEEK 2010 Issues Call to Action: Citizens Have a Role in Open Government
Thursday, March 18, 2010
- Healthy government thrives only in abundant sunshine
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
- Maryland PR Firm Runs For Congress
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
- Updated Open Government Guide Now Available
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
- Access to public records is free in Ohio
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
- Husted wants corporate funds disclosed
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
- EDITORIAL: Fighting for transparency, access
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
- WH Pushes Agency Transparency
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
- JAS Cheers Passage of WV Finance Bill
Tuesday, Mrch 16, 2010
- Documents shed light on Cole hiring
Monday, March 15, 2010
- About Sunshine Week
Monday, March 15, 2010
- ‘Sunshine Laws’: How to use public records, meetings laws
Monday, March 15, 2010
- Sun not shining everywhere in county
Monday, March 15, 2010
- Higher Corporate Spending on Election Ads Could Be All but Invisible
Sunday, March 14, 2010
- W.Va. SC won’t rehear controversial $50M case
Sunday, March 14, 2010
- Local officials don’t fight records requests
Sunday, March 14, 2010
- Opinion: Public’s right to know at heart of Sunshine Week
Sunday, March 14, 2010
- Take away the pen: Fair Map amendment takes redistricting process away from legislators
Sunday, March 14, 2010
- Editorial: Antitrust and Your Vote
Satuday, March 13, 2010
- JAS Hails WV Public-Finance Vote
Saturday, March 13, 2010
- Feds seek further sale of voting-machine systems
Saturday, March 13, 2010
- Justice Ginsburg Backs End to Judicial Elections
Friday, March 12, 2010
- Ohio college students get online help for voting
Friday, March 12, 2010
- Promises, Promises, Promises: Stern words for John Roberts’s Supreme Court
Friday, March 12, 2010
- New Web Resource to Help College Students Become Active Civic Participants By Voting
Thursday, March 11, 2010
- Bayh Endorses Public Financing For Campaigns As Retirement Nears
Thursday, March 11, 2010
- Ohio lawmaker questions productivity of little-known agency rocked by firings
Thursday, March 11, 2010
- Sen. Brown Encourages Ohioans to be Counted at Cleveland Rally on 2010 Census: Brown Releases Analysis Showing How Much Federal Funding Ohio Could Lose Under Different Census Count Scenarios
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
- What to expect from the Census
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
- Nonprofits Are Making a Major Impact on Redistricting Reform
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
- High court puts Brunner’s subpoenas on hold
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
- Apples and Oranges: Campaign Finance Transparency Laws Should Remain Untouched By The Supreme Court
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
- WV Poll: Majority Backs Public Financing
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
- Editorial Defends Merit System in Missouri
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
- Mike DeWine foe baffled by ballot ruling
Monday, March 8, 2010
- Sunshine Law decision expected soon
Monday, March 8, 2010
- A bipartisan push to clean up the Supreme Court’s mess
Monday, March 8, 2010
- Reforms needed on Ohio Supreme Court
Monday, March 8, 2010
- Ohio Editorial, on Renewing Confidence in the Courts
Monday, March 8, 2010
- Merit of the argument: Chief Justice Thomas Moyer encounters near and familiar opposition
Monday, March 8, 2010
- Some lawyers suspect favoritism in Juvenile Court appointments
Sundy, March 7, 2010
- Cuyahoga County transition leaders report to citizens
Sunday, March 7th, 2010
- Mitch Pearlstein and Dane Smith: Instead of judicial races, retention elections: Money and politics taint judicial credibility — but there’s a way to improve judicial elections
Sunday, March 7th, 2010
- States rush to catch up with campaign finance ruling
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
- Ohio Releases Candidate List for May 2010 Primary
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
- A ‘Retention Gap’ is Discovered in Kansas
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
- Report leaves questions unanswered
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
- Patriot Act doesn’t override confidentiality in Census, Justice Department says
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
- Karl Rove Lays Out Plan To Gerrymander America To Oblivion
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
- Ex-Justice O’Connor favors end to electing judges
Friday, March 5th, 2010
- WV House Approves Public Financing Pilot
Friday, March 5, 2010
- Dix & Eaton bills Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority nearly $50,000 for crisis counseling
Friday, March 5th, 2010
- Dann, wife may be next up in probe: 2 advisers admit guilt, promise truthful testimony
Friday, March 5th, 2010
- Californians Compete for a Shot at Redistricting
Friday, March 5th, 2010
- Census, redistricting to be topics at forum
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
- Justices Criticize OH Reform Plan
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
- Moyer: End election of Ohio justices: But Supreme Court colleagues think system is just fine
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
- Census forms start hitting homes: Some addresses may get two, but only one is need
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
- 2009 Brings Big Money in Key Congressional Races
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
- Ohio Supreme Court slows investigation of conservative group seeking to block slot machines
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
- GOP lawyer named to Lucas County Board of Elections
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
- Law Professor Mark Brown Article Explains U.S. Constitutional Requirements that Only State Legislatures Can Write Ballot Access Laws
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
- EDITORIAL: The Voters Will Pay
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
- Sen. Husted, Rep. Letson: Compromise possible on redistricting
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
- Corporations are People Too
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
- Anti-slots group sues secretary of state; tries to stop probe into its mysterious funding
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
- Businesses Can Now Legally Pressure Workers on Political Issues?
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
- LetOhioVote challenges Brunner’s subpoenas: Secretary of state overstepping power, group says in Supreme Court filing
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
- ‘10-minute’ census forms start to show up at homes: Workers already visiting those without mail delivery
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
- Decision Could Allow Anonymous Political Contributions by Businesses
Monday, March 1st, 2010
- ABA President’s Message: Let’s Leave Politics Out of It: Merit-based judicial selection, confirmation processes help to ensure impartiality
Monday, March 1st, 2010
- Fundraising for states’ high-court races
- February
- Strickland, Kasich travel to other states for additional campaign cash
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
- Groups Want Corp. Disclosure
Friday, February 26th, 2010
- Constitutional Amendment Proposed in Senate
Friday, February 26th, 2010
- Dodd introduces constitutional amendment to reverse SCOTUS on campaign spending
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
- Brunner offers donation rules: Official moves to reshape Ohio’s limits
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
- States weigh campaign-finance changes
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
- The Implications of Citizens United
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
- Absentee-ballot applications to go out to all Franklin County voters
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
- Citizens United v. FEC: What Happens Next?
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
- Ignoring speech rights of shareholders and voters: The Court failed to acknowledge that real control of corporations resides with management; SEC could mandate shareholder approval of corporate expenditures
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
- On the Widespread Impact of ‘Citizens United’
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
- Feds target J.J. Cafaro: ‘I made a mistake,’ he says of false campaign finance report.
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
- Moyers on Citizens United: A ‘Corrosive Flood’
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
- EDITORIAL: Use Common Sense on Rules
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
- Justice For Sale?
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
- State Sen. Capri Cafaro’s dad admits making illegal contribution to her unsuccessful bid for Congress
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
- Ohio politicians’ pockets are bulging as they up the ante on access, for those who can pay
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
- In The Public Interest: Fast track the Citizens United Bill
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
- States, Congress wrestle with judicial bias rules
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
- Countering the court: Legislation in response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on corporate spending in campaigns should be more narrowly focused
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
- EDITORIAL: Follow the money
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
- BLOG: Bill Moyers and Michael Winship: What Are We Bid for American Justice?
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
- Most View Census Positively, But Some Have Doubts: Age, Education, Ethnic and Partisan Gaps
Friday, February 19th, 2010
- League Urges Senate to Pass Critically Important Campaign Finance Issue
Friday, February 19th, 2010
- Editorial: Why hide? Backers of ballot issue should come clean about finances
Friday, February 19th, 2010
- Reform in an Age of Networked Campaigns: How to Foster Citizen Participation Through Small Donors and Volunteers
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
- Brunner probing anti-slots group: Subpoenas seek to identify backers of referendum
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
- Post-Citizens United, Lobbying Firm Helps Explain How To Avoid Disclosure Rules
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
- ‘Citizens United’ Spurs Legal Action, Protest
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
- Court throws out Ohio’s ‘revolving door’ lobbying law: State can’t make ex-lawmakers wait to advocate, federal judge rules
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
- Ohio official seeks info on slots group’s funding
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
- Brunner wants to know who’s paying for statewide slots push
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
- Editorial: Ohio needs new disclosure law on election money
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
- Ballot board acts on state Issues 1, 2
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
- Lobbyists Earn $1.3 Million Per Hour As Lawmakers Log Long Days
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
- In the interest of justice, judges should disclose
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
- Editorials: After ‘Citizens United,’ New Disclosure Needed
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
- Poll: Large majority opposes Supreme Court’s decision on campaign financing
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
- Letter to Editor: Redistricting reform could allow Ohioans’ votes to count once more
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
- Secrets of Cuyahoga County’s ‘public engagement’ committee revealed
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
- We Must Amend the Constitution as a Result of Citizens United Decision
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
- EDITORIAL: Two Democrats’ remedy for the high court’s campaign finance ruling
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
- REGISTER VIEWPOINT: State top court’s all lawyered up
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
- Former University Heights official must reimburse city for misused funds
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
- Ohio Constitution too easy to alter, some lawmakers say
Monday, February 15th, 2010
- Success of President Obama’s crackdown on lobbying questioned
Monday, February 15th, 2010
- U.S. Census and Incarceration
Monday, February 15th, 2010
- Racial Roots Underlie Debate on Felons’ Voting Rights
Monday, February 15th, 2010
- Democrats propose to blunt Supreme Court campaign ruling
Friday, February 12th, 2010
- Cuyahoga County transition leaders commit to open meetings in wake of transparency concerns; ACLU promises ‘vigilance’
Friday, February 12th, 2010
- Federal Lobbying Climbs in 2009 as Lawmakers Execute Aggressive Congressional Agenda: EFFORTS BY HEATH, BUSINESS INDUSTRIES HELP PUSH INFLUENCE PEDDLING TO NEW HEIGHTS
Friday, February 12th, 2010
- BLOG: “You Say You Want A Revolution”: How To Reform Our Political System
Friday, February 12th, 2010
- Cuyahoga County officials approve $111,000 contract for company that employs ex-county employee
Friday, February 12th, 2010
- O’Shaughnessy plays catch-up in race for secretary of state
Friday, February 12th, 2010
- Ensuring that Provisional Ballots are Counted
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
- BLOG: Citizens United and the States
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
- Jennifer Brunner’s small-donor strategy, media tactics emerging
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
- BLOG: O’CONNOR SEES INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY IN JEOPARDY
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
- Democrats suggest ways to curb companies’ campaign spending
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
- Cuyahoga County transition leaders James McCafferty and Martin Zanotti hear transparency gripes on radio show
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
- Redistricting reform is under way in Ohio
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
- Thoughts on Psychology and Recusal Rules
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
- Supreme Court ruling fuels voter ire
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
- Voters Win with Same Day Registration: States with SDR have historically boasted turnout rates 10 to 12 percentage points higher than states that do not offer Same Day Registration
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
- Public Assistance Databases and Automatic Voter Registration
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
- Blog: Voter Suppression in 2010: It Begins Again
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
- Citizens United Ruling Could Tilt Playing Field Against Labor, Toward Corporations
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
- Legal Center Urges White House to Nominate FEC Commissioners Willing to Enforce the Law
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
- Critics Seek Change in AZ Merit Selection Process
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
- Citizens United Part 2 – Lobbyist Disclosure
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
- Citizens United v. F.E.C. (Part 2): The History of the Constitutionality of Campaign Finance Laws
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
- Campaign case may have set course for court: Ruling’s impact might be seen in 2nd half of term
Monday, February 8th, 2010
- Editorial: Internet Voting, Still in Beta
Monday, February 8th, 2010
- Editorial: Keep the momentum: Legislative cooperation could move two more important state measures
Monday, February 8th, 2010
- Checks of voter records coming: Brunner wants notices sent if registration info conflicts with file data
Monday, February 8th, 2010
- Editorial: There’s a better way to draw new legislative districts
Monday, February 8th, 2010
- The more disclosure, the better
Sunday, February 7th, 2010
- Donna Edwards’ No Corporate Monopoly of Elections Amendment
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
- Editorial: What Price Politics?
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
- Exclusive: How corporations secretly move millions to fund political ads
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
- Bopp Discusses Citizens United Fallout
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
- Why Citizens United Is a Fraud: A Guide for Non-Lawyers
Friday, February 5th, 2010
- Blog: Two district-drawing plans have merit
Friday, February 5th, 2010
- Citizens United Impact on Courts is Feared
Friday, February 5th, 2010
- Ohioan takes on corporate politicking: Brown’s bill calls for rules guiding campaign ads
Friday, February 5th, 2010
- Click here to find out more! Your request is being processed… Sam Stein Sam Stein stein@huffingtonpost.com | HuffPost Reporting Become a Fan Get Email Alerts from this Reporter RSS Sherrod Brown: Citizens United Decision Will Make Congress Even More Timid
Friday, February 5th, 2010
- League of Women Voters US President Says Congress Must Act Quickly in Aftermath of Citizens United Decision
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
- Letson proposes public contest to redraw districts
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
- Supreme Court’s campaign finance ruling: just the facts
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
- The Corporations Already Outspend The Parties
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
- Citizens Against Citizens United
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
- Parties Fight Over District Redrawing
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
- Citizens United discussion at Bill Moyers Journal
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
- Opinion: State Judicial Reforms ‘More Essential’ Now
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
- Ohio House Democrats have plan to redistrict: Idea would let public have a say in layout of legislative maps
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
- Who is New Models?
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
- Ohio House Democrats propose redistricting plan
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
- Who funded slots foes?
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
- Ohio House redistricting plan offers criteria, public input to redraw fairer legislative districts
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
- Democracy can fix bad court decision
Monday, February 1st, 2010
- Corporations are not people and money is not speech: While speech can be interpreted loosely as any form of expression, such an open, ambiguous definition would create a myriad of problems with all kinds of laws
Monday, February 1st, 2010
- Kasich, Strickland tally up donations: Campaign reports show governor’s challenger narrowing money gap
Monday, February 1st, 2010
- Ohio gubernatorial candidates raise big bucks for 2010 election
Monday, February 1st, 2010
- Battle for House gears up: Parties raise record campaign gifts in ‘09; GOP needs 4 more seats to regain control
Monday, February 1st, 2010
- Strickland, Kasich travel to other states for additional campaign cash
- January
- For free speech, money talks
Friday, January 29th, 2010
- GOP hopes Rust Belt wins help redistricting
Friday, January 29th, 2010
- Wild West On K Street? The Supreme Court has unleashed corporations and unions to spend freely on political advertising
Friday, January 29th, 2010
- Public Assistance Databases and Automatic Voter Registration
Friday, January 29th, 2010
- A New Regime Required For Disclosure
Friday, January 29th, 2010
- Members Give Cool Reception to Obama’s New Lobbying Proposals
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
- National Policy to Ban Corporate Wealth from Being Used in Federal Campaigns was Established in 1907
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
- O’Connor on Courtrooms: ‘Where Fairness Trumps Strength’
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
- Opinion: A Partisan Supreme Court
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
- Prosecutor Bill Mason hasn’t prosecuted ex-lawyer who misappropriated $300,000
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
- OPINION – After Citizens United, leveling the playing field: Time for public financing and expanded shareholder rights
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
- Legislation Intended to Respond to Citizens United
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
- Redistricting plan is stalled
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
- Husted seeks disclosure of corporate donors
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
- Citizens United Real Impact
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
- Husted urges campaign finance “transparency” in wake of U.S. Supreme Court ruling
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
- States Weigh Judicial Recusals: Some Judges, Businesses Oppose Restrictions on Cases Involving Campaign Contributors
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
- Supreme Court Left Donor Disclosure Rules Intact
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
- State campaign finance laws in crosshairs
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
- This year’s vote to decide who will redistrict Ohio
Monday, January 25th, 2010
- Op Ed: Corporate advantage: The Supreme Court tips the scales on elections
Monday, January 25th, 2010
- Opinion: Citizens United: A Long-Term Perspective
Sunday, January 24th, 2010
- Opinion of the Day: Walter Shapiro on the SCOTUS Ruling
Sunday, January 24th, 2010
- Campaign finance ruling reflects Supreme Court’s growing audacity
Sunday, January 24th, 2010
- 24 States’ Laws Open to Attack After Campaign Finance Ruling
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
- Ruling could render Ohio’s campaign-spending law toothless
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
- Citizens United Called Grave Threat for America’s Courts:
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
- High court shows it might be willing to act boldly
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- CITIZENS UNITED DECISION SETS OFF REVOLUTION IN CAMPAIGN FINANCE: Supreme Court Erred, Decision Undermines Basic Pillar of American Democracy
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- Supreme Court’s campaign finance ruling could bring flood of ads: Critics say corporations will now determine who wins elections, but some consultants don’t expect a dramatic change
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- Supreme Court Deals Blow to Campaign Finance but Calls for Greater Transparency
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- Supreme Court Ruling Could Reshape U.S. Politics
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- A Center for Responsive Politics Statement on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- Bigger Than Bush v. Gore
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- Destructive Decision Turns Back Clock to 19th Century; Chief Justice Roberts Abandons His Public Commitment to “Judicial Modesty” and “Respect for Precedent”
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- The Pinocchio Project: Watching as the Supreme Court turns a corporation into a real live boy
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- ‘Citizens United:’ Commentators’ Views
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- An Electoral Catastrophe
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- Bad News for Judicial Elections
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- Justices, 5-4, Reject Corporate Spending Limit
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- Citizens United v. FEC opinion
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
- Campaign disclosure rules upheld
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
- High Court Rolls Back Campaign Spending Limits
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
- Supreme Court overturns corporate campaign spending ban
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
- Court eases business, union election spending rule
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
- A Century Of U.S. Campaign Finance Law
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
- Special sitting tomorrow, opinion(s) due: Chance for Citizens United ruling
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
- A “Regulatory” Agency Expeditious Only in Deregulation
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
- Waiting for Democrats: The state could use an improved way for drawing legislative districts. Will the Ohio House deliver on the necessary constitutional amendment?
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
- Cuyahoga County commissioners will rehire two accountants, breaking buyout rules
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
- Editorial: Democrats must act now on redistricting
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
- Editorial: Mason should know better than most how disgusted the electorate is with politics as usual
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
- Editorial: Keep them accountable: Effort to make lobbyists toe the line on disclosure serves the public interest
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
- Justice by call: Debate wrestles with selecting judges by election or appointment
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
- Editorial: Act on remap
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
- Op Ed: Time is now for redistricting reform
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
- Reform in an Age of Networked Campaigns: How to Foster Citizen Participation Through Small Donors and Volunteers
Monday, January 18th, 2010
- New Report: “Reform In The Age of Networked Campaigns”
Monday, January 18th, 2010
- Opinion: Ohio lobbyists? Follow the dollar
Monday, January 18th, 2010
- Some felons may circulate petitions
Sunday, January 17th, 2010
- Op Ed: Just Say Yes: State lawmakers should listen to local elections officials
Sunday, January 17th, 2010
- Senate Joint Resolution 5: Senator Husted’s redistricting reform bill
Friday, January 15th, 2010
- Media denied access to public records
Friday, January 15th, 2010
- Campaign Finance: Back to the Era of the Robber Barons?
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
- Legislators shouldn’t let chance slip away: Ohio has opportunity to create fairer districts
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
- Ohio House hears GOP redistricting bill
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
- Campaign finance activists on pins and needles awaiting Supreme Court ruling
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
- Fisher Raises $780,000 More For Ohio Senate Bid
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
- The Zanotti Way: Capitalists’ tool or good-government visionary? Either way, Marty Zanotti may be the most powerful unelected politician in Cuyahoga County
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
- Debate over redistricting: Hearing today on plan to change how Ohio draws new boundaries
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
- Feingold Fears “Lawless” Court Ruling on Corporate Campaigning
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
- Athens County Democratic chairwoman resigns
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
- Former Sheriff Gerald McFaul’s campaign finance records back online, too
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
- After legal objection, campaign finance reports for Bill Mason and Gerald McFaul removed from public database
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
- Athens County Democratic chairwoman guilty of misdemeanor
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
- Editorial: Redistricting: Map competition would make districts better reflect communities
Monday, January 11th, 2010
- Opinion: Giving corporations an outsized voice in election
Monday, January 11th, 2010
- Justices may rule soon on campaign-finance case
Monday, January 11th, 2010
- Courts Roll Back Limits on Election Spending
Monday, January 11th, 2010
- Third Frontier, a casino location and redistricting may be heading to ballot: The Legislature’s deadline for May election is Feb. 3
Monday, January 11th, 2010
- Secretary of state’s query: Can felons legally do petition work?
Monday, January 11th, 2010
- Capital City: A year after the biggest bailout in US history, Wall Street lobbyists don’t just have influence in Washington. They own it lock, stock, and barrel.
Friday, January 8th, 2010
- For free speech, money talks
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2011
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December
- New Congressional Map Gets Failing Grade
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
- Group Says Ohio's New Congressional Map Lacks Competition, Fairness
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
- Legislature's Map Makers Should Get Coal in their Stockings
Sunday, December 18, 2011
- An Ohio Redistricting Post-Mortem: Editorial
Saturday, December 17, 2011
- Documents: Boehner rep key in Ohio redistricting map
Monday, December 12, 2011
- New Congressional Map Gets Failing Grade
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September
- Ohio Legislature's Proposed Redistricting Map Scores Last in Redistricting Competition
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
- Ohio Legislature's Proposed Redistricting Map Scores Last in Redistricting Competition
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August
- Non-Partisan Election Groups Pick Redistricting Winner
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
- Non-Partisan Election Groups Pick Redistricting Winner
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July
- Voter ID Rule Is Dead, At Least For Now
Friday, July 29, 2011
- Redistricting Contest All Set For Your Ideas
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
- Redistricting Competition Launch
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
- Voter ID Rule Is Dead, At Least For Now
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June
- Husted Maintains Stance Against Photo-ID Provision
Friday, June 24, 2011
- Elections Bill Stalls, Is Back
Thursday, June 23, 2011
- Protecting Turf is GOP Aim in Congressional Redistricting
Friday, June 17, 2011
- Update Districts Fairly
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
- Husted Maintains Stance Against Photo-ID Provision
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May
- Ohio House Passes Election Reforms
Thursday, May 19, 2011
- Making Early Voting Easier, Not Harder
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
- Order Would Require Important Disclosure
Friday, May 13, 2011
- Ohio House Passes Election Reforms
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April
- Husted Offers Alternative to Photo-ID Rule for Voters
Thursday, April 7, 2011
- Husted Offers Alternative to Photo-ID Rule for Voters
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March
- Keep Partisan Politics Out of Election Reform in Ohio
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
- Fixing the Vote
Sunday, March 6, 2011
- The Cost of Voter ID Laws
Thursday, March 3, 2011
- Keep Partisan Politics Out of Election Reform in Ohio
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January
- Lawmakers Should Clarify Murky Rules for Counting Provisional Ballots
Friday, January 21, 2011
- Lawmakers Should Clarify Murky Rules for Counting Provisional Ballots
- May
- GOP reps support House Dem redistricting bill to break impasse, broker deal with Senate measure
Sunday, May 30, 2010
- A GOP reversal on disclosure?
Saturday, May 29, 2010
- A First Amendment Litmus Test?
Saturday, May 29, 2010
- Hopes Buoyed for WI Public-Finance Law?
Saturday, May 29, 2010
- Scholar: Caperton Has Fueled Real Reforms
Saturday, May 29, 2010
- State ag agency clouds “transparency’
Friday, May 28, 2010
- Members Urged to Vote for DISCLOSE Act by Reform Groups
Friday, May 28, 2010
- House OKs redistricting plan with bipartisan support Hopes revived for reform amendment on November ballot
Friday, May 28, 2010
- House approves redistricting reform proposal
Friday, May 28, 2010
- Editorial: Friend of the court? Chief justice’s Facebook page opens new territory in judicial conduct
Friday, May 28, 2010
- Can ‘do the right thing’ prevail on redistricting
Friday, May 28, 2010
- OP ED: Take Justice Off the Ballot
Friday, May 28, 2010
- Editorial: Stevens offers stark example
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
- Ohio Supreme Court chief justice campaigned for self
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
- Redistricting plan gets House panel’s OK
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
- Deal near on election bill, state legislators say
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
- Disclosure Legislation Advances in US House
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
- O’Connor: ‘Take Justice off the Ballot’
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
- Public might get say in redistricting plan
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
- Privacy worries can thwart bids for cancer data
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
- Strickland Administration defies Ohio’s Public Records Law on Baard Energy documents
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
- Challenges to Campaign Finance and Disclosure Laws Multiply After Citizens United Ruling from Roberts Court
Monday, May 24, 2010
- Editorial: Put public in loop: Proposal would shed light on congressional abuses via earmarks
Monday, May 24, 2010
- Editorial: Sunshine Law training valuable for everyone
Sunday, May 23, 2010
- Study shows younger people, minorities more likely to vote in 2008
Saturday, May 22, 2010
- Electronic Filing Provision included in DISCLOSE Act: A Win for Transparency
Saturday, May 22, 2010
- House Committee Approves New Campaign Finance Regulations, Transparency Requirements in DISCLOSE Act
Saturday, May 22, 2010
- Improve Election Rules for Ohio
Saturday, May 22, 2010
- FDA Proposals Would Let in the Sunshine
Friday, May 21, 2010
- President’s Statement on Passage of DISCLOSE Act in House Committee
Friday, May 21, 2010
- Center for Responsive Politics Applauds Transparency Amendment of Rep. Susan Davis
Friday, May 21, 2010
- O’Connor on $9m Judicial Election: ‘You Like That?’
Friday, May 21, 2010
- O’Connor urges Illinois to select judges by merit
Friday, May 21, 2010
- McConnell Should Heed Past Disclosure Rhetoric
Thursday, May 20, 2010
- Elections not for sale: High court decision must be mitigated
Thursday, May 20, 2010
- IG should be able to recuse himself, legislator says
Thursday, May 20, 2010
- Main Agency now asserts notes are public records
Thursday, May 20, 2010
- As the money pours in, will we know where it’s coming from?
Thursday, May 20, 2010
- MN Joins States Passing New Disclosure Laws
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
- Bank lobbyists make very direct quid pro quo argument
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
- Editorial: Golden opportunity: Legislature should pass improvements for elections, redistricting
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
- Election upgrade: State lawmakers have spent much time crafting improvements in the way Ohioans vote. Now they must finally act
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
- Minnesota legislature unanimously approves stronger campaign finance disclosure
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
- Protestors Converge on Massey Annual Meeting
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
- Campaigns of Few House Incumbents Fueled by the ‘Small Donors’
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
- Kilroy’s ‘free’ communications added up to $377,713 in ‘09
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
- Editorial: Making congressional earmark information publicly accessible would be a plus
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
- Need for Disclosure Rules in State Courts Highlighted
Monday, May 17, 2010
- FEC: Members Can Raise Soft Money for Redistricting Activities
Monday, May 17, 2010
- Ohio voting reform stalls: It’s probably too late to make changes for this year’s election
Monday, May 17, 2010
- Legal Center Urges Members to Co-Sponsor Redistricting Transparency Bill
Sunday, May 16, 2010
- Editorial: Can We Get You Anything Else?
Sunday, May 16, 2010
- Another Voice for Voter Registration Modernization: the D.C. Board of Elections
Sunday, May 16, 2010
- Kerr seeks documents on Bosco property purchase
Sunday, May 16, 2010
- Opinion: 2010 Census, State Elections Could Map a New Republican Majority
Sunday, May 16, 2010
- Disclosure in the State Courts
Thursday, May 13, 2010
- Important trend: More voters show liking for convenience of absentee balloting
Thursday, May 13, 2010
- Expert Shares History of U.S. Judicial Selection
Thursday, May 13, 2010
- Ohio Citizen Action’s Catherine Turcer’s Testimony on Senate Bill 240
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
- Testimony on the DISCLOSE Act for the House Admin. Committee: Statements & Testimony
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
- Earmark Transparency Act will finally bring transparency to earmarks
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
- Election officials reject primary audit
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
- How to Win the Redistricting Fight in 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
- Ohio Chief Justice Thomas Moyer discusses direct election problems * Judicial Selection Home * Map * News/Video * Resources * Publications/Articles * IAALS Home Ohio Chief Justice Thomas Moyer discusses direct election problem…and why the U.S. judicial selection debate matters.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
- EAC Salutes Election Officials and Poll Workers in Honor of Public Service Recognition Week
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
- EDITORIAL: No slots secrets
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
- “I never felt so much like a hooker down by the bus station … as I did in a judicial race. Everyone interested in contributing has very specific interests. They mean to be buying a vote.”
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
- Take that, Supreme Court: House and Senate bills seek to mitigate some of the effects of the Supreme Court’s ruling on corporate and union campaign spending.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
- The DISCLOSE Act
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
- Jennifer Brunner rebuffs call for audit of May 4 election
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
- Should judges be elected?
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
- States Move to Allow Overseas and Military Voters to Cast Ballots by Internet
Monday, May 10, 2010
- Judicial Recusal and Expanding Notions of Due Process
Monday, May 10, 2010
- Forest Hills ordered to pay $10,000
Sunday, May 9, 2010
- Candidates for state office would have to reveal more financial information under proposed law
Friday, May 7, 2010
- Bill forces candidates to reveal finances: Push by Democratic legislators aimed at GOP’s Kasich
Friday, May 7, 2010
- Cuyahoga County Democrats to vote on replacement for chairman Jimmy Dimora
Friday, May 7, 2010
- Dann set to admit guilt on 2 counts: Ex-official reaches plea deal resulting from 2008 scandal
Friday, May 7, 2010
- Justice O’Connor raises issues of judicial independence and civics education at State Bar’s Annual Convention
Friday, May 7, 2010
- ‘Attack’ on board of elections website likely not malicious: Vote count was never in jeopardy during Election Night crash of public website.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
- Justice Stevens: To Life, To Life, L’Chaim
Thursday, May 6, 2010
- Fall political battles could fuel record fundraising: Open seats and competitive races are driving fervor in Ohio, experts say.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
- Many primary voters turned to absentee option
Thursday, May 6, 2010
- Editorial: The wrong direction: Step by step, the public’s right to know is being curtailed
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
- Some Sunshine But Mostly Cloudy: County transition, charter, still difficult to scrutinize
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
- Legislation to Respond to the Citizens United Decision Myths and Realities: Parts 1 & 2
Wedneday, May 5, 2010
- State won’t appeal ruling tossing out lobbying law
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
- County election chief believes more people to vote by mail than will walk into polls this primary
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
- A New Proposal Seeks Recusal Reform
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
- Editorial: Judges and conflicts
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
- No politics in the courtroom, please
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
- 89 voting machines in Cleveland have glitch
Monday, May 3, 2010
- Ohio Supreme Court unanimously declines to stop Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner’s probe into funding behind anti-slot machine campaign
Monday, May 3, 2010
- Open up: Police should not raise barriers to public scrutiny
Monday, May 3, 2010
- DISCLOSE Shines a Bright Light on Corporate Expenditures but Leaves Political Activities in the Shadows
Sunday, May 2, 2010
- The Black Box of Corporate Money
Sunday, May 2, 2010
- Zandex to employees: Vote no on County Home levy
Sunday, May 2, 2010
- Bill Would Require Disclosure Of Corporate Election Spending
Saturday, May 1, 2010
- Bills Seek Sunlight on Corporate Political Spending
Saturday, May 1, 2010
- Ohio Supreme Court rules against Stainbrook appointment to Lucas County Elections Board
Saturday, May 1, 2010
- Ohio court upholds elections chief’s slots probe
Saturday, May 1, 2010
- Ohio Supreme Court rules in favor of Brunner on racetrack slot issue
Saturday, May 1, 2010
- GOP reps support House Dem redistricting bill to break impasse, broker deal with Senate measure
- April
- BOE Urges Voters To Return Absentee Ballots
Friday, April 30, 2010
- Bucyrus City Council moves to oust mayor
Friday, April 30, 2010
- Barish: The Constitution and Corporations Don’t Mix
Friday, April 30, 2010
- Chamber of Commerce Attacks Proposed Disclosure Of Corporate and Labor Union Campaign Expenditures Unleashed by Controversial Citizens United Decision
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Dem bill would blunt campaign finance ruling
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Supreme Court Justices Trade Barbs, Wit During Transparency and Disclosure Debate
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- DISCLOSE Act Is Key First Step in Fixing “Citizens United”: Bill Would Help Prevent Corporate Cash from Overwhelming Democracy
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Van Hollen unveils companion bill to Schumer’s DISCLOSE Act
Thursday, Aprl 29, 2010
- Senate Democrats unveil DISCLOSE Act
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Online Users Look For Government Information
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Doe v Reed: A Sigh of Relief on Campaign Finance Disclosure
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- County has poor showing in census: Mail response rate lags 2000, is one of worst in Ohio
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Lawyer Joseph O’Malley pleads guilty as part of county corruption probe
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Capitol Square board to make rules in private
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- John Paul Stevens: An Independent Life
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Warren County issues campaign finance reports
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Thousands of OSU students fail to fill out census
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- Cuyahoga County executive candidate’s ideas on campaign reform likely would not hold up in court, official saysCatherine Turcer
Wednesdy, April 28, 2010
- American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio sues Cuyahoga County over transition records
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- Without Scalia, whither anonymity? John Doe No. 1 v. Reed, Argument recap
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- High Court to Hear ‘Blockbuster’ Speech Case
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- FEC Leaves Redistricting Question Open
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- Supreme Court Debates Case With Major Transparency, Free Speech Implications
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- Anonymity for political activists? John Doe No. 1, et al., v. Reed, et al., Argument preview
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- Schumer, Van Hollen Walking A Tightrope:
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- Blog: Commissioner refuses to release evaluation
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- Citizens United: An Update of News, Analysis
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- US House Adds Live Web Video
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- Citizens United Bill Next Week? Corporate Forces Attack
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- “Voter Fraud Agenda,” Indeed
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- Capitol Square board to make rules in private
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- Cleveland City Council President Martin J. Sweeney needs to stop delaying and produce the receipts: editorial
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- Financial records show 2010 could be one of the most expensive campaign years ever in Ohio
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- FEC Leaves Redistricting Question Open
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- Landmark Term for Free-Speech Decisions?
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- Are corporations people, too?
Monday, April 26, 2010
- A cloud over the Capitol? Ohio lawmakers agree that Congress deserves the scorn coming from voters
Monday, April 26, 2010
- Afraid of the Sunshine
Monday, April 26, 2010
- Critics complain Brunner skirting reporting rules
Monday, April 26, 2010
- Ohio AG, flush with cash, donates to fellow Dems
Monday, April 26, 2010
- A Few More Choices: Seven ballots possible in May 4 primary
Monday, April 26, 2010
- Campaign Contributions Show Big Money In Ohio Politics
Saturday, April 24, 2010
- Census nears 2000 mail-in response rate
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Campaign finance bill has GOP wary
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Democrats plan to introduce bill to blunt ruling on political spending
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Several Tributes Sought to Honor Moyer
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Democrats Craft Citizens United Response — Talking Points Frame Bill As Non-Partisan
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Campaign Donations: Access or Ideology?
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Third Frontier backers raised $1.73M
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Millions put into race for governor: Strickland, Kasich building bankrolls
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Mt. Healthy board member fighting to televise meetings
Fridy, April 23, 2010
- On the Ohio Campaign Trail: Jennifer Brunner’s Drive for U.S. Senate
Friday, April 23, 2010
- U.S. Citizens Association Files Suit Against White House OMB and FEMA Over Freedom of Information Act Requests
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Campaign Spending: Why Companies Are Holding Fire The high court ruling on corporate campaign spending hasn’t been a game-changer. Yet
Thursday, April 22, 2010
- Jennifer Brunner, the top Ohio elections official, isn’t following federal election disclosure rules
Thursday, April 22, 2010
- New Polling Information on the Citizens United Decision
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
- The Other RNC Case: the Coordination Challenge in the Fifth Circuit
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
- Tell us about the money
Wednesdy, April 22, 2010
- PA Governor Renews Push for Merit Selection
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
- Participation High in NC Public-Finance Program
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
- Special Interests Continue Federal Lobbying Blitz, New Reports Indicate
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
- Mother Jones Magazine Report Cites JAS
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
- Editorial: The Court, Money and Politics
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
- Election-Privacy Case Looms Before Supreme Court
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
- Primary raises questions on party affiliation
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
- Court magistrate sides with former Falls School Board member in open meetings law case
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
- It’s to the public’s advantage to keep some med mart aspects secret during bidding: editorial
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
- GOP candidates for secretary of state differ on redistricting reform
Monday, April, 19, 2010
- Editorial: Big Money’s Alarming Political Edge
Monday, April 19, 2010
- Voters are Left in the Dark about Who Funds Senators’ Campaigns
Monday, April 19, 2010
- The Occlusion of Equality in Campaign Finance Law
Monday, April 19, 2010
- Who’s paying for your congressional campaigns?
Monday, April 19, 2010
- Corporations Aren’t Persons
Sunday, April 18, 2010
- 10 percent of Cuyahoga County’s voting machines fail pre-election tests
Friday, April 16, 2010
- Democrats have most to lose in redrawing of House districts by governors
Friday, April 16, 2010
- Editorial: A Fairer Way to Count
Friday, April 16, 2010
- Money Talks But it Isn’t Speech
Friday, April 16, 2010
- Follow the Money: The sad, sordid way we pay for campaigns.
Friday, April 16, 2010
- Some Sunshine But Mostly Cloudy: County transition, charter, still difficult to scrutinize
Friday, April 16, 2010
- Seven states lead in budget transparency
Friday, April 16, 2010
- Democrats have most to lose in redrawing of House districts by governors
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
- Ohio Revamps Campaign Finance Web Site
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
- Corporate Disclosure Battle to Begin in Congress
Monday, April 12, 2010
- Court ruling to be tested at next vote: Two state lawmakers working on legislation
Monday, April 12, 2010
- Brunner calls for open primary system: All-in-one ballot may appease crossover voters
Monday, April 12, 2010
- Honoring Justice Moyer
Monday, April 12, 2010
- Teachers’ home addresses, phone numbers not a public record, judge rules
Monday, April 12, 2010
- JAS: Justice Stevens ‘One of Best Friends America’s Courts Ever Had’
Sunday, April 11, 2010
- Announcing Citizens’ Campaign Finance Policy Tool: Interactive Tool Lets Citizens See the Impact of Their Donations As They Select From a Menu of Policy Options in the States
Friday, April 9, 2010
- OpenSecrets.org Launches New Section Investigating Independent Expenditures
Friday, April 9, 2010
- Cuyahoga County judicial rankings go online, spark controversy
Friday, April 9, 2010
- Media Advisory — Seven-day Countdown Begins: Mail Back Census Forms by April 16
Friday, April 9, 2010
- Cuyahoga County will bar public review of proposals for medical mart builder
Friday, April 9, 2010
- O’Connor stumps for judicial independence, improved civics education during Pedrick lecture
Friday, April 9, 2010
- Agency Plans and Data
Thursday, April 8, 2010
- O’Connor a ‘Crystallizing’ Critic of Citizens United?
Thursday, April 8, 2010
- Records Shattered for State-Level Political Money
Thursday, April 8, 2010
- Where’s your census form? Local residents among those nationwide complaining they never received their forms
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
- Thomas J. Moyer: Ohio’s chief justice set a high standard as a person and as a judge
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
- Census means votes later — and cash now: How Democrats and Republicans are talking about redistricting in 2011 to raise a ton of money in 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
- O’Connor’s Voice of Conscience
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
- Changing political parties? Sign here
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
- Ohio Secretary of State Brunner creates easier-to-navigate campaign-finance Web site
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
- Hushed MoneyCould Karl Rove’s new 527 avoid campaign-finance disclosure requirements?
Wednesday, Aprl 7, 2010
- Shareholder groups seek to limit corporate contributions: Shareholder groups aim to keep a lid on companies’ political spending in the wake of Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission, a case in which the Supreme Court eased restrictions on corporate campaign spending
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
- Petition signatures should be out in the open, Cordray says
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
- Judging for Dollars: If you’re worried about what ‘Citizens United’ will do to congressional races, just wait until you see what it does to the justice system.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
- Coal, corruption and campaign finance reform
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
- Making Voting Systems Open Source Could Forever Change Election Technology
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
- Washington Lobbying Giants Cash in on Health Reform Debate: Patton Boggs Leads Center’s Ranking of Top Dozen Firms
Monday, April 5, 2010
- Do campaign dollars sway judges?
Monday, April 5, 2010
- Touch-screen voting machines sit, long after vote probe
Monday, April 5, 2010
- Possible redistricting lights up state races’ fundraising
Monday, April 5, 2010
- Akron’s legal struggle over campaign finance reform offers lessons for Cuyahoga County
Monday, April 5, 2010
- Who will be the next chief justice?
Sunday, April 4, 2010
- Big Money Flows to State Races:Both Parties Seek to Gain the Upper Hand Before Congressional Districts Are Redrawn
Sunday, April 4, 2010
- Judging for Dollars: If you’re worried about what ‘Citizens United’ will do to congressional races, just wait until you see what it does to the justice system
Sunday, April 4, 2010
- Taken to the limit, one more time: The city’s campaign finance law still needs repair
Sunday, April , 2010
- Legal Center and League of Women Voters Release Redistricting Report
Saturday, April 3, 2010
- Justice Brought to You By Your Corporate Sponsors
Saturday, April 3, 2010
- Merit Updates From Pennsylvania
Satuday, April 3, 2010
- Revolving Door Staffer Rebuked, Permanently Banned From Talking to Committee Staff
Saturday, April 3, 2010
- Court seeks comment on new rule for recusal
Saturday, April 3, 2010
- Ohio Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer dies
Friday, April 2, 2010
- Paperwork could complicate vote: Form required if changing parties or ballot may not count
Friday, April 2, 2010
- State Election Official Teaches Students About Vote@17
Friday, April 2, 2010
- States Move Away from Elections in Choosing Judges
Friday, April 2, 2010
- Reforming Government in the Midwest: As the expense of running for public office in America continues to spiral, it threatens to cost our electoral system something priceless: its credibility.
Friday, April 2, 2010
- Cuyahoga County: Early ‘by-mail’ voters keep Election Board busy
Friday, April 2, 2010
- Citizens United challenges the strident side of Supreme Court ruling
Thursday, April 1, 2010
- Sandra Day O’Connor speaks about judicial independence at Pomona Colleg
Thursday, April 1, 2010
- Ohio Supreme Court orders Constitution Party’s AG candidate be put on ballot
Thursday, April 1, 2010
- Lawyers dispute election ruling: Sides disagree whether Akron mayor violated limit on campaign funds
Thursday, April 1, 2010
- BOE Urges Voters To Return Absentee Ballots
- March
- Fundraising for states’ high-court races
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
- States act to revise judicial selection
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
- Citizens United: What Would Justice Brennan Do? (WWJBD)
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
- 2 on Ohio top court to sit out decision on Noe
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
- Voters who switch parties for May primary must attest to new allegiance in writing
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
- Election challenges: Counties: Rule complicates May primary
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
- What’s on the voter-challenge form
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
- Online guide helps Cuyahoga County voters find out about candidates and issues
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
- Op Ed: Don’t Let Lawmakers Draw Their Districts
Monday, March 29, 2010
- Representatives Tanner and Castle Push Transparency for Redistricting
Monday, March 29, 2010
- The Boston Globe Campaign finance: Disclose corporate, union ads
Monday, March 29, 2010
- Campaign Contribution Limits Shot Down
Sunday, March 28, 2010
- DIRECTIVE FROM BRUNNER: Crossover voters to be challenged
Sunday, March 28, 2010
- High court throws Brunner another roadblock: Ruling stymies probe into funding of slots ballot issue
Sunday, March 28, 2010
- Courts Rule on Funding of Campaigns
Sunday, March 28, 2010
- League of Women Voters backs reform for redistricting
Sunday, March 28, 2010
- Redistricting in the “Musical Chairs” States
Saturday, March 27, 2010
- Transparency Caucus Supports Open Government: The bi-partisan caucus, formed in the House, will promote Americans’ access to government information
Saturday, March 27, 2010
- Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer on Decision by a Three-Judge District Court Panel Today Rejecting RNC Challenge to Constitutionality of Soft Money Ban
Saturday, March 27, 2010
- Parties Scrap for Governors’ Seats to Gain Handle on Redistricting
Saturday, March 27, 2010
- Rulings split on campaign fundraising
Saturday, March 27, 2010
- Court orders Libertarian back on the ballot
Friday, March 26, 2010
- Brennan Center for Justice: Redistricting 101
Friday, March 26, 2010
- JAS Hails ‘National Momentum’ for Court-Election Reforms
Friday, March 26, 2010
- High court throws Brunner another roadblock: Ruling stymies probe into funding of slots ballot issue
Friday, March 26, 2010
- Sunshine Week Report Card on Government Transparency
Friday, March 26, 2010
- Citizens United Against the Supreme Court
Thursday, March 25, 2010
- States try to adapt to Supreme Court’s campaign finance ruling
Thursday, March 25, 2010
- Census gives daily tally of participation
Thursday, March 25, 2010
- That’s My Money You’re Using: Corporations can now fund politicians. What should investors do?
Thursday, March 25, 2010
- Judicial Elections Have Consequences, Especially If You’re Injured
Thursday, March 25, 2010
- Dreaming of More Accessible Data
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
- Where you live on April 1 is what’s important to Census Bureau
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
- Disclosure Rules Advance in Wisconsin
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
- Petition-handling dispute prompts procedure review
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
- The First Citizens United Ad
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
- Democrats counter Republicans’ pre-redistricting push
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
- Court ruling to be tested at next vote: Two state lawmakers working on legislation
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
- Celebrate Sunshine Week, because dragging government into the light is demanding work
Monday, March 22, 2010
- How to develop a better judge
Monday, March 22, 2010
- West Virginia Moves on Corporate Campaign Finance Disclosure
Sunday, March 21, 2010
- Editorial: From Scandal to Example in West Virginia
Sunday, March 21, 2010
- It’s the public’s right to know: Access to police, court records plays important role in society
Sunday, March 21, 2010
- The time has come for online disclosure
Saturday, March 20, 2010
- The battle for the big state governorships
Saturday, March 20, 2010
- Third parties to appear on primary ballots
Saturday, March 20, 2010
- Sunshine regulations brighten democracy
Saturday, March 20, 2010
- ABC News Exclusive: Study Shows Money Flooding into Campaigns for State Judgeships: Justices Ginsburg, O’Connor Say Fundraising Could Corrupt System, Reform is Needed
Friday, March 19, 2010
- Sunshine Week spotlights the need for open government
Friday, March 19, 2010
- Cuyahoga County prosecutor wants campaign finance recommendations to play a role in this year’s elections
Friday, March 19, 2010
- Video: Press Conference Announcing the Public Online Information Act
Thursday, March 18, 2010
- LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS MARKS SUNSHINE WEEK 2010 Issues Call to Action: Citizens Have a Role in Open Government
Thursday, March 18, 2010
- Healthy government thrives only in abundant sunshine
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
- Maryland PR Firm Runs For Congress
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
- Updated Open Government Guide Now Available
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
- Access to public records is free in Ohio
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
- Husted wants corporate funds disclosed
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
- EDITORIAL: Fighting for transparency, access
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
- WH Pushes Agency Transparency
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
- JAS Cheers Passage of WV Finance Bill
Tuesday, Mrch 16, 2010
- Documents shed light on Cole hiring
Monday, March 15, 2010
- About Sunshine Week
Monday, March 15, 2010
- ‘Sunshine Laws’: How to use public records, meetings laws
Monday, March 15, 2010
- Sun not shining everywhere in county
Monday, March 15, 2010
- Higher Corporate Spending on Election Ads Could Be All but Invisible
Sunday, March 14, 2010
- W.Va. SC won’t rehear controversial $50M case
Sunday, March 14, 2010
- Local officials don’t fight records requests
Sunday, March 14, 2010
- Opinion: Public’s right to know at heart of Sunshine Week
Sunday, March 14, 2010
- Take away the pen: Fair Map amendment takes redistricting process away from legislators
Sunday, March 14, 2010
- Editorial: Antitrust and Your Vote
Satuday, March 13, 2010
- JAS Hails WV Public-Finance Vote
Saturday, March 13, 2010
- Feds seek further sale of voting-machine systems
Saturday, March 13, 2010
- Justice Ginsburg Backs End to Judicial Elections
Friday, March 12, 2010
- Ohio college students get online help for voting
Friday, March 12, 2010
- Promises, Promises, Promises: Stern words for John Roberts’s Supreme Court
Friday, March 12, 2010
- New Web Resource to Help College Students Become Active Civic Participants By Voting
Thursday, March 11, 2010
- Bayh Endorses Public Financing For Campaigns As Retirement Nears
Thursday, March 11, 2010
- Ohio lawmaker questions productivity of little-known agency rocked by firings
Thursday, March 11, 2010
- Sen. Brown Encourages Ohioans to be Counted at Cleveland Rally on 2010 Census: Brown Releases Analysis Showing How Much Federal Funding Ohio Could Lose Under Different Census Count Scenarios
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
- What to expect from the Census
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
- Nonprofits Are Making a Major Impact on Redistricting Reform
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
- High court puts Brunner’s subpoenas on hold
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
- Apples and Oranges: Campaign Finance Transparency Laws Should Remain Untouched By The Supreme Court
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
- WV Poll: Majority Backs Public Financing
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
- Editorial Defends Merit System in Missouri
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
- Mike DeWine foe baffled by ballot ruling
Monday, March 8, 2010
- Sunshine Law decision expected soon
Monday, March 8, 2010
- A bipartisan push to clean up the Supreme Court’s mess
Monday, March 8, 2010
- Reforms needed on Ohio Supreme Court
Monday, March 8, 2010
- Ohio Editorial, on Renewing Confidence in the Courts
Monday, March 8, 2010
- Merit of the argument: Chief Justice Thomas Moyer encounters near and familiar opposition
Monday, March 8, 2010
- Some lawyers suspect favoritism in Juvenile Court appointments
Sundy, March 7, 2010
- Cuyahoga County transition leaders report to citizens
Sunday, March 7th, 2010
- Mitch Pearlstein and Dane Smith: Instead of judicial races, retention elections: Money and politics taint judicial credibility — but there’s a way to improve judicial elections
Sunday, March 7th, 2010
- States rush to catch up with campaign finance ruling
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
- Ohio Releases Candidate List for May 2010 Primary
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
- A ‘Retention Gap’ is Discovered in Kansas
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
- Report leaves questions unanswered
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
- Patriot Act doesn’t override confidentiality in Census, Justice Department says
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
- Karl Rove Lays Out Plan To Gerrymander America To Oblivion
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
- Ex-Justice O’Connor favors end to electing judges
Friday, March 5th, 2010
- WV House Approves Public Financing Pilot
Friday, March 5, 2010
- Dix & Eaton bills Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority nearly $50,000 for crisis counseling
Friday, March 5th, 2010
- Dann, wife may be next up in probe: 2 advisers admit guilt, promise truthful testimony
Friday, March 5th, 2010
- Californians Compete for a Shot at Redistricting
Friday, March 5th, 2010
- Census, redistricting to be topics at forum
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
- Justices Criticize OH Reform Plan
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
- Moyer: End election of Ohio justices: But Supreme Court colleagues think system is just fine
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
- Census forms start hitting homes: Some addresses may get two, but only one is need
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
- 2009 Brings Big Money in Key Congressional Races
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
- Ohio Supreme Court slows investigation of conservative group seeking to block slot machines
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
- GOP lawyer named to Lucas County Board of Elections
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
- Law Professor Mark Brown Article Explains U.S. Constitutional Requirements that Only State Legislatures Can Write Ballot Access Laws
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
- EDITORIAL: The Voters Will Pay
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
- Sen. Husted, Rep. Letson: Compromise possible on redistricting
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
- Corporations are People Too
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
- Anti-slots group sues secretary of state; tries to stop probe into its mysterious funding
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
- Businesses Can Now Legally Pressure Workers on Political Issues?
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
- LetOhioVote challenges Brunner’s subpoenas: Secretary of state overstepping power, group says in Supreme Court filing
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
- ‘10-minute’ census forms start to show up at homes: Workers already visiting those without mail delivery
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
- Decision Could Allow Anonymous Political Contributions by Businesses
Monday, March 1st, 2010
- ABA President’s Message: Let’s Leave Politics Out of It: Merit-based judicial selection, confirmation processes help to ensure impartiality
Monday, March 1st, 2010
- Fundraising for states’ high-court races
- February
- Strickland, Kasich travel to other states for additional campaign cash
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
- Groups Want Corp. Disclosure
Friday, February 26th, 2010
- Constitutional Amendment Proposed in Senate
Friday, February 26th, 2010
- Dodd introduces constitutional amendment to reverse SCOTUS on campaign spending
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
- Brunner offers donation rules: Official moves to reshape Ohio’s limits
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
- States weigh campaign-finance changes
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
- The Implications of Citizens United
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
- Absentee-ballot applications to go out to all Franklin County voters
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
- Citizens United v. FEC: What Happens Next?
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
- Ignoring speech rights of shareholders and voters: The Court failed to acknowledge that real control of corporations resides with management; SEC could mandate shareholder approval of corporate expenditures
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
- On the Widespread Impact of ‘Citizens United’
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
- Feds target J.J. Cafaro: ‘I made a mistake,’ he says of false campaign finance report.
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
- Moyers on Citizens United: A ‘Corrosive Flood’
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
- EDITORIAL: Use Common Sense on Rules
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
- Justice For Sale?
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
- State Sen. Capri Cafaro’s dad admits making illegal contribution to her unsuccessful bid for Congress
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
- Ohio politicians’ pockets are bulging as they up the ante on access, for those who can pay
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
- In The Public Interest: Fast track the Citizens United Bill
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
- States, Congress wrestle with judicial bias rules
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
- Countering the court: Legislation in response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on corporate spending in campaigns should be more narrowly focused
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
- EDITORIAL: Follow the money
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
- BLOG: Bill Moyers and Michael Winship: What Are We Bid for American Justice?
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
- Most View Census Positively, But Some Have Doubts: Age, Education, Ethnic and Partisan Gaps
Friday, February 19th, 2010
- League Urges Senate to Pass Critically Important Campaign Finance Issue
Friday, February 19th, 2010
- Editorial: Why hide? Backers of ballot issue should come clean about finances
Friday, February 19th, 2010
- Reform in an Age of Networked Campaigns: How to Foster Citizen Participation Through Small Donors and Volunteers
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
- Brunner probing anti-slots group: Subpoenas seek to identify backers of referendum
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
- Post-Citizens United, Lobbying Firm Helps Explain How To Avoid Disclosure Rules
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
- ‘Citizens United’ Spurs Legal Action, Protest
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
- Court throws out Ohio’s ‘revolving door’ lobbying law: State can’t make ex-lawmakers wait to advocate, federal judge rules
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
- Ohio official seeks info on slots group’s funding
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
- Brunner wants to know who’s paying for statewide slots push
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
- Editorial: Ohio needs new disclosure law on election money
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
- Ballot board acts on state Issues 1, 2
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
- Lobbyists Earn $1.3 Million Per Hour As Lawmakers Log Long Days
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
- In the interest of justice, judges should disclose
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
- Editorials: After ‘Citizens United,’ New Disclosure Needed
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
- Poll: Large majority opposes Supreme Court’s decision on campaign financing
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
- Letter to Editor: Redistricting reform could allow Ohioans’ votes to count once more
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
- Secrets of Cuyahoga County’s ‘public engagement’ committee revealed
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
- We Must Amend the Constitution as a Result of Citizens United Decision
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
- EDITORIAL: Two Democrats’ remedy for the high court’s campaign finance ruling
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
- REGISTER VIEWPOINT: State top court’s all lawyered up
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
- Former University Heights official must reimburse city for misused funds
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
- Ohio Constitution too easy to alter, some lawmakers say
Monday, February 15th, 2010
- Success of President Obama’s crackdown on lobbying questioned
Monday, February 15th, 2010
- U.S. Census and Incarceration
Monday, February 15th, 2010
- Racial Roots Underlie Debate on Felons’ Voting Rights
Monday, February 15th, 2010
- Democrats propose to blunt Supreme Court campaign ruling
Friday, February 12th, 2010
- Cuyahoga County transition leaders commit to open meetings in wake of transparency concerns; ACLU promises ‘vigilance’
Friday, February 12th, 2010
- Federal Lobbying Climbs in 2009 as Lawmakers Execute Aggressive Congressional Agenda: EFFORTS BY HEATH, BUSINESS INDUSTRIES HELP PUSH INFLUENCE PEDDLING TO NEW HEIGHTS
Friday, February 12th, 2010
- BLOG: “You Say You Want A Revolution”: How To Reform Our Political System
Friday, February 12th, 2010
- Cuyahoga County officials approve $111,000 contract for company that employs ex-county employee
Friday, February 12th, 2010
- O’Shaughnessy plays catch-up in race for secretary of state
Friday, February 12th, 2010
- Ensuring that Provisional Ballots are Counted
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
- BLOG: Citizens United and the States
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
- Jennifer Brunner’s small-donor strategy, media tactics emerging
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
- BLOG: O’CONNOR SEES INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY IN JEOPARDY
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
- Democrats suggest ways to curb companies’ campaign spending
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
- Cuyahoga County transition leaders James McCafferty and Martin Zanotti hear transparency gripes on radio show
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
- Redistricting reform is under way in Ohio
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
- Thoughts on Psychology and Recusal Rules
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
- Supreme Court ruling fuels voter ire
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
- Voters Win with Same Day Registration: States with SDR have historically boasted turnout rates 10 to 12 percentage points higher than states that do not offer Same Day Registration
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
- Public Assistance Databases and Automatic Voter Registration
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
- Blog: Voter Suppression in 2010: It Begins Again
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
- Citizens United Ruling Could Tilt Playing Field Against Labor, Toward Corporations
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
- Legal Center Urges White House to Nominate FEC Commissioners Willing to Enforce the Law
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
- Critics Seek Change in AZ Merit Selection Process
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
- Citizens United Part 2 – Lobbyist Disclosure
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
- Citizens United v. F.E.C. (Part 2): The History of the Constitutionality of Campaign Finance Laws
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
- Campaign case may have set course for court: Ruling’s impact might be seen in 2nd half of term
Monday, February 8th, 2010
- Editorial: Internet Voting, Still in Beta
Monday, February 8th, 2010
- Editorial: Keep the momentum: Legislative cooperation could move two more important state measures
Monday, February 8th, 2010
- Checks of voter records coming: Brunner wants notices sent if registration info conflicts with file data
Monday, February 8th, 2010
- Editorial: There’s a better way to draw new legislative districts
Monday, February 8th, 2010
- The more disclosure, the better
Sunday, February 7th, 2010
- Donna Edwards’ No Corporate Monopoly of Elections Amendment
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
- Editorial: What Price Politics?
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
- Exclusive: How corporations secretly move millions to fund political ads
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
- Bopp Discusses Citizens United Fallout
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
- Why Citizens United Is a Fraud: A Guide for Non-Lawyers
Friday, February 5th, 2010
- Blog: Two district-drawing plans have merit
Friday, February 5th, 2010
- Citizens United Impact on Courts is Feared
Friday, February 5th, 2010
- Ohioan takes on corporate politicking: Brown’s bill calls for rules guiding campaign ads
Friday, February 5th, 2010
- Click here to find out more! Your request is being processed… Sam Stein Sam Stein stein@huffingtonpost.com | HuffPost Reporting Become a Fan Get Email Alerts from this Reporter RSS Sherrod Brown: Citizens United Decision Will Make Congress Even More Timid
Friday, February 5th, 2010
- League of Women Voters US President Says Congress Must Act Quickly in Aftermath of Citizens United Decision
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
- Letson proposes public contest to redraw districts
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
- Supreme Court’s campaign finance ruling: just the facts
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
- The Corporations Already Outspend The Parties
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
- Citizens Against Citizens United
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
- Parties Fight Over District Redrawing
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
- Citizens United discussion at Bill Moyers Journal
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
- Opinion: State Judicial Reforms ‘More Essential’ Now
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
- Ohio House Democrats have plan to redistrict: Idea would let public have a say in layout of legislative maps
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
- Who is New Models?
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
- Ohio House Democrats propose redistricting plan
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
- Who funded slots foes?
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
- Ohio House redistricting plan offers criteria, public input to redraw fairer legislative districts
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
- Democracy can fix bad court decision
Monday, February 1st, 2010
- Corporations are not people and money is not speech: While speech can be interpreted loosely as any form of expression, such an open, ambiguous definition would create a myriad of problems with all kinds of laws
Monday, February 1st, 2010
- Kasich, Strickland tally up donations: Campaign reports show governor’s challenger narrowing money gap
Monday, February 1st, 2010
- Ohio gubernatorial candidates raise big bucks for 2010 election
Monday, February 1st, 2010
- Battle for House gears up: Parties raise record campaign gifts in ‘09; GOP needs 4 more seats to regain control
Monday, February 1st, 2010
- Strickland, Kasich travel to other states for additional campaign cash
- January
- For free speech, money talks
Friday, January 29th, 2010
- GOP hopes Rust Belt wins help redistricting
Friday, January 29th, 2010
- Wild West On K Street? The Supreme Court has unleashed corporations and unions to spend freely on political advertising
Friday, January 29th, 2010
- Public Assistance Databases and Automatic Voter Registration
Friday, January 29th, 2010
- A New Regime Required For Disclosure
Friday, January 29th, 2010
- Members Give Cool Reception to Obama’s New Lobbying Proposals
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
- National Policy to Ban Corporate Wealth from Being Used in Federal Campaigns was Established in 1907
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
- O’Connor on Courtrooms: ‘Where Fairness Trumps Strength’
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
- Opinion: A Partisan Supreme Court
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
- Prosecutor Bill Mason hasn’t prosecuted ex-lawyer who misappropriated $300,000
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
- OPINION – After Citizens United, leveling the playing field: Time for public financing and expanded shareholder rights
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
- Legislation Intended to Respond to Citizens United
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
- Redistricting plan is stalled
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
- Husted seeks disclosure of corporate donors
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
- Citizens United Real Impact
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
- Husted urges campaign finance “transparency” in wake of U.S. Supreme Court ruling
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
- States Weigh Judicial Recusals: Some Judges, Businesses Oppose Restrictions on Cases Involving Campaign Contributors
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
- Supreme Court Left Donor Disclosure Rules Intact
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
- State campaign finance laws in crosshairs
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
- This year’s vote to decide who will redistrict Ohio
Monday, January 25th, 2010
- Op Ed: Corporate advantage: The Supreme Court tips the scales on elections
Monday, January 25th, 2010
- Opinion: Citizens United: A Long-Term Perspective
Sunday, January 24th, 2010
- Opinion of the Day: Walter Shapiro on the SCOTUS Ruling
Sunday, January 24th, 2010
- Campaign finance ruling reflects Supreme Court’s growing audacity
Sunday, January 24th, 2010
- 24 States’ Laws Open to Attack After Campaign Finance Ruling
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
- Ruling could render Ohio’s campaign-spending law toothless
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
- Citizens United Called Grave Threat for America’s Courts:
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
- High court shows it might be willing to act boldly
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- CITIZENS UNITED DECISION SETS OFF REVOLUTION IN CAMPAIGN FINANCE: Supreme Court Erred, Decision Undermines Basic Pillar of American Democracy
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- Supreme Court’s campaign finance ruling could bring flood of ads: Critics say corporations will now determine who wins elections, but some consultants don’t expect a dramatic change
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- Supreme Court Deals Blow to Campaign Finance but Calls for Greater Transparency
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- Supreme Court Ruling Could Reshape U.S. Politics
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- A Center for Responsive Politics Statement on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- Bigger Than Bush v. Gore
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- Destructive Decision Turns Back Clock to 19th Century; Chief Justice Roberts Abandons His Public Commitment to “Judicial Modesty” and “Respect for Precedent”
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- The Pinocchio Project: Watching as the Supreme Court turns a corporation into a real live boy
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- ‘Citizens United:’ Commentators’ Views
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- An Electoral Catastrophe
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- Bad News for Judicial Elections
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- Justices, 5-4, Reject Corporate Spending Limit
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- Citizens United v. FEC opinion
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
- Campaign disclosure rules upheld
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
- High Court Rolls Back Campaign Spending Limits
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
- Supreme Court overturns corporate campaign spending ban
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
- Court eases business, union election spending rule
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
- A Century Of U.S. Campaign Finance Law
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
- Special sitting tomorrow, opinion(s) due: Chance for Citizens United ruling
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
- A “Regulatory” Agency Expeditious Only in Deregulation
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
- Waiting for Democrats: The state could use an improved way for drawing legislative districts. Will the Ohio House deliver on the necessary constitutional amendment?
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
- Cuyahoga County commissioners will rehire two accountants, breaking buyout rules
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
- Editorial: Democrats must act now on redistricting
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
- Editorial: Mason should know better than most how disgusted the electorate is with politics as usual
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
- Editorial: Keep them accountable: Effort to make lobbyists toe the line on disclosure serves the public interest
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
- Justice by call: Debate wrestles with selecting judges by election or appointment
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
- Editorial: Act on remap
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
- Op Ed: Time is now for redistricting reform
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
- Reform in an Age of Networked Campaigns: How to Foster Citizen Participation Through Small Donors and Volunteers
Monday, January 18th, 2010
- New Report: “Reform In The Age of Networked Campaigns”
Monday, January 18th, 2010
- Opinion: Ohio lobbyists? Follow the dollar
Monday, January 18th, 2010
- Some felons may circulate petitions
Sunday, January 17th, 2010
- Op Ed: Just Say Yes: State lawmakers should listen to local elections officials
Sunday, January 17th, 2010
- Senate Joint Resolution 5: Senator Husted’s redistricting reform bill
Friday, January 15th, 2010
- Media denied access to public records
Friday, January 15th, 2010
- Campaign Finance: Back to the Era of the Robber Barons?
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
- Legislators shouldn’t let chance slip away: Ohio has opportunity to create fairer districts
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
- Ohio House hears GOP redistricting bill
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
- Campaign finance activists on pins and needles awaiting Supreme Court ruling
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
- Fisher Raises $780,000 More For Ohio Senate Bid
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
- The Zanotti Way: Capitalists’ tool or good-government visionary? Either way, Marty Zanotti may be the most powerful unelected politician in Cuyahoga County
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
- Debate over redistricting: Hearing today on plan to change how Ohio draws new boundaries
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
- Feingold Fears “Lawless” Court Ruling on Corporate Campaigning
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
- Athens County Democratic chairwoman resigns
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
- Former Sheriff Gerald McFaul’s campaign finance records back online, too
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
- After legal objection, campaign finance reports for Bill Mason and Gerald McFaul removed from public database
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
- Athens County Democratic chairwoman guilty of misdemeanor
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
- Editorial: Redistricting: Map competition would make districts better reflect communities
Monday, January 11th, 2010
- Opinion: Giving corporations an outsized voice in election
Monday, January 11th, 2010
- Justices may rule soon on campaign-finance case
Monday, January 11th, 2010
- Courts Roll Back Limits on Election Spending
Monday, January 11th, 2010
- Third Frontier, a casino location and redistricting may be heading to ballot: The Legislature’s deadline for May election is Feb. 3
Monday, January 11th, 2010
- Secretary of state’s query: Can felons legally do petition work?
Monday, January 11th, 2010
- Capital City: A year after the biggest bailout in US history, Wall Street lobbyists don’t just have influence in Washington. They own it lock, stock, and barrel.
Friday, January 8th, 2010
- For free speech, money talks
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November
- Lawrence N. Hansen: Midwest Democracy Network champion led ‘life of purpose’
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
- ELECTION 2010: SECRET MONEY, INCIVILITY LEAVE LASTING IMPACT
Friday, November 12, 2010
- ELECTION 2010: SECRET MONEY, INCIVILITY LEAVE LASTING IMPACT
Friday, November 12, 2010
- Time to End Judicial Elections?
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
- 2010 Judicial Elections Increase Pressure on Courts, Reform Groups Say
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
- Lawrence N. Hansen: Midwest Democracy Network champion led ‘life of purpose’
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October
- Ohio Citizen Action study: Contributions or future conflicts of interest?
Thursday, October 14, 2010
- Ohio Citizen Action study: Contributions or future conflicts of interest?
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September
- 2010 Swing State Report
Friday, September 24, 2010
- Judicial-Reform Ideas Should Be Considered After Election Season
Friday, September 17, 2010
- 2010 Swing State Report
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August
- Brennan Center and Justice At Stake Issue Report on Judicial Elections
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
- Brennan Center and Justice At Stake Issue Report on Judicial Elections
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June
- OPINION: Secret meetings would erode public trust
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
- Editorial: Election Day savings: Plan to reduce polling places responds to early voting trend
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
- BLOG: Supreme Court Affirms Ruling on 'Soft Money' Ban
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
- Hope and Experience: Election Reform through the Lens of the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
- 'Soft Money' Ban Affirmed by Supreme Court
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
- Backers withdraw petitions for Ohio slots vote
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
- Lawmakers urged to get back to work: Pending legislation requires action, activist groups say
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
- Tiberi, Brooks on attack over campaign donors
Monday, June 28, 2010
- Group advises scuttling limits on campaigns: Proposal could cause divisions for council
Monday, June 28, 2010
- Editorial: Who Approved These Ads?
Monday, June 28, 2010
- Political Gerrymandering
Monday, June 28, 2010
- House Approves disclose Act
Saturday, June 26, 2010
- House votes for campaign donation bill
Saturday, June 26, 2010
- Bill places limits on contractor
Saturday, June 26, 2010
- BLOG: If you're saying it
Saturday, June 26, 2010
- Supreme Court r-71
Friday, June 25, 2010
- House Passes Campaign Disclosure Bill
Friday, June 25, 2010
- Chief Justice Candidate
Thursday, June 24, 2010
- Elections board delays consolidation
Thursday, June 24, 2010
- Cutting polling places
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
- The Fear Factor
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
- What does an election cost?
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
- Ignore the noise
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
- Study: Merit Selected Judges
Sunday, June 20, 2010
- Redistricting Reform pushes ahead of census
Saturday, June 19, 2010
- The end of public financing?
Saturday, June 19, 2010
- Conservatives take on NRA over deal
Saturday, June 19, 2010
- Council debates campaign finance language
Saturday, June 19, 2010
- Loopholes Grow in Bill
Saturday, June 19, 2010
- Will Disclose Act be signed this year
Thursday, June 17, 2010
- US house poised to vote on bill
Thursday, June 17, 2010
- Redistricting reforms falls victim again
Thursday, June 17, 2010
- Husted not out of ideas
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
- NRA Exemption
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
- friends of politics as usual
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
- scofflaws hold out on fines.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
- LDF
Monday, June 14, 2010
- Online voting Pilot
Saturday, June 12, 2010
- Gosh Awful Route
Saturday, June 12, 2010
- Opposition may derail campaign disclosure bill
Saturday, June 12, 2010
- FEC Strikes another blow to fair elections
Saturday, June 12, 2010
- Court Puts Hold on Arizona's Campaign Fund
Saturday, June 12, 2010
- Greene County opposes rule on campaign contributions by contractors: The county has sued Ohio Secretary of State Brunner’s office over ‘pay to play’ campaign finance reform rules
Thursday, June 10, 2010
- Top 10 Lobby Firms Take Financial Reform to the Bank: Clark Lytle & Geduldig Leads with 20 Clients
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
- Short of the lines: State lawmakers are close to an improved plan for redistricting. They have until Aug. 4 to finish this essential job
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
- Gerald McFaul has few options for his campaign fund; Prosecutor Bill Mason under review for returning money to donors
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
- Who Bankrolls Congress? The Big Money Behind Top Lawmakers
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
- OP ED: Election defeat: Lawmakers fumble at the chance to improve the way Ohio votes
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
- Redistricting legislation fails to pass
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
- OPINION: We need transparency in campaign spending
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
- Lawmakers whiff on redistricting reform; will they try again?
Sunday, June 6, 2010
- Ohio Legislature About to Recess, Still Doesn’t Pass Ballot Access Bill
Saturday, June 5, 2010
- Judicial election reform proponents vow to continue fight: Legislative effort made unprecedented progress this year
Friday, June 4, 2010
- Recusal Causes Reversal of Climate Change Ruling
Friday, June 4, 2010
- Court Issues Injunction Against FEC in SpeechNow.org Case
Friday, June 4, 2010
- Campaign Finance Bill In Final Negotiations
Friday, June 4, 2010
- Ads’ sponsor won’t reveal funding source
Friday, June 4, 2010
- Redistricting reform stalls in legislature: Tax incentives for clean energy fare better in marathon session
Friday, June 4, 2010
- A Public Access Response to Failure
Friday, June 4, 2010
- Voting equipment maker Diebold settles accounting fraud charges for $25 million
Thursday, June 3, 2010
- Rep. Marcia Fudge drafts bill to restrict ethics office that investigated her top aide
Thursday, June 3, 2010
- Deadline coming for Husted redistricting proposal: Husted trying to get agreement on ballot proposal before summer break.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
- Pildes: Where Should Election Reformers Target Their Efforts?
Thursday, June 3, 2010
- Ohio redistricting plan discussed: Senate considers House plan; voters have ultimate voice on changes
Thursday, June 3, 2010
- Ballot issues can influence races: Depending on the topic, issues can lure certain voters to the polls
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
- Political ads are tough sell for image-conscious corporations
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
- Intoxicated on fundraising
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
- OP ED: At the finish line A burst of bipartisanship, and Ohio would draw improved districts
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
- New law makes school boards hurry: Filing dates for tax issues pushed up by two weeks
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
- Editorial: House right on redistricting — for now
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
- New records show some lobbyists are top fundraisers for political candidates
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
- OPINION: Secret meetings would erode public trust
- May
- GOP reps support House Dem redistricting bill to break impasse, broker deal with Senate measure
Sunday, May 30, 2010
- A GOP reversal on disclosure?
Saturday, May 29, 2010
- A First Amendment Litmus Test?
Saturday, May 29, 2010
- Hopes Buoyed for WI Public-Finance Law?
Saturday, May 29, 2010
- Scholar: Caperton Has Fueled Real Reforms
Saturday, May 29, 2010
- State ag agency clouds “transparency’
Friday, May 28, 2010
- Members Urged to Vote for DISCLOSE Act by Reform Groups
Friday, May 28, 2010
- House OKs redistricting plan with bipartisan support Hopes revived for reform amendment on November ballot
Friday, May 28, 2010
- House approves redistricting reform proposal
Friday, May 28, 2010
- Editorial: Friend of the court? Chief justice’s Facebook page opens new territory in judicial conduct
Friday, May 28, 2010
- Can ‘do the right thing’ prevail on redistricting
Friday, May 28, 2010
- OP ED: Take Justice Off the Ballot
Friday, May 28, 2010
- Editorial: Stevens offers stark example
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
- Ohio Supreme Court chief justice campaigned for self
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
- Redistricting plan gets House panel’s OK
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
- Deal near on election bill, state legislators say
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
- Disclosure Legislation Advances in US House
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
- O’Connor: ‘Take Justice off the Ballot’
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
- Public might get say in redistricting plan
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
- Privacy worries can thwart bids for cancer data
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
- Strickland Administration defies Ohio’s Public Records Law on Baard Energy documents
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
- Challenges to Campaign Finance and Disclosure Laws Multiply After Citizens United Ruling from Roberts Court
Monday, May 24, 2010
- Editorial: Put public in loop: Proposal would shed light on congressional abuses via earmarks
Monday, May 24, 2010
- Editorial: Sunshine Law training valuable for everyone
Sunday, May 23, 2010
- Study shows younger people, minorities more likely to vote in 2008
Saturday, May 22, 2010
- Electronic Filing Provision included in DISCLOSE Act: A Win for Transparency
Saturday, May 22, 2010
- House Committee Approves New Campaign Finance Regulations, Transparency Requirements in DISCLOSE Act
Saturday, May 22, 2010
- Improve Election Rules for Ohio
Saturday, May 22, 2010
- FDA Proposals Would Let in the Sunshine
Friday, May 21, 2010
- President’s Statement on Passage of DISCLOSE Act in House Committee
Friday, May 21, 2010
- Center for Responsive Politics Applauds Transparency Amendment of Rep. Susan Davis
Friday, May 21, 2010
- O’Connor on $9m Judicial Election: ‘You Like That?’
Friday, May 21, 2010
- O’Connor urges Illinois to select judges by merit
Friday, May 21, 2010
- McConnell Should Heed Past Disclosure Rhetoric
Thursday, May 20, 2010
- Elections not for sale: High court decision must be mitigated
Thursday, May 20, 2010
- IG should be able to recuse himself, legislator says
Thursday, May 20, 2010
- Main Agency now asserts notes are public records
Thursday, May 20, 2010
- As the money pours in, will we know where it’s coming from?
Thursday, May 20, 2010
- MN Joins States Passing New Disclosure Laws
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
- Bank lobbyists make very direct quid pro quo argument
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
- Editorial: Golden opportunity: Legislature should pass improvements for elections, redistricting
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
- Election upgrade: State lawmakers have spent much time crafting improvements in the way Ohioans vote. Now they must finally act
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
- Minnesota legislature unanimously approves stronger campaign finance disclosure
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
- Protestors Converge on Massey Annual Meeting
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
- Campaigns of Few House Incumbents Fueled by the ‘Small Donors’
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
- Kilroy’s ‘free’ communications added up to $377,713 in ‘09
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
- Editorial: Making congressional earmark information publicly accessible would be a plus
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
- Need for Disclosure Rules in State Courts Highlighted
Monday, May 17, 2010
- FEC: Members Can Raise Soft Money for Redistricting Activities
Monday, May 17, 2010
- Ohio voting reform stalls: It’s probably too late to make changes for this year’s election
Monday, May 17, 2010
- Legal Center Urges Members to Co-Sponsor Redistricting Transparency Bill
Sunday, May 16, 2010
- Editorial: Can We Get You Anything Else?
Sunday, May 16, 2010
- Another Voice for Voter Registration Modernization: the D.C. Board of Elections
Sunday, May 16, 2010
- Kerr seeks documents on Bosco property purchase
Sunday, May 16, 2010
- Opinion: 2010 Census, State Elections Could Map a New Republican Majority
Sunday, May 16, 2010
- Disclosure in the State Courts
Thursday, May 13, 2010
- Important trend: More voters show liking for convenience of absentee balloting
Thursday, May 13, 2010
- Expert Shares History of U.S. Judicial Selection
Thursday, May 13, 2010
- Ohio Citizen Action’s Catherine Turcer’s Testimony on Senate Bill 240
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
- Testimony on the DISCLOSE Act for the House Admin. Committee: Statements & Testimony
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
- Earmark Transparency Act will finally bring transparency to earmarks
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
- Election officials reject primary audit
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
- How to Win the Redistricting Fight in 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
- Ohio Chief Justice Thomas Moyer discusses direct election problems * Judicial Selection Home * Map * News/Video * Resources * Publications/Articles * IAALS Home Ohio Chief Justice Thomas Moyer discusses direct election problem…and why the U.S. judicial selection debate matters.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
- EAC Salutes Election Officials and Poll Workers in Honor of Public Service Recognition Week
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
- EDITORIAL: No slots secrets
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
- “I never felt so much like a hooker down by the bus station … as I did in a judicial race. Everyone interested in contributing has very specific interests. They mean to be buying a vote.”
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
- Take that, Supreme Court: House and Senate bills seek to mitigate some of the effects of the Supreme Court’s ruling on corporate and union campaign spending.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
- The DISCLOSE Act
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
- Jennifer Brunner rebuffs call for audit of May 4 election
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
- Should judges be elected?
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
- States Move to Allow Overseas and Military Voters to Cast Ballots by Internet
Monday, May 10, 2010
- Judicial Recusal and Expanding Notions of Due Process
Monday, May 10, 2010
- Forest Hills ordered to pay $10,000
Sunday, May 9, 2010
- Candidates for state office would have to reveal more financial information under proposed law
Friday, May 7, 2010
- Bill forces candidates to reveal finances: Push by Democratic legislators aimed at GOP’s Kasich
Friday, May 7, 2010
- Cuyahoga County Democrats to vote on replacement for chairman Jimmy Dimora
Friday, May 7, 2010
- Dann set to admit guilt on 2 counts: Ex-official reaches plea deal resulting from 2008 scandal
Friday, May 7, 2010
- Justice O’Connor raises issues of judicial independence and civics education at State Bar’s Annual Convention
Friday, May 7, 2010
- ‘Attack’ on board of elections website likely not malicious: Vote count was never in jeopardy during Election Night crash of public website.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
- Justice Stevens: To Life, To Life, L’Chaim
Thursday, May 6, 2010
- Fall political battles could fuel record fundraising: Open seats and competitive races are driving fervor in Ohio, experts say.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
- Many primary voters turned to absentee option
Thursday, May 6, 2010
- Editorial: The wrong direction: Step by step, the public’s right to know is being curtailed
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
- Some Sunshine But Mostly Cloudy: County transition, charter, still difficult to scrutinize
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
- Legislation to Respond to the Citizens United Decision Myths and Realities: Parts 1 & 2
Wedneday, May 5, 2010
- State won’t appeal ruling tossing out lobbying law
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
- County election chief believes more people to vote by mail than will walk into polls this primary
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
- A New Proposal Seeks Recusal Reform
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
- Editorial: Judges and conflicts
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
- No politics in the courtroom, please
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
- 89 voting machines in Cleveland have glitch
Monday, May 3, 2010
- Ohio Supreme Court unanimously declines to stop Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner’s probe into funding behind anti-slot machine campaign
Monday, May 3, 2010
- Open up: Police should not raise barriers to public scrutiny
Monday, May 3, 2010
- DISCLOSE Shines a Bright Light on Corporate Expenditures but Leaves Political Activities in the Shadows
Sunday, May 2, 2010
- The Black Box of Corporate Money
Sunday, May 2, 2010
- Zandex to employees: Vote no on County Home levy
Sunday, May 2, 2010
- Bill Would Require Disclosure Of Corporate Election Spending
Saturday, May 1, 2010
- Bills Seek Sunlight on Corporate Political Spending
Saturday, May 1, 2010
- Ohio Supreme Court rules against Stainbrook appointment to Lucas County Elections Board
Saturday, May 1, 2010
- Ohio court upholds elections chief’s slots probe
Saturday, May 1, 2010
- Ohio Supreme Court rules in favor of Brunner on racetrack slot issue
Saturday, May 1, 2010
- GOP reps support House Dem redistricting bill to break impasse, broker deal with Senate measure
- April
- BOE Urges Voters To Return Absentee Ballots
Friday, April 30, 2010
- Bucyrus City Council moves to oust mayor
Friday, April 30, 2010
- Barish: The Constitution and Corporations Don’t Mix
Friday, April 30, 2010
- Chamber of Commerce Attacks Proposed Disclosure Of Corporate and Labor Union Campaign Expenditures Unleashed by Controversial Citizens United Decision
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Dem bill would blunt campaign finance ruling
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Supreme Court Justices Trade Barbs, Wit During Transparency and Disclosure Debate
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- DISCLOSE Act Is Key First Step in Fixing “Citizens United”: Bill Would Help Prevent Corporate Cash from Overwhelming Democracy
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Van Hollen unveils companion bill to Schumer’s DISCLOSE Act
Thursday, Aprl 29, 2010
- Senate Democrats unveil DISCLOSE Act
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Online Users Look For Government Information
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Doe v Reed: A Sigh of Relief on Campaign Finance Disclosure
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- County has poor showing in census: Mail response rate lags 2000, is one of worst in Ohio
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Lawyer Joseph O’Malley pleads guilty as part of county corruption probe
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Capitol Square board to make rules in private
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- John Paul Stevens: An Independent Life
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Warren County issues campaign finance reports
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Thousands of OSU students fail to fill out census
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- Cuyahoga County executive candidate’s ideas on campaign reform likely would not hold up in court, official saysCatherine Turcer
Wednesdy, April 28, 2010
- American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio sues Cuyahoga County over transition records
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- Without Scalia, whither anonymity? John Doe No. 1 v. Reed, Argument recap
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- High Court to Hear ‘Blockbuster’ Speech Case
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- FEC Leaves Redistricting Question Open
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- Supreme Court Debates Case With Major Transparency, Free Speech Implications
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- Anonymity for political activists? John Doe No. 1, et al., v. Reed, et al., Argument preview
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- Schumer, Van Hollen Walking A Tightrope:
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- Blog: Commissioner refuses to release evaluation
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- Citizens United: An Update of News, Analysis
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- US House Adds Live Web Video
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- Citizens United Bill Next Week? Corporate Forces Attack
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- “Voter Fraud Agenda,” Indeed
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- Capitol Square board to make rules in private
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- Cleveland City Council President Martin J. Sweeney needs to stop delaying and produce the receipts: editorial
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- Financial records show 2010 could be one of the most expensive campaign years ever in Ohio
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- FEC Leaves Redistricting Question Open
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- Landmark Term for Free-Speech Decisions?
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- Are corporations people, too?
Monday, April 26, 2010
- A cloud over the Capitol? Ohio lawmakers agree that Congress deserves the scorn coming from voters
Monday, April 26, 2010
- Afraid of the Sunshine
Monday, April 26, 2010
- Critics complain Brunner skirting reporting rules
Monday, April 26, 2010
- Ohio AG, flush with cash, donates to fellow Dems
Monday, April 26, 2010
- A Few More Choices: Seven ballots possible in May 4 primary
Monday, April 26, 2010
- Campaign Contributions Show Big Money In Ohio Politics
Saturday, April 24, 2010
- Census nears 2000 mail-in response rate
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Campaign finance bill has GOP wary
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Democrats plan to introduce bill to blunt ruling on political spending
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Several Tributes Sought to Honor Moyer
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Democrats Craft Citizens United Response — Talking Points Frame Bill As Non-Partisan
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Campaign Donations: Access or Ideology?
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Third Frontier backers raised $1.73M
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Millions put into race for governor: Strickland, Kasich building bankrolls
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Mt. Healthy board member fighting to televise meetings
Fridy, April 23, 2010
- On the Ohio Campaign Trail: Jennifer Brunner’s Drive for U.S. Senate
Friday, April 23, 2010
- U.S. Citizens Association Files Suit Against White House OMB and FEMA Over Freedom of Information Act Requests
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Campaign Spending: Why Companies Are Holding Fire The high court ruling on corporate campaign spending hasn’t been a game-changer. Yet
Thursday, April 22, 2010
- Jennifer Brunner, the top Ohio elections official, isn’t following federal election disclosure rules
Thursday, April 22, 2010
- New Polling Information on the Citizens United Decision
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
- The Other RNC Case: the Coordination Challenge in the Fifth Circuit
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
- Tell us about the money
Wednesdy, April 22, 2010
- PA Governor Renews Push for Merit Selection
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
- Participation High in NC Public-Finance Program
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
- Special Interests Continue Federal Lobbying Blitz, New Reports Indicate
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
- Mother Jones Magazine Report Cites JAS
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
- Editorial: The Court, Money and Politics
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
- Election-Privacy Case Looms Before Supreme Court
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
- Primary raises questions on party affiliation
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
- Court magistrate sides with former Falls School Board member in open meetings law case
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
- It’s to the public’s advantage to keep some med mart aspects secret during bidding: editorial
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
- GOP candidates for secretary of state differ on redistricting reform
Monday, April, 19, 2010
- Editorial: Big Money’s Alarming Political Edge
Monday, April 19, 2010
- Voters are Left in the Dark about Who Funds Senators’ Campaigns
Monday, April 19, 2010
- The Occlusion of Equality in Campaign Finance Law
Monday, April 19, 2010
- Who’s paying for your congressional campaigns?
Monday, April 19, 2010
- Corporations Aren’t Persons
Sunday, April 18, 2010
- 10 percent of Cuyahoga County’s voting machines fail pre-election tests
Friday, April 16, 2010
- Democrats have most to lose in redrawing of House districts by governors
Friday, April 16, 2010
- Editorial: A Fairer Way to Count
Friday, April 16, 2010
- Money Talks But it Isn’t Speech
Friday, April 16, 2010
- Follow the Money: The sad, sordid way we pay for campaigns.
Friday, April 16, 2010
- Some Sunshine But Mostly Cloudy: County transition, charter, still difficult to scrutinize
Friday, April 16, 2010
- Seven states lead in budget transparency
Friday, April 16, 2010
- Democrats have most to lose in redrawing of House districts by governors
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
- Ohio Revamps Campaign Finance Web Site
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
- Corporate Disclosure Battle to Begin in Congress
Monday, April 12, 2010
- Court ruling to be tested at next vote: Two state lawmakers working on legislation
Monday, April 12, 2010
- Brunner calls for open primary system: All-in-one ballot may appease crossover voters
Monday, April 12, 2010
- Honoring Justice Moyer
Monday, April 12, 2010
- Teachers’ home addresses, phone numbers not a public record, judge rules
Monday, April 12, 2010
- JAS: Justice Stevens ‘One of Best Friends America’s Courts Ever Had’
Sunday, April 11, 2010
- Announcing Citizens’ Campaign Finance Policy Tool: Interactive Tool Lets Citizens See the Impact of Their Donations As They Select From a Menu of Policy Options in the States
Friday, April 9, 2010
- OpenSecrets.org Launches New Section Investigating Independent Expenditures
Friday, April 9, 2010
- Cuyahoga County judicial rankings go online, spark controversy
Friday, April 9, 2010
- Media Advisory — Seven-day Countdown Begins: Mail Back Census Forms by April 16
Friday, April 9, 2010
- Cuyahoga County will bar public review of proposals for medical mart builder
Friday, April 9, 2010
- O’Connor stumps for judicial independence, improved civics education during Pedrick lecture
Friday, April 9, 2010
- Agency Plans and Data
Thursday, April 8, 2010
- O’Connor a ‘Crystallizing’ Critic of Citizens United?
Thursday, April 8, 2010
- Records Shattered for State-Level Political Money
Thursday, April 8, 2010
- Where’s your census form? Local residents among those nationwide complaining they never received their forms
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
- Thomas J. Moyer: Ohio’s chief justice set a high standard as a person and as a judge
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
- Census means votes later — and cash now: How Democrats and Republicans are talking about redistricting in 2011 to raise a ton of money in 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
- O’Connor’s Voice of Conscience
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
- Changing political parties? Sign here
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
- Ohio Secretary of State Brunner creates easier-to-navigate campaign-finance Web site
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
- Hushed MoneyCould Karl Rove’s new 527 avoid campaign-finance disclosure requirements?
Wednesday, Aprl 7, 2010
- Shareholder groups seek to limit corporate contributions: Shareholder groups aim to keep a lid on companies’ political spending in the wake of Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission, a case in which the Supreme Court eased restrictions on corporate campaign spending
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
- Petition signatures should be out in the open, Cordray says
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
- Judging for Dollars: If you’re worried about what ‘Citizens United’ will do to congressional races, just wait until you see what it does to the justice system.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
- Coal, corruption and campaign finance reform
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
- Making Voting Systems Open Source Could Forever Change Election Technology
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
- Washington Lobbying Giants Cash in on Health Reform Debate: Patton Boggs Leads Center’s Ranking of Top Dozen Firms
Monday, April 5, 2010
- Do campaign dollars sway judges?
Monday, April 5, 2010
- Touch-screen voting machines sit, long after vote probe
Monday, April 5, 2010
- Possible redistricting lights up state races’ fundraising
Monday, April 5, 2010
- Akron’s legal struggle over campaign finance reform offers lessons for Cuyahoga County
Monday, April 5, 2010
- Who will be the next chief justice?
Sunday, April 4, 2010
- Big Money Flows to State Races:Both Parties Seek to Gain the Upper Hand Before Congressional Districts Are Redrawn
Sunday, April 4, 2010
- Judging for Dollars: If you’re worried about what ‘Citizens United’ will do to congressional races, just wait until you see what it does to the justice system
Sunday, April 4, 2010
- Taken to the limit, one more time: The city’s campaign finance law still needs repair
Sunday, April , 2010
- Legal Center and League of Women Voters Release Redistricting Report
Saturday, April 3, 2010
- Justice Brought to You By Your Corporate Sponsors
Saturday, April 3, 2010
- Merit Updates From Pennsylvania
Satuday, April 3, 2010
- Revolving Door Staffer Rebuked, Permanently Banned From Talking to Committee Staff
Saturday, April 3, 2010
- Court seeks comment on new rule for recusal
Saturday, April 3, 2010
- Ohio Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer dies
Friday, April 2, 2010
- Paperwork could complicate vote: Form required if changing parties or ballot may not count
Friday, April 2, 2010
- State Election Official Teaches Students About Vote@17
Friday, April 2, 2010
- States Move Away from Elections in Choosing Judges
Friday, April 2, 2010
- Reforming Government in the Midwest: As the expense of running for public office in America continues to spiral, it threatens to cost our electoral system something priceless: its credibility.
Friday, April 2, 2010
- Cuyahoga County: Early ‘by-mail’ voters keep Election Board busy
Friday, April 2, 2010
- Citizens United challenges the strident side of Supreme Court ruling
Thursday, April 1, 2010
- Sandra Day O’Connor speaks about judicial independence at Pomona Colleg
Thursday, April 1, 2010
- Ohio Supreme Court orders Constitution Party’s AG candidate be put on ballot
Thursday, April 1, 2010
- Lawyers dispute election ruling: Sides disagree whether Akron mayor violated limit on campaign funds
Thursday, April 1, 2010
- BOE Urges Voters To Return Absentee Ballots
- March
- Fundraising for states’ high-court races
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
- States act to revise judicial selection
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
- Citizens United: What Would Justice Brennan Do? (WWJBD)
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
- 2 on Ohio top court to sit out decision on Noe
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
- Voters who switch parties for May primary must attest to new allegiance in writing
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
- Election challenges: Counties: Rule complicates May primary
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
- What’s on the voter-challenge form
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
- Online guide helps Cuyahoga County voters find out about candidates and issues
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
- Op Ed: Don’t Let Lawmakers Draw Their Districts
Monday, March 29, 2010
- Representatives Tanner and Castle Push Transparency for Redistricting
Monday, March 29, 2010
- The Boston Globe Campaign finance: Disclose corporate, union ads
Monday, March 29, 2010
- Campaign Contribution Limits Shot Down
Sunday, March 28, 2010
- DIRECTIVE FROM BRUNNER: Crossover voters to be challenged
Sunday, March 28, 2010
- High court throws Brunner another roadblock: Ruling stymies probe into funding of slots ballot issue
Sunday, March 28, 2010
- Courts Rule on Funding of Campaigns
Sunday, March 28, 2010
- League of Women Voters backs reform for redistricting
Sunday, March 28, 2010
- Redistricting in the “Musical Chairs” States
Saturday, March 27, 2010
- Transparency Caucus Supports Open Government: The bi-partisan caucus, formed in the House, will promote Americans’ access to government information
Saturday, March 27, 2010
- Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer on Decision by a Three-Judge District Court Panel Today Rejecting RNC Challenge to Constitutionality of Soft Money Ban
Saturday, March 27, 2010
- Parties Scrap for Governors’ Seats to Gain Handle on Redistricting
Saturday, March 27, 2010
- Rulings split on campaign fundraising
Saturday, March 27, 2010
- Court orders Libertarian back on the ballot
Friday, March 26, 2010
- Brennan Center for Justice: Redistricting 101
Friday, March 26, 2010
- JAS Hails ‘National Momentum’ for Court-Election Reforms
Friday, March 26, 2010
- High court throws Brunner another roadblock: Ruling stymies probe into funding of slots ballot issue
Friday, March 26, 2010
- Sunshine Week Report Card on Government Transparency
Friday, March 26, 2010
- Citizens United Against the Supreme Court
Thursday, March 25, 2010
- States try to adapt to Supreme Court’s campaign finance ruling
Thursday, March 25, 2010
- Census gives daily tally of participation
Thursday, March 25, 2010
- That’s My Money You’re Using: Corporations can now fund politicians. What should investors do?
Thursday, March 25, 2010
- Judicial Elections Have Consequences, Especially If You’re Injured
Thursday, March 25, 2010
- Dreaming of More Accessible Data
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
- Where you live on April 1 is what’s important to Census Bureau
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
- Disclosure Rules Advance in Wisconsin
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
- Petition-handling dispute prompts procedure review
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
- The First Citizens United Ad
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
- Democrats counter Republicans’ pre-redistricting push
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
- Court ruling to be tested at next vote: Two state lawmakers working on legislation
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
- Celebrate Sunshine Week, because dragging government into the light is demanding work
Monday, March 22, 2010
- How to develop a better judge
Monday, March 22, 2010
- West Virginia Moves on Corporate Campaign Finance Disclosure
Sunday, March 21, 2010
- Editorial: From Scandal to Example in West Virginia
Sunday, March 21, 2010
- It’s the public’s right to know: Access to police, court records plays important role in society
Sunday, March 21, 2010
- The time has come for online disclosure
Saturday, March 20, 2010
- The battle for the big state governorships
Saturday, March 20, 2010
- Third parties to appear on primary ballots
Saturday, March 20, 2010
- Sunshine regulations brighten democracy
Saturday, March 20, 2010
- ABC News Exclusive: Study Shows Money Flooding into Campaigns for State Judgeships: Justices Ginsburg, O’Connor Say Fundraising Could Corrupt System, Reform is Needed
Friday, March 19, 2010
- Sunshine Week spotlights the need for open government
Friday, March 19, 2010
- Cuyahoga County prosecutor wants campaign finance recommendations to play a role in this year’s elections
Friday, March 19, 2010
- Video: Press Conference Announcing the Public Online Information Act
Thursday, March 18, 2010
- LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS MARKS SUNSHINE WEEK 2010 Issues Call to Action: Citizens Have a Role in Open Government
Thursday, March 18, 2010
- Healthy government thrives only in abundant sunshine
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
- Maryland PR Firm Runs For Congress
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
- Updated Open Government Guide Now Available
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
- Access to public records is free in Ohio
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
- Husted wants corporate funds disclosed
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
- EDITORIAL: Fighting for transparency, access
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
- WH Pushes Agency Transparency
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
- JAS Cheers Passage of WV Finance Bill
Tuesday, Mrch 16, 2010
- Documents shed light on Cole hiring
Monday, March 15, 2010
- About Sunshine Week
Monday, March 15, 2010
- ‘Sunshine Laws’: How to use public records, meetings laws
Monday, March 15, 2010
- Sun not shining everywhere in county
Monday, March 15, 2010
- Higher Corporate Spending on Election Ads Could Be All but Invisible
Sunday, March 14, 2010
- W.Va. SC won’t rehear controversial $50M case
Sunday, March 14, 2010
- Local officials don’t fight records requests
Sunday, March 14, 2010
- Opinion: Public’s right to know at heart of Sunshine Week
Sunday, March 14, 2010
- Take away the pen: Fair Map amendment takes redistricting process away from legislators
Sunday, March 14, 2010
- Editorial: Antitrust and Your Vote
Satuday, March 13, 2010
- JAS Hails WV Public-Finance Vote
Saturday, March 13, 2010
- Feds seek further sale of voting-machine systems
Saturday, March 13, 2010
- Justice Ginsburg Backs End to Judicial Elections
Friday, March 12, 2010
- Ohio college students get online help for voting
Friday, March 12, 2010
- Promises, Promises, Promises: Stern words for John Roberts’s Supreme Court
Friday, March 12, 2010
- New Web Resource to Help College Students Become Active Civic Participants By Voting
Thursday, March 11, 2010
- Bayh Endorses Public Financing For Campaigns As Retirement Nears
Thursday, March 11, 2010
- Ohio lawmaker questions productivity of little-known agency rocked by firings
Thursday, March 11, 2010
- Sen. Brown Encourages Ohioans to be Counted at Cleveland Rally on 2010 Census: Brown Releases Analysis Showing How Much Federal Funding Ohio Could Lose Under Different Census Count Scenarios
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
- What to expect from the Census
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
- Nonprofits Are Making a Major Impact on Redistricting Reform
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
- High court puts Brunner’s subpoenas on hold
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
- Apples and Oranges: Campaign Finance Transparency Laws Should Remain Untouched By The Supreme Court
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
- WV Poll: Majority Backs Public Financing
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
- Editorial Defends Merit System in Missouri
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
- Mike DeWine foe baffled by ballot ruling
Monday, March 8, 2010
- Sunshine Law decision expected soon
Monday, March 8, 2010
- A bipartisan push to clean up the Supreme Court’s mess
Monday, March 8, 2010
- Reforms needed on Ohio Supreme Court
Monday, March 8, 2010
- Ohio Editorial, on Renewing Confidence in the Courts
Monday, March 8, 2010
- Merit of the argument: Chief Justice Thomas Moyer encounters near and familiar opposition
Monday, March 8, 2010
- Some lawyers suspect favoritism in Juvenile Court appointments
Sundy, March 7, 2010
- Cuyahoga County transition leaders report to citizens
Sunday, March 7th, 2010
- Mitch Pearlstein and Dane Smith: Instead of judicial races, retention elections: Money and politics taint judicial credibility — but there’s a way to improve judicial elections
Sunday, March 7th, 2010
- States rush to catch up with campaign finance ruling
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
- Ohio Releases Candidate List for May 2010 Primary
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
- A ‘Retention Gap’ is Discovered in Kansas
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
- Report leaves questions unanswered
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
- Patriot Act doesn’t override confidentiality in Census, Justice Department says
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
- Karl Rove Lays Out Plan To Gerrymander America To Oblivion
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
- Ex-Justice O’Connor favors end to electing judges
Friday, March 5th, 2010
- WV House Approves Public Financing Pilot
Friday, March 5, 2010
- Dix & Eaton bills Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority nearly $50,000 for crisis counseling
Friday, March 5th, 2010
- Dann, wife may be next up in probe: 2 advisers admit guilt, promise truthful testimony
Friday, March 5th, 2010
- Californians Compete for a Shot at Redistricting
Friday, March 5th, 2010
- Census, redistricting to be topics at forum
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
- Justices Criticize OH Reform Plan
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
- Moyer: End election of Ohio justices: But Supreme Court colleagues think system is just fine
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
- Census forms start hitting homes: Some addresses may get two, but only one is need
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
- 2009 Brings Big Money in Key Congressional Races
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
- Ohio Supreme Court slows investigation of conservative group seeking to block slot machines
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
- GOP lawyer named to Lucas County Board of Elections
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
- Law Professor Mark Brown Article Explains U.S. Constitutional Requirements that Only State Legislatures Can Write Ballot Access Laws
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
- EDITORIAL: The Voters Will Pay
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
- Sen. Husted, Rep. Letson: Compromise possible on redistricting
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
- Corporations are People Too
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
- Anti-slots group sues secretary of state; tries to stop probe into its mysterious funding
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
- Businesses Can Now Legally Pressure Workers on Political Issues?
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
- LetOhioVote challenges Brunner’s subpoenas: Secretary of state overstepping power, group says in Supreme Court filing
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
- ‘10-minute’ census forms start to show up at homes: Workers already visiting those without mail delivery
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
- Decision Could Allow Anonymous Political Contributions by Businesses
Monday, March 1st, 2010
- ABA President’s Message: Let’s Leave Politics Out of It: Merit-based judicial selection, confirmation processes help to ensure impartiality
Monday, March 1st, 2010
- Fundraising for states’ high-court races
- February
- Strickland, Kasich travel to other states for additional campaign cash
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
- Groups Want Corp. Disclosure
Friday, February 26th, 2010
- Constitutional Amendment Proposed in Senate
Friday, February 26th, 2010
- Dodd introduces constitutional amendment to reverse SCOTUS on campaign spending
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
- Brunner offers donation rules: Official moves to reshape Ohio’s limits
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
- States weigh campaign-finance changes
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
- The Implications of Citizens United
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
- Absentee-ballot applications to go out to all Franklin County voters
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
- Citizens United v. FEC: What Happens Next?
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
- Ignoring speech rights of shareholders and voters: The Court failed to acknowledge that real control of corporations resides with management; SEC could mandate shareholder approval of corporate expenditures
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
- On the Widespread Impact of ‘Citizens United’
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
- Feds target J.J. Cafaro: ‘I made a mistake,’ he says of false campaign finance report.
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
- Moyers on Citizens United: A ‘Corrosive Flood’
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
- EDITORIAL: Use Common Sense on Rules
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
- Justice For Sale?
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
- State Sen. Capri Cafaro’s dad admits making illegal contribution to her unsuccessful bid for Congress
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
- Ohio politicians’ pockets are bulging as they up the ante on access, for those who can pay
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
- In The Public Interest: Fast track the Citizens United Bill
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
- States, Congress wrestle with judicial bias rules
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
- Countering the court: Legislation in response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on corporate spending in campaigns should be more narrowly focused
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
- EDITORIAL: Follow the money
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
- BLOG: Bill Moyers and Michael Winship: What Are We Bid for American Justice?
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
- Most View Census Positively, But Some Have Doubts: Age, Education, Ethnic and Partisan Gaps
Friday, February 19th, 2010
- League Urges Senate to Pass Critically Important Campaign Finance Issue
Friday, February 19th, 2010
- Editorial: Why hide? Backers of ballot issue should come clean about finances
Friday, February 19th, 2010
- Reform in an Age of Networked Campaigns: How to Foster Citizen Participation Through Small Donors and Volunteers
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
- Brunner probing anti-slots group: Subpoenas seek to identify backers of referendum
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
- Post-Citizens United, Lobbying Firm Helps Explain How To Avoid Disclosure Rules
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
- ‘Citizens United’ Spurs Legal Action, Protest
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
- Court throws out Ohio’s ‘revolving door’ lobbying law: State can’t make ex-lawmakers wait to advocate, federal judge rules
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
- Ohio official seeks info on slots group’s funding
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
- Brunner wants to know who’s paying for statewide slots push
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
- Editorial: Ohio needs new disclosure law on election money
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
- Ballot board acts on state Issues 1, 2
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
- Lobbyists Earn $1.3 Million Per Hour As Lawmakers Log Long Days
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
- In the interest of justice, judges should disclose
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
- Editorials: After ‘Citizens United,’ New Disclosure Needed
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
- Poll: Large majority opposes Supreme Court’s decision on campaign financing
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
- Letter to Editor: Redistricting reform could allow Ohioans’ votes to count once more
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
- Secrets of Cuyahoga County’s ‘public engagement’ committee revealed
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
- We Must Amend the Constitution as a Result of Citizens United Decision
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
- EDITORIAL: Two Democrats’ remedy for the high court’s campaign finance ruling
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
- REGISTER VIEWPOINT: State top court’s all lawyered up
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
- Former University Heights official must reimburse city for misused funds
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
- Ohio Constitution too easy to alter, some lawmakers say
Monday, February 15th, 2010
- Success of President Obama’s crackdown on lobbying questioned
Monday, February 15th, 2010
- U.S. Census and Incarceration
Monday, February 15th, 2010
- Racial Roots Underlie Debate on Felons’ Voting Rights
Monday, February 15th, 2010
- Democrats propose to blunt Supreme Court campaign ruling
Friday, February 12th, 2010
- Cuyahoga County transition leaders commit to open meetings in wake of transparency concerns; ACLU promises ‘vigilance’
Friday, February 12th, 2010
- Federal Lobbying Climbs in 2009 as Lawmakers Execute Aggressive Congressional Agenda: EFFORTS BY HEATH, BUSINESS INDUSTRIES HELP PUSH INFLUENCE PEDDLING TO NEW HEIGHTS
Friday, February 12th, 2010
- BLOG: “You Say You Want A Revolution”: How To Reform Our Political System
Friday, February 12th, 2010
- Cuyahoga County officials approve $111,000 contract for company that employs ex-county employee
Friday, February 12th, 2010
- O’Shaughnessy plays catch-up in race for secretary of state
Friday, February 12th, 2010
- Ensuring that Provisional Ballots are Counted
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
- BLOG: Citizens United and the States
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
- Jennifer Brunner’s small-donor strategy, media tactics emerging
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
- BLOG: O’CONNOR SEES INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY IN JEOPARDY
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
- Democrats suggest ways to curb companies’ campaign spending
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
- Cuyahoga County transition leaders James McCafferty and Martin Zanotti hear transparency gripes on radio show
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
- Redistricting reform is under way in Ohio
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
- Thoughts on Psychology and Recusal Rules
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
- Supreme Court ruling fuels voter ire
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
- Voters Win with Same Day Registration: States with SDR have historically boasted turnout rates 10 to 12 percentage points higher than states that do not offer Same Day Registration
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
- Public Assistance Databases and Automatic Voter Registration
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
- Blog: Voter Suppression in 2010: It Begins Again
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
- Citizens United Ruling Could Tilt Playing Field Against Labor, Toward Corporations
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
- Legal Center Urges White House to Nominate FEC Commissioners Willing to Enforce the Law
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
- Critics Seek Change in AZ Merit Selection Process
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
- Citizens United Part 2 – Lobbyist Disclosure
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
- Citizens United v. F.E.C. (Part 2): The History of the Constitutionality of Campaign Finance Laws
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
- Campaign case may have set course for court: Ruling’s impact might be seen in 2nd half of term
Monday, February 8th, 2010
- Editorial: Internet Voting, Still in Beta
Monday, February 8th, 2010
- Editorial: Keep the momentum: Legislative cooperation could move two more important state measures
Monday, February 8th, 2010
- Checks of voter records coming: Brunner wants notices sent if registration info conflicts with file data
Monday, February 8th, 2010
- Editorial: There’s a better way to draw new legislative districts
Monday, February 8th, 2010
- The more disclosure, the better
Sunday, February 7th, 2010
- Donna Edwards’ No Corporate Monopoly of Elections Amendment
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
- Editorial: What Price Politics?
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
- Exclusive: How corporations secretly move millions to fund political ads
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
- Bopp Discusses Citizens United Fallout
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
- Why Citizens United Is a Fraud: A Guide for Non-Lawyers
Friday, February 5th, 2010
- Blog: Two district-drawing plans have merit
Friday, February 5th, 2010
- Citizens United Impact on Courts is Feared
Friday, February 5th, 2010
- Ohioan takes on corporate politicking: Brown’s bill calls for rules guiding campaign ads
Friday, February 5th, 2010
- Click here to find out more! Your request is being processed… Sam Stein Sam Stein stein@huffingtonpost.com | HuffPost Reporting Become a Fan Get Email Alerts from this Reporter RSS Sherrod Brown: Citizens United Decision Will Make Congress Even More Timid
Friday, February 5th, 2010
- League of Women Voters US President Says Congress Must Act Quickly in Aftermath of Citizens United Decision
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
- Letson proposes public contest to redraw districts
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
- Supreme Court’s campaign finance ruling: just the facts
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
- The Corporations Already Outspend The Parties
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
- Citizens Against Citizens United
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
- Parties Fight Over District Redrawing
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
- Citizens United discussion at Bill Moyers Journal
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
- Opinion: State Judicial Reforms ‘More Essential’ Now
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
- Ohio House Democrats have plan to redistrict: Idea would let public have a say in layout of legislative maps
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
- Who is New Models?
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
- Ohio House Democrats propose redistricting plan
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
- Who funded slots foes?
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
- Ohio House redistricting plan offers criteria, public input to redraw fairer legislative districts
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
- Democracy can fix bad court decision
Monday, February 1st, 2010
- Corporations are not people and money is not speech: While speech can be interpreted loosely as any form of expression, such an open, ambiguous definition would create a myriad of problems with all kinds of laws
Monday, February 1st, 2010
- Kasich, Strickland tally up donations: Campaign reports show governor’s challenger narrowing money gap
Monday, February 1st, 2010
- Ohio gubernatorial candidates raise big bucks for 2010 election
Monday, February 1st, 2010
- Battle for House gears up: Parties raise record campaign gifts in ‘09; GOP needs 4 more seats to regain control
Monday, February 1st, 2010
- Strickland, Kasich travel to other states for additional campaign cash
- January
- For free speech, money talks
Friday, January 29th, 2010
- GOP hopes Rust Belt wins help redistricting
Friday, January 29th, 2010
- Wild West On K Street? The Supreme Court has unleashed corporations and unions to spend freely on political advertising
Friday, January 29th, 2010
- Public Assistance Databases and Automatic Voter Registration
Friday, January 29th, 2010
- A New Regime Required For Disclosure
Friday, January 29th, 2010
- Members Give Cool Reception to Obama’s New Lobbying Proposals
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
- National Policy to Ban Corporate Wealth from Being Used in Federal Campaigns was Established in 1907
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
- O’Connor on Courtrooms: ‘Where Fairness Trumps Strength’
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
- Opinion: A Partisan Supreme Court
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
- Prosecutor Bill Mason hasn’t prosecuted ex-lawyer who misappropriated $300,000
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
- OPINION – After Citizens United, leveling the playing field: Time for public financing and expanded shareholder rights
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
- Legislation Intended to Respond to Citizens United
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
- Redistricting plan is stalled
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
- Husted seeks disclosure of corporate donors
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
- Citizens United Real Impact
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
- Husted urges campaign finance “transparency” in wake of U.S. Supreme Court ruling
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
- States Weigh Judicial Recusals: Some Judges, Businesses Oppose Restrictions on Cases Involving Campaign Contributors
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
- Supreme Court Left Donor Disclosure Rules Intact
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
- State campaign finance laws in crosshairs
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
- This year’s vote to decide who will redistrict Ohio
Monday, January 25th, 2010
- Op Ed: Corporate advantage: The Supreme Court tips the scales on elections
Monday, January 25th, 2010
- Opinion: Citizens United: A Long-Term Perspective
Sunday, January 24th, 2010
- Opinion of the Day: Walter Shapiro on the SCOTUS Ruling
Sunday, January 24th, 2010
- Campaign finance ruling reflects Supreme Court’s growing audacity
Sunday, January 24th, 2010
- 24 States’ Laws Open to Attack After Campaign Finance Ruling
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
- Ruling could render Ohio’s campaign-spending law toothless
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
- Citizens United Called Grave Threat for America’s Courts:
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
- High court shows it might be willing to act boldly
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- CITIZENS UNITED DECISION SETS OFF REVOLUTION IN CAMPAIGN FINANCE: Supreme Court Erred, Decision Undermines Basic Pillar of American Democracy
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- Supreme Court’s campaign finance ruling could bring flood of ads: Critics say corporations will now determine who wins elections, but some consultants don’t expect a dramatic change
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- Supreme Court Deals Blow to Campaign Finance but Calls for Greater Transparency
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- Supreme Court Ruling Could Reshape U.S. Politics
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- A Center for Responsive Politics Statement on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- Bigger Than Bush v. Gore
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- Destructive Decision Turns Back Clock to 19th Century; Chief Justice Roberts Abandons His Public Commitment to “Judicial Modesty” and “Respect for Precedent”
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- The Pinocchio Project: Watching as the Supreme Court turns a corporation into a real live boy
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- ‘Citizens United:’ Commentators’ Views
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- An Electoral Catastrophe
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- Bad News for Judicial Elections
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- Justices, 5-4, Reject Corporate Spending Limit
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
- Citizens United v. FEC opinion
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
- Campaign disclosure rules upheld
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
- High Court Rolls Back Campaign Spending Limits
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
- Supreme Court overturns corporate campaign spending ban
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
- Court eases business, union election spending rule
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
- A Century Of U.S. Campaign Finance Law
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
- Special sitting tomorrow, opinion(s) due: Chance for Citizens United ruling
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
- A “Regulatory” Agency Expeditious Only in Deregulation
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
- Waiting for Democrats: The state could use an improved way for drawing legislative districts. Will the Ohio House deliver on the necessary constitutional amendment?
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
- Cuyahoga County commissioners will rehire two accountants, breaking buyout rules
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
- Editorial: Democrats must act now on redistricting
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
- Editorial: Mason should know better than most how disgusted the electorate is with politics as usual
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
- Editorial: Keep them accountable: Effort to make lobbyists toe the line on disclosure serves the public interest
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
- Justice by call: Debate wrestles with selecting judges by election or appointment
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
- Editorial: Act on remap
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
- Op Ed: Time is now for redistricting reform
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
- Reform in an Age of Networked Campaigns: How to Foster Citizen Participation Through Small Donors and Volunteers
Monday, January 18th, 2010
- New Report: “Reform In The Age of Networked Campaigns”
Monday, January 18th, 2010
- Opinion: Ohio lobbyists? Follow the dollar
Monday, January 18th, 2010
- Some felons may circulate petitions
Sunday, January 17th, 2010
- Op Ed: Just Say Yes: State lawmakers should listen to local elections officials
Sunday, January 17th, 2010
- Senate Joint Resolution 5: Senator Husted’s redistricting reform bill
Friday, January 15th, 2010
- Media denied access to public records
Friday, January 15th, 2010
- Campaign Finance: Back to the Era of the Robber Barons?
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
- Legislators shouldn’t let chance slip away: Ohio has opportunity to create fairer districts
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
- Ohio House hears GOP redistricting bill
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
- Campaign finance activists on pins and needles awaiting Supreme Court ruling
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
- Fisher Raises $780,000 More For Ohio Senate Bid
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
- The Zanotti Way: Capitalists’ tool or good-government visionary? Either way, Marty Zanotti may be the most powerful unelected politician in Cuyahoga County
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
- Debate over redistricting: Hearing today on plan to change how Ohio draws new boundaries
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
- Feingold Fears “Lawless” Court Ruling on Corporate Campaigning
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
- Athens County Democratic chairwoman resigns
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
- Former Sheriff Gerald McFaul’s campaign finance records back online, too
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
- After legal objection, campaign finance reports for Bill Mason and Gerald McFaul removed from public database
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
- Athens County Democratic chairwoman guilty of misdemeanor
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
- Editorial: Redistricting: Map competition would make districts better reflect communities
Monday, January 11th, 2010
- Opinion: Giving corporations an outsized voice in election
Monday, January 11th, 2010
- Justices may rule soon on campaign-finance case
Monday, January 11th, 2010
- Courts Roll Back Limits on Election Spending
Monday, January 11th, 2010
- Third Frontier, a casino location and redistricting may be heading to ballot: The Legislature’s deadline for May election is Feb. 3
Monday, January 11th, 2010
- Secretary of state’s query: Can felons legally do petition work?
Monday, January 11th, 2010
- Capital City: A year after the biggest bailout in US history, Wall Street lobbyists don’t just have influence in Washington. They own it lock, stock, and barrel.
Friday, January 8th, 2010
- For free speech, money talks
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November
- 2009
- December
- Opinion: D.C. tuning up for musical chairs
Thursday, December 31st, 2009
- ‘Why the delay’ on Supreme Court’s campaign-finance case?
Thursday, December 31st, 2009
- “CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES RAISED $1.42 BILLION IN 2007-2008?
Thursday, December 31st, 2009
- Dash For Campaign Cash Before 2009 Ends
Thursday, December 31st, 2009
- Ohio Auditor Mary Taylor to begin review of Ohio Lottery Commission next week
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
- Effort Begun to End Voting for Judges
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
- More sunshine: Proposal to drill deeper into campaign spending would assist voters
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
- States in play: An early look at 2011 redistricting
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
- Stakeholders in Health Insurance Reform Debate Gave Big to Senators
Monday, December 28th, 2009
- The Climate Lobby from Soup to Nuts: An Array of New Interests Joins Washington’s Climate Change Debate
Monday, December 28th, 2009
- Testimony ends in School Board trial
Monday, December 28th, 2009
- Redistricting fix unlikely as proposals stall in Ohio House
Monday, December 28th, 2009
- Editorial: Bill would help some avoid public notice law
Sunday, December 27th, 2009
- Musical chairs for U.S. House: In redistricting after 2010 census, Ohio could be only state to lose 2 seats, causing scramble
Saturday, December 26th, 2009
- New Population Estimates Show Slight Changes For 2008 Congressional Apportionment
Saturday, December 26th, 2009
- New York, New Jersey Would Lose House Seats, Analysis Shows
Friday, December 25th, 2009
- Census Data Shows 11 House Seats Could Shift: Texas Would Be The Biggest Winner, Standing To Gain Four New Congressmen
Thursday, December 24th, 2009
- New census estimates indicate Ohio could lose two congressional seats:
Thursday, December 24th, 2009
- EXCLUSIVE: Lobbyist’s kin unlikely campaign donors: Giving seemingly beyond means fuels ’straw donor’ probe
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
- National Conference of State Legislatures Has Useful Database of Pending Election Law Bills
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
- Justice at Stake: 2009 Brought ‘Major’ Victories for Court Reform: Group Hails Supreme Court Ruling, Actions in Michigan and Wisconsin
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
- Report: Campaign finance laws full of loopholes
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
- Bill would shine light on campaign cash: Anyone paid would be revealed
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
- Husted wants ‘transparency’ in campaign expenditures
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
- Transparency: Change You can Trust
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
- Editorial: The Election Sabotage Commission
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
- Pew Study Calculates the Real Cost of Voter Registration
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
- Study Details How Health Lobby Marshaled Congressional Insiders to Fight Reform
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
- Lobbyists on pace for record year
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
- Washington for Sale
Monday, December 21st, 2009
- Common Pleas court documents available online
Monday, December 21st, 2009
- Editorial: Stay involved: Citizens asked for county reform; now they must ensure its success
Monday, December 21st, 2009
- All Military Installations to Aid in Voter Registration
Monday, December 21st, 2009
- Government Redistricting Web Sites – Government Redistricting Web Sites
Monday, December 21st, 2009
- Blog: Military Bases to aid voter registration, One company to count 70% of US votes
Saturday, December 19th, 2009
- Citizens United: A Supreme ‘Hijacking’?
Saturday, December 19th, 2009
- Can The Internet Save FOIA?
Saturday, December 19th, 2009
- New directives change elections director search
Saturday, December 19th, 2009
- Editorial: Action required: Franklin County veterans panel should be reined in and made accountable
Friday, December 18th, 2009
- Editorial: House Dems are slackers on redistricting
Friday, December 18th, 2009
- Protect young voters — save campaign finance reform: The Supreme Court may gut laws that were intended to keep corporations from dominating elections with their cash
Friday, December 18th, 2009
- Citizens United, Corporate Personhood and the Constitution: CAC Releases Discussion Draft of New Report in Advance of Major Supreme Court Ruling
Friday, December 18th, 2009
- Drug Giant Expands Ban on Judicial Donations
Friday, December 18th, 2009
- Cuyahoga County officials, backers of Issue 6, collaborate on new government
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
- O’Connor Judicial Selection Initiative Pushes for Merit
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
- BLOG: A Holiday Gift for Ohio’s Low-Income Voters
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
- Editorial: Good result from ACORN lawsuit
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
- Sandra Day O’Connor Takes On New Initiative: The push for reform has a powerful advocate in retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
- Census ready to start counting
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
- Dear nobodies: A congressman writes to his constituents: “Thank God for gerrymandering”
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
- Judicial ‘Push-back’ Over Federal Recusal Proposal
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
- Extent of Lobbyist Contributions Remains Unknown
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
- Editorial: Repair the vote: The House and Senate have acted. Now they must bridge their differences to help Ohio avoid trouble on Election Day
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
- No end in sight for Statehouse bill gridlock
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
- MONEY & POLITICS: Blue Dogs Back in Business
Monday, December 14th, 2009
- The Supreme Court leaves Washington in the lurch
Monday, December 14th, 2009
- Citizens United: A ‘900-Pound Gorilla’ of a Case
Monday, December 14th, 2009
- The Progress Report: Obama’s Open Government Directive
Monday, December 14th, 2009
- Joe Hallett commentary: Campaign-finance reports leave some questions unanswered
Monday, December 14th, 2009
- Bell calls deficit’s size ’surprising’; he pledges government transparency
Sunday, December 13th, 2009
- Casino backers put $47 million into campaign
Sunday, December 13th, 2009
- Casino supporters smash spending record
Sunday, December 13th, 2009
- O’Connor leads push against judicial elections
Sunday, December 13th, 2009
- Campaign finance reports now on Cuyahoga Board of Elections’ Web site
Friday, December 11th, 2009
- Coming Soon: A Movie About… Redistricting?
Friday, December 11th, 2009
- Ohio Senate Passes Bill to Provide for Registration Into Political Parties on Voter Registration Form
Friday, December 11th, 2009
- Morrison kicked off elections board: Brunner sends Summit panel chairman a letter telling him dismissal is effective immediately
Friday, December 11th, 2009
- Federal agencies must post public data online
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
- Senate passes election changes: Compromise to be sought with Ohio House bill
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
- ‘Citizens United’ Decision Could Be Catalyst For Reform
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
- White House outlines blueprint for government transparency
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
- States Also Await Ruling in Citizens United
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
- Open Government Directive Hits the Streets
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
- Immigrants could alter political scene in 2010: Residents staying put in cities because of housing crunch
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
- Campaign-Finance Ruling Looms
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
- Democratic Power Players Push for Public Financing of Congressional Elections
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
- Appointive Plan ‘Worth Another Look’ in Ohio
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
- Commentary: Government sure to improve if we build a better map
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
- Opinion: Early voters mean new strategies
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
- Editorial: Worth another look: Growing tab for judicial elections invites study of other approaches
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
- Corporate money could affect dynamics of Strickland-Kasich race if Supremes tilt ruling to business
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
- Boehner’s reports plagued with errors
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
- Fair Elections Now Act and Citizens United: The Future of Participatory Democracy
Friday, December 4th, 2009
- Citizens United, Corporate Personhood and the Constitution: CAC Releases Discussion Draft of New Report in Advance of Major Supreme Court Ruling
Friday, December 4th, 2009
- Ohio Will Keep Four Minor Parties on 2010 Ballot
Friday, December 4th, 2009
- State to settle suit over voter-signup materials
Friday, December 4th, 2009
- Sunlight Creates Database of Members’ Expenditures
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
- Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason, Issue 6 backers, prepare to address campaign finance
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
- Pair fined in cases of voter fraud
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
- Fair Elections Now Act and Citizens United: The Future of Participatory Democracy
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
- Paying to play: Justice Department probe may expose earmark quid pro quos
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
- Blog: Ohio Officials Settle Lawsuit Over Voter Registration
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
- Federal Court Lawsuit Settlement Brings Ohio Into Compliance with National Voter Registration Act: Hundreds of Thousands of Low-Income Ohioans to Benefit
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
- Blog: ACORN suit over voter registration settled in Ohio
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
- Campaign Finance Decision is Awaited
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
- Mich. High Court Sharply Split on Recusal
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
- Lobbyists: All aboard!
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
- Before Redistricting: The Other ‘R’ Word
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
- Leader of Athens Democratic Party indicted on bribery charges
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
- The Next Battle to Draw the Lines
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
- Opinion: D.C. tuning up for musical chairs
- November
- Public Financing With An Eye On SCOTUS
Monday, November 30th, 2009
- A Bipartisan Voting Victory: The Long-Overdue MOVE Act Could Serve As A Model For Future Election Reforms
Monday, November 30th, 2009
- Fly the Sleazy Skies; Even friendlier skies
Monday, November 30th, 2009
- House Expenditures to go Online
Monday, November 30th, 2009
- Christian groups backed fight against Ohio slots
Monday, November 30th, 2009
- Opinion: Vetting failed in YSU trustee selection
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
- Hershey: Statehouse Scrooges should use December for a Santa makeove
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
- Austin and the Link between Corporate Spending Rights and Political Support
Friday, November 27th, 2009
- ShareThis Strickland scoffs at GOP’s call for stimulus monitor
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
- Ruling says Morrison should step down from elections board
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
- Blog on Upcoming editorial: Public financing for judicial elections
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
- Ohio Lottery tells State Auditor Mary Taylor she’s wrong to demand performance audit
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
- Redistricting Reform: Parts 1 and 2
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
- Judiciary Report: A Starting Point: A commission of earnest citizens, most with backgrounds in the law, has produced a document demonstrating the complexities of governing
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
- Legislators to redistrict Ohio
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
- Health care fight swells lobbying
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
- Watchdog Groups Detail Political Campaign Contributions in Ways Never Before Documented
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
- Upgrade Ohio’s laws for petitions
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
- Governor’s Remarks to the Forum on Judicial Selection
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
- Electing Judges, Judging Elections, and the Lessons of Caperton
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
- Chief Justice, State Bar Association, League of Women Voters Will Pursue Appointive-Elective System
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
- Special interests faulted for judicial votes: Strickland doesn’t endorse ending popular elections
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
- Video: Making Government Transparent
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
- Blog: Chief Justice Moyer, allies promise campaign to change selection of Supreme Court justices
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
- Chief justice in pursuit: Thomas Moyer launches another worthy bid for merit selection
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
- Chief justice suggests end to elections
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
- Richland County Board of Elections deputy director selected to lead state association
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
- Decision on Morrison expected before holiday
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
- Squaresville, USA: How to fix American politics, one right angle at a time
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
- “Stimulus” money going to 10 Ohio congressional districts that don’t exist
Saturday, November 21st, 2009
- Fault ethics committee, not OCE
Saturday, November 21st, 2009
- ACLU seeks to salvage FOIA ruling
Saturday, November 21st, 2009
- Modernizing Ohio’s System for Registering Voters: Automatic & Online Registration
Saturday, November 21st, 2009
- Finance and Credit Companies Lobby Lawmakers As Congress Moves to Aggressively Regulate Them
Saturday, November 21st, 2009
- Editorial: There’s a better way to pick judges
Saturday, November 21st, 2009
- Blog: Elections by citizens, not corporations
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
- Blog: “Cornerstone of Accountability and Transparency”
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
- Election revisions
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
- Elections bill passed by divided Ohio House: Registration would be easier, ‘golden week’ eliminated
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
- Latest video: MSNBC: Jake Brewer Discussing Lobbying on the Morning Meeting
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
- W. Va. Panel Urges Judicial Reforms
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
- Midwest Redistricting website goes live
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
- Ohio Chief Justice Thomas Moyer burnishes his legacy by pushing for changes in how the state selects its top judges — editorial
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
- Corporate Democracy: Likely fallout from Supreme Court Citizens United decision
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
- A Forum on Judicial Selection: A Time for Action
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
- Secrecy surrounding Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority’s buyout of former CEO is troubling to watchdog groups
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
- Ohio stands to lose a congressional seat; Texas could gain three
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
- Members of House, Senate Banking Committees Rake in Wall Street Campaign Cash, New Report Shows: Financial Industry Has Contributed Two and a Half Times as Much Money to Banking Committee Members Than Other Lawmakers
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
- Financial Industry Invests Heavily in Key Lawmakers
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
- What Money Can’t Buy: Times story offers a unique picture of lobbyists at work
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
- In House, Many Spoke With One Voice: Lobbyists’
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
- Nonprofits Play Role in Legislative Push to Remove Barriers to Voting
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
- Ohio Chief Justice Thomas Moyer pushes to change how state judges are selected
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
- Editorial – A better way: Electronic voter registration could reduce fraud and boost accuracy, confidence
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
- Editorial: A serious challenge to campaign laws
Monday, November 16th, 2009
- Capital Eye Blog: Crossing Wall Street
Monday, November 16th, 2009
- Parties cash in on hot issues
Monday, November 16th, 2009
- Vote-fraud cases linger from 2008: Evidence, law lacking
Monday, November 16th, 2009
- News Release: Making Elections Better
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
- Election bill aims at vote disputes: Ohio’s provisional ballots third-most in U.S. in ‘08; goal is to reduce the need
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
- The BLT: Caperton Coda
Friday, November 13th, 2009
- New White House Counsel is Expert on Campaign Finance Law
Friday, November 13th, 2009
- A Lobbyist by Any Other Name
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
- Federal FOIA Mediator Begins to Use Technology to Reach Public
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
- Editorial: Ohio folds: Casino developers begin to inject themselves into state’s politics
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
- Sen. Seitz surprised by House committee OK of election bill; could doom quick final passage
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
- Blog: Elections bill splits parties
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
- Uncounted Ballots: A Measure of Vulnerability
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
- Pennsylvania Turnout: No Voter Faith in Judicial Elections?
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
- Fact-Based Election Reform for Military and Overseas Voters
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
- Bill allowing taxpayer money for state Supreme Court races passes
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
- Wis. court tosses judge campaign-money recusal rule
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
- Michigan Supreme Court adopts disqualification rules
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
- Securing the vote for all: Our service members deserve an equal voice
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
- Candidates pour more of own cash into races
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
- GET YOUR (MONEY-IN-POLITICS) GAME ON
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
- Digital Democracy Contest
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
- Editorial: Take the first step: Basic election reforms shouldn’t be stalled by partisan jockeying
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
- Thomas Suddes commentary: Money machine revving up as gambling regulations loom
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
- ShareThis Clock ticking for elections fixes: Ohio House, Senate disagree on overhaul bill
Monday, November 9th, 2009
- UPDATED: House committee takes up updated elections overhaul bill
Friday, November 6th, 2009
- Year-long vote fraud probe in Miami County finds no crime committed: Investigation dealt with the handling of ballots from 2008 presidential election
Friday, November 6th, 2009
- New high-court ethics rules should not, will not stand
Friday, November 6th, 2009
- Wisconsin Allows Judicial Conduct that ‘Tramples Our Rights’
Friday, November 6th, 2009
- Watch: Bert Brandenburg discussing “Judicial Activism”
Friday, November 6th, 2009
- Public Financing: Justice At Stake Applauds ‘Big Victory’ for Wisconsin Citizens
Friday, November 6th, 2009
- After identity tangle at the DMV, she’ll keep her vote to herself today
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
- The Citizens United Case: The Supreme Court and How It Defines “Corruption” in Determining the Constitutionality of Campaign Finance Laws
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
- Political Foes Team Up To Improve Voter Registration
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
- ‘Citizens United:’ Unleashing Corporate Billions?
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
- ELECTION NIGHT Summit : Ballot Shortage Issue Will Be Addressed
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
- Sunlight Foundation Blog: Pelosi Addresses e-Parliament Conference
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
- Lobbyists Terminating Their Federal Registrations at Accelerated Rate
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
- Study: Lobbyists are quitting at record pace
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
- Bad news for Democrats in revelation of ethics probes: New details on two chairmen – critics surprised by a prolific panel
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
- Blog: On the House Ethics Committee Leak
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
- Corporate Democracy: Likely fallout from Supreme Court Citizens United decision
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
- Statement of Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause, Democracy 21, League of Women Voters, Public Citizen and U.S. PIRG Regarding Activities of House Ethics Committee and Office of Congressional Ethics
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
- Ballot issues help drive record absentee voter turnouts
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
- The Devil We Know? Evaluating the FEC as Enforcer
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
- New redistricting report released at MDN, George Mason and Brennan Center forum
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
- Lobbying Disclosure Forms Don’t Tell Full Story
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
- Public Financing With An Eye On SCOTUS
- October
- John Baer: Judicial campaigning under the rule of flaw
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
- Dozens in Congress under ethics inquiry: AN ACCIDENTAL DISCLOSURE: Document was found on file-sharing network
Friday, October 30th, 2009
- Military Ballot Law Has States in a Time Squeeze
Friday, October 30th, 2009
- Demos Applauds Senator Feingold and Representative Ellison for Introducing Same Day Voter Registration Bill: Federal Proposal Would Increase Voter Participation Nationwide
Friday, October 30th, 2009
- PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNS SCHUMER BILL TO EASE VOTING PROCESS FOR MILITARY, OVERSEAS VOTERS: New Law Places New Requirements on States To Mail Out Ballots To Troops In Time to Give them 45 Days to Return Their Ballots; Also Requires Defense Department To Make Emergency Ballots Available Online So That Troops Can Print Them Out and Send Them Back
Friday, October 30th, 2009
- Lawrence Norden commentary: Voter-registration reform could dampen disputes
Friday, October 30th, 2009
- Shareholders Should Hear About Political Spending: Investors deserve the right to approve companies’ campaign contributions
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
- Big Business Group Lays Out Preferred Merit Selection Model
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
- Big Donors Ramp Up to Fight FCC Net Neutrality Decision
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
- Editorial: Trust, Antitrust and Your Vote
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
- Senators John McCain and Russell Feingold Defend Constitutionality of Ban on Corporate Expenditures in Federal Campaigns on Senate Floor; Call for Supreme Court to Uphold Longstanding Ban in Citizens United Case
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
- A World Without Rules: Opponents Of Campaign Finance Rules Are Moving On Multiple Fronts
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
- Politico: What to do with Extra PAC Money?
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
- The Need for Effective Recusal Standards for an Elected Judiciary
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
- Issue 6 reform plan tops competing Issue 5 proposal in race for money
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
- Statement by Senator John McCain on the U.S. Supreme Court Case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Monday, October 26th, 2009
- Editorial: Shine a Light: Transparency needed for government program spending $260 million
Monday, October 26th, 2009
- Congress Approves Bill Helping Overseas Voters
Sunday, October 25th, 2009
- Pew Applauds Congress for Military and Overseas Voting Solutions
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
- Pro-casino group, McLin rake in bucks: Casino backers raised $36 million in effort to put four casinos in Ohio
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
- Blog: Citigroup Taxpayer Ownership Doesn’t Prevent Lobbying
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
- Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold on Citizens United v. FEC
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
- Wall Street Steps Up Political Donations, Lobbying: Firms Boost Outlays Amid Debate on Financial-Services Overhaul, After Slowing Spending While Getting Bailout Cash
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
- Pro-casino group is cleared in ballot scam
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
- Employee of pro-casino group accused of forging absentee ballot forms
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
- Op Ed: In political campaigns, money does a whole lot of talking
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
- Bill to improve Ohio elections hangs in balance
Monday, October 19th, 2009
- Some voters have already cast ballots
Monday, October 19th, 2009
- Senate front-runners filling up coffers
Monday, October 19th, 2009
- Anti-casino group seeks Cuyahoga County probe of absentee-ballot applications
Friday, October 16th, 2009
- The People’s Business Cancelled; Fundraisers Flourish
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
- Brunner campaign fires finance team
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
- Campaign finance laws face a reset
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
- Blog: On Judicial Elections and Judicial Recusal
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
- Brandenburg: Still Early to Gauge Caperton Impact
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
- Brunner denies request to speed up Cuyahoga vote counting
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
- Op Ed: Elections require nonpartisan director
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
- Absentee-ballot fraud suspected in Franklin County
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
- PERSPECTIVE: Ohio residency dispute far from over
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
- 800 told to redo absentee ballot requests
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
- Prosecutor Bill Mason pledges to reform campaign finance and return campaign contributions from employees
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
- GAO Report to Congressional Committees: Financial Stablilization
Monday, October 12th, 2009
- Top Financial Services Committee Members Rely Heavily On Finance Campaign Contributions
Monday, October 12th, 2009
- What will be the effect of ‘Husted Rule’? One observer says the decision on state senator’s residency could be a big victory for voter rights
Sunday, October 11th, 2009
- ND20 Interview with Brennan Center for Justice’s Michael Waldman: The case that could wipe out 100 years of campaign finance laws
Friday, October 9th, 2009
- Sen. John Ensign’s Alleged Ethics Scandal
Friday, October 9th, 2009
- Fewer Lobbyists Have Made Political Contributions Since Changes in Disclosure Laws
Friday, October 9th, 2009
- Voter forms with incorrect info raise suspicions
Friday, October 9th, 2009
- The Citizens United Case, Part 6 ChiefJustice Roberts Faces Unusual Choice: Will He Say “Never Mind”
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
- Issue 5 supporters want Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason to return employee contributions
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
- Morrison rebuffs call to quit post: Elections chairman doesn’t see reason to heed Brunner
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
- Editorial: Time to resign: Jack Morrison violated the state’s ethics laws. He should exit the board of elections and the UA board of trustees
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
- Audit questions GOP spending: Findings allege county party’s ex-leaders used funds illegally
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
- Early voting for Nov. 3 election gains popularity in Cuyahoga County
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
- High court backs Husted
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
- Husted is a Montgomery County resident, high court rules
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
- State Sen. Jon Husted is Dayton-area resident, Ohio Supreme court rules
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
- Blog: CLUSTERS OF CONTRIBUTIONS DISCUSSED ON MSNBC
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
- Blog: Absentee voters not absent
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
- Editorial Campaign finance ‘flaw’ in Issue 6 would be more than offset by structural changes in Cuyahoga County government
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
- Opinion: Neutral arbiter needed: Proposals to remove partisanship from election oversight are worthy
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
- Blog: ACLU urges civility over records requests
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
- Blog: Hilliard, New Albany seek new closed doors
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
- Campaign finance left out of Issue 6 or proposal: Issue 6 has no provision restricting donations
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
- Editorial: Remodel the House? Suit questions fairness of congressional representation
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
- Blog: Lawmakers Get One-Two Punch of Money From Health Industry Special Interests
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
- Blog: In Debt or Full of Hope, Politicos Maintain Presidential Fund-raising Committees
Friday, October 2nd, 2009
- Share This Feds asked to block Diebold sale
Friday, October 2nd, 2009
- Editorial: Ohio must do away with gerrymandering and fix redistricting
Friday, October 2nd, 2009
- Opinion: A new drawing board: Ohio lawmakers should offer voters an overhaul of reapportionment system
Friday, October 2nd, 2009
- John Baer: Judicial campaigning under the rule of flaw
- September
- Opinion: Ohio must do away with gerrymandering and fix redistricting
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
- Editorial: Corporations aren’t people yet
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
- Election Commission Decisions Deadlocking on Party Lines
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
- Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice to headline Ohio judicial selection forum
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
- Bipartisan board put forth to boost trust in elections
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
- Editorial: Give Ohioans the say on redistricting plan
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
- Editorial: Clarify it: Residency rules should be spelled out for Ohio’s elected officials
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
- Audit: County officials join growing chorus of those calling for examination of office
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
- Census survey has something to rile everyone
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
- U.S. Census Uses Telenovela to Reach Hispanics
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
- Blog: WHO BETTER TO BUNDLE:
Friday, September 25th, 2009
- Ohio racetracks try to shield 8,900-plus pages from public view
Friday, September 25th, 2009
- Blog: Members Ditch Hearings, Party at Hunan Dynasty Instead
Friday, September 25th, 2009
- Redistricting amendment passes, goes to House: Plan to make process bipartisan gets no votes from Dems
Thursday, September 24th, 2009
- Husted redistricting commission plan passes Senate, predicts court support on residency challenge
Thursday, September 24th, 2009
- Grendell: Local, state officials fail to prosecute, work closely with feds
Thursday, September 24th, 2009
- 90.3 WCPN ideastream®: The Costs of Corruption
Thursday, September 24th, 2009
- Editorial: Open up: Taxpayers have a right to see applications for video-slot-machine licenses
Thursday, September 24th, 2009
- Senate expected to OK Husted redistricting plan
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
- Senate to vote on redistricting rules
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
- Editorial: The Rights of Corporations
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
- Ohio SOS Brunner rules State Sen. Husted is not a resident of his elected district
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
- Husted doesn’t live where he votes, Brunner decides: Senator vows to fight ruling on his residency
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
- Lobbyists still run Washington: It was supposed to change when Obama took office. But D.C.’s influence machine is going strong. Just ask Max Baucus
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
- Opinion: The latest round of federal charges illustrates just how pervasive and corrosive public corruption has become in Cuyahoga County
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
- ACCOUNTABILITY: Center Files FOIA Suit Against Education Department
Monday, September 21st, 2009
- Campaign funds put to use for lobbying firms
Monday, September 21st, 2009
- Cuyahoga County corruption probe creates doubts about property appraisals
Monday, September 21st, 2009
- Op Ed: Give and take:Campaign-donation ban would reduce coercion but limit political rights
Monday, September 21st, 2009
- Blog: Appeals Court Decision: Is McCain-Feingold Now On The Ropes?
Monday, September 21st, 2009
- Blog: Robert Mutch on Citizens United the Prof. Hayward Brief, and the History of the Tillman Act
Monday, September 21st, 2009
- Court Backs Outside Groups’ Political Spending
Monday, September 21st, 2009
- OpEd: The latest round of federal charges illustrates just how pervasive and corrosive public corruption has become in Cuyahoga County
Monday, September 21st, 2009
- In Case You Missed This: Report from NYU’s Brennan Center Finds Ohio Campaign Finance Laws among the Worst in the Midwest
Sunday, September 20th, 2009
- Redistricting Reform hearing on Tuesday
Saturday, September 19th, 2009
- Lawmakers Must Cross Aisle On Vote Reforms: Campaign Lawyers Are Mounting A Bipartisan Campaign To Modernize Voter Registration. Will Congress Listen?
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
- Blog: An Absolute Must-Read for those following Citizens United: the Untold Drafting History of Austin
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
- Sotomayor Issues Challenge to a Century of Corporate Law
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
- Cuyahoga County must spend $300,000 to mail voters a charter reform measure
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
- Op-Ed: Captive contributors: When it comes to political giving, not all donations are voluntary
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
- Court Shoots Down NAM Bid to Overturn Lobbying Disclosure Law
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
- Congress Can Better Voter Registration
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
- Confusion over absentee ballot law
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
- Diebold sale raises concern: Nearly all of Ohio’s counties now to be served by one voting-device company
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
- The CAUCUS Blog: Bipartisan Group Looks to Reshape Voter Registration
Monday, September 14th, 2009
- The VOTERS Blog: New Bipartisan Group Calls for Voter Registration Reform
Monday, September 14th, 2009
- Editorial: To-do list: Lawmakers should make reform of construction law, redistricting priorities
Monday, September 14th, 2009
- Blog: Little agreement so far from split legislature, and little change on that expected this fall
Monday, September 14th, 2009
- Bill won’t let bosses take workers’ campaign donations
Monday, September 14th, 2009
- Bill to bar officials’ soliciting of workers for campaign gifts
Monday, September 14th, 2009
- Voting ‘no’ on Cuyahoga County charter panel won’t bar vote on members, elections board says
Monday, September 14th, 2009
- Free Speech by the Millions: Corporate cash plots a comeback
Monday, September 14th, 2009
- Blog: Citizens United: stare decisis, judicial activism and the factual record
Monday, September 14th, 2009
- Op-Ed: The Trial of John Roberts
Sunday, September 13th, 2009
- Supreme Court Poised to Overhaul Parts of Campaign Finance System
Friday, September 11th, 2009
- Transcript and audio of Citizens United reargument
Thursday, September 10th, 2009
- High Court Hears Campaign Finance Arguments
Thursday, September 10th, 2009
- Court seems poised to cut corporate election limits
Thursday, September 10th, 2009
- Supreme Court Hears Campaign Finance Case
Thursday, September 10th, 2009
- Analysis: Two precedents in jeopardy
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
- Blog: Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor to headline Ohio judicial selection forum
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
- Opinion: Justice Roberts’ Big Test
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
- Bill Moyers on Citizens United vs. FEC
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
- Editorial – Exercise Caution:Supreme Court should respect precedent in deciding Wednesday’s campaign-finance case.
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
- U.S. court considers corporate spending on elections
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
- Lawmakers not making many: Budget debate kept legislators busy this session; they’ve passed 7 other bills, none controversial
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
- Obama Reverses Course, Will Release White House Logs
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
- Supreme Court to hear campaign finance case
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
- Blog: ON THE EVE OF SHOWTIME: It all started with a scathing movie about Hillary Clinton. . .
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
- Editorial: A Threat to Fair Elections
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
- Transcript of Live Web Chat on Landmark Supreme Court Case
Friday, September 4th, 2009
- Don’t Get Rolled!
Friday, September 4th, 2009
- U.S. Supreme Court May Open Floodgates, Allow Corporate Cash to Swamp Elections
Friday, September 4th, 2009
- Blog: FEC to rule on Brunner request
Friday, September 4th, 2009
- The Internet and Civic Engagement
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
- Investigator Exclusive: Employees donate big bucks to county prosecutor
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
- Records requests provoke tensions
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
- Penn National funding the fight against VLTs, affidavit says
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
- Elections panel waiting on Brunner request
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
- Opinion: Ohio must do away with gerrymandering and fix redistricting
- August
- Ohio casino issue will see millions in spending
Monday, August 31st, 2009
- Casino supporters, foes to spend millions: A similar issue generated more than $60 million for campaigns last year
Monday, August 31st, 2009
- Utility showered local pol with money
Monday, August 31st, 2009
- It’s About Us: 2010 Census in Schools
Friday, August 28th, 2009
- OpenSecrets.org to Conduct Live Web Chat on Landmark Campaign Finance Case
Friday, August 28th, 2009
- League of Women Voters of Ohio: Press Release regarding the Ohio Secretary of State’s Election Wait Time Report
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
- Sen. Miller ousted from key committees: Democratic leader faults him for not being team player, poor communication
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
- Blog: Brunner studies ways to cut voter wait times
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
- ‘Wait time’ limit for voting not needed, Brunner says
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
- Discussion on Gov’t Transparency Through the Internet
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
- Blog: Transparency in Presidential Signing Statements
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
- Tally of Interests on Climate Bill Tops a Thousand: Agriculture, Higher Ed, Natural Gas, You Name It. Everyone’s Got a Lobbyist
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
- Watchdog Groups Release Database Detailing Earmarks and Campaign Contributions
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
- Blog: The Early Word: Document Day
Monday, August 24th, 2009
- Blog: Sunlight on Campaign Finance: Supreme Court Should Protect The Public’s Right To Know
Monday, August 24th, 2009
- Quantcast In ‘Hillary: The Movie’ case, Supreme Court considers major shift in election law
Monday, August 24th, 2009
- 2010 CENSUS: First Quarterly Report to Congress
Friday, August 21st, 2009
- Blog: MONEY AND POLITICS: The End of the Blue Dogs’ Fundraising Boom?
Friday, August 21st, 2009
- Health Interests, Lobbyists Rank High Among Industries Increasing Campaign Contributions
Thursday, August 20th, 2009
- Board says candidate properly aided voters: Tarle and volunteers helped fill out and stamp absentee envelopes
Thursday, August 20th, 2009
- Jimmy Dimora and Frank Russo turned off their fund-raising powers
Thursday, August 20th, 2009
- Editorial: Two elections a year are enough
Thursday, August 20th, 2009
- Op Ed: A Century-Old Principle: Keep Corporate Money Out of Elections
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
- Campaign finance hearing expanded
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
- Whisper campaign tries to derail Taylor re-election train
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
- Editorial: Improving elections:House bill includes sound reforms; party leaders should reach consensus
Monday, August 17th, 2009
- Blog: Redesigning The Government: The U.S. Supreme Court
Monday, August 17th, 2009
- Blog: Scenes from the Ohio Elections Commission
Saturday, August 15th, 2009
- ‘Citizens United’ Case: A High-Stakes Rush to Overturn Corporate Spending Limits?
Saturday, August 15th, 2009
- Should the Supreme Court Alter Its Approach to Campaign Finance Regulation?
Saturday, August 15th, 2009
- Anthony Sinagra, former state senator and Lakewood mayor, charged with bribery, fraud
Thursday, August 13th, 2009
- Moyer bashes judicial fundraising: He also sees three upcoming cases as standouts in his 22-year tenure
Thursday, August 13th, 2009
- Network partners among diverse groups agreeing to redistricting principles
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
- Editorial: Republicans contemplate rearranging the chess pieces
Monday, August 10th, 2009
- Easier, cheaper voting plan proposed
Monday, August 10th, 2009
- Anti-slots group balks at revealing its donors: High court to rule on governor’s bid to know contributors
Friday, August 7th, 2009
- Line-Drawing and a Proposed Constitutional Truce
Thursday, August 6th, 2009
- Citizens United, Stare Decisis, and Democracy
Thursday, August 6th, 2009
- Wealthy GOP candidate to spend millions in U.S. Senate primary: Underdog Ganley will force Portman to spend more
Thursday, August 6th, 2009
- Brunner campaign’s spending query on hold: Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner wants a ruling concerning her U.S. Senate run.
Thursday, August 6th, 2009
- Brunner, Dems unveil voting overhaul plan
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
- Editorial: Judicial activism, the conservative kind
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
- Corporate-Spending Case Threatens Arms Race in Court Elections
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
- Editorial: Strickland used veto wisely
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
- David Hansen commentary: Slots plan would take away power of the people
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
- Editorial: Chief justice determined to tidy up judiciary on his way out
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
- OP ED: Supreme reforms for a supreme body
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
- Pepper winning the money race
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
- State wants gambling money; do politicians?
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
- Millions roll in for Statehouse majorities
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
- Ohio Citizen Action calls for better disclosure
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
- Gov. Ted Strickland boasts healthy campaign war chest in bid to be re-elected
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
- Strickland raises $2.5 million for re-election bid
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
- Gov. Strickland is a frequent flier: He’s gone on 40 fundraising trips
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
- New voting machine gets OK by state
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
- Ohio casino issue will see millions in spending
- July
- 2009 State Judicial Reform Efforts: ANALYSIS
Friday, July 31st, 2009
- Massey in New Recusal Dispute
Friday, July 31st, 2009
- Early voting center to open for primaries
Friday, July 31st, 2009
- Strickland has $4 million in bank
Friday, July 31st, 2009
- Something’s Still Rotten in the State of West Virginia
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
- Massey drops recusal lawsuit against W.Va. Supreme Court
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
- Utility PACs Generous to Key Lawmakers in Climate Debate
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
- Ohio needs transparency about stimulus money, says report
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
- Kilroy proposal added to executive compensation bill
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
- Crisis in county government: One year later
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
- Ohio treasurer gives bank contract, gets political fund-raiser
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
- Ohio redistricting could change VW representation
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
- Editorial: Census and sensibility
Monday, July 27th, 2009
- Governor should hold his horses:
Sunday, July 26th, 2009
- Editorial: Voters shut out: Lawmakers, governor took away Ohioans’ right to choose on gambling
Sunday, July 26th, 2009
- Thomas Suddes commentary: Makeup of Ohio House in 2011 could hinge on Columbus-area voters
Sunday, July 26th, 2009
- New voting scanners OK’d for use in Ohio
Friday, July 24th, 2009
- REPORT ON 2008 ELECTION UNCOVERS BROAD ARRAY OF VOTING RIGHTS PROBLEMS: VOTERS FACED BARRIERS IN ACCESSING THE BALLOT AND CASTING THEIR VOTES
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
- Slots opponents want some records
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
- Voting rate fell slightly in 2008: Turnout of whites declined 1 point
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
- Editorial: Is redistricting victim of budget war?
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
- SECRETARY BRUNNER CERTIFIES NEW VOTING SYSTEM FOR OHIO
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
- Rob Portman Senate campaign fund-raising far ahead of Democrats Lee Fisher, Jennifer Brunner
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
- Republican chief says last vestiges of Noes must go: Elections board is battleground
Monday, July 20th, 2009
- Improper political contributions lead to securities license suspension
Monday, July 20th, 2009
- Husted says he has $1.25M for sec of state race
Monday, July 20th, 2009
- Activists fear calls to boycott the census
Monday, July 20th, 2009
- Blog: Huge, hasty state budget affects you
Monday, July 20th, 2009
- Editorial: Cuyahoga County commissioners decide to divide and confuse issue of reform
Monday, July 20th, 2009
- Despite federal inquiry, Cuyahoga County commissioner won’t quit
Friday, July 17th, 2009
- Casino drive losing signatures
Thursday, July 16th, 2009
- Deceased voters ‘aid’ casino petition locally, across Ohio
Thursday, July 16th, 2009
- Jimmy Dimora rants. Cuyahoga County and the region rot: Toleration of a pay-to-play mentality damages all
Thursday, July 16th, 2009
- EDITORIAL: Worse than usual: Sellout of voters was a feeding frenzy for lobbyists and lawmakers
Thursday, July 16th, 2009
- Voters to decide on livestock board
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
- State debate drew lots of lobbyists: Possibility of slots had supporters, foes weighing in
Monday, July 13th, 2009
- Advocate cleared of voter fraud: 600-mile drive for ballot
Monday, July 13th, 2009
- OpEd: Here’s a Supreme Court jargon decoder
Monday, July 13th, 2009
- Cuyahoga County reform coalition submits more than 75,000 signatures to Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, moving closer to putting plan on ballot
Monday, July 13th, 2009
- President Obama pushed on campaign finance promises
Friday, July 10th, 2009
- Need For Campaign Cash Opens Door For Lobbyists
Friday, July 10th, 2009
- NPR: Outside The Beltway, Anger At Business As Usual
Friday, July 10th, 2009
- Everything Ohio, and then some, is on new Web site
Friday, July 10th, 2009
- Contractor charged with bribing officials
Friday, July 10th, 2009
- Pumper, Dimora lobbied judge in lawsuit, feds say
Friday, July 10th, 2009
- Man who sued is angry after Steven Pumper is accused of discussing case with Cuyahoga County Judge Bridget McCafferty
Friday, July 10th, 2009
- Hagan, Lawson Jones call for Dimora to take leave of absence
Friday, July 10th, 2009
- County Commissioners ask Jimmy Dimora to step aside for 60 days
Thursday, July 9th, 2009
- Shred those documents (Tubbs Jones, Obama, McCain certainly did)
Thursday, July 9th, 2009
- Former Lakewood Mayor Sinagra linked to Parma politician’s activities
Thursday, July 9th, 2009
- Steve Pumper of D-A-S Construction charged in federal corruption probe
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
- Drawing conclusions: Contest shows imagined congressional districts
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
- State Sen. Tim Grendell worries Cuyahoga County officials under investigation still will get large pensions
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
- Prosecutors volunteer when special duty calls: Ethical conflicts can lead to work in other counties
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
- Letter to the Editor: Settlement of suit solidifies reforms
Monday, July 6th, 2009
- Opinion: Looking for a better way of redrawing political borders
Monday, July 6th, 2009
- Contest sparks debate over shape of 4th Congressional District
Monday, July 6th, 2009
- Ken Blackwell will recommend redrawn congressional districts
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
- Blog: Cuyahoga County Commissioner Tim Hagan complains about stories on secret meetings, then goes into secret meeting
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
- No mayor primary? Save $400K
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
- Portman expected to raise more than $1.5 million
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
- Editorial: Cuyahoga County politicians unwittingly bolster case for reform
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
- Former U.S. Attorney Greg White denies politics played role in Cuyahoga County corruption probe
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
- Editorial: West Virginia case is a warning against mixing judges, money and politics
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
- Justices still wrestle with their biases
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
- 2009 State Judicial Reform Efforts: ANALYSIS
- June
- State auditor asks for ethics review of Portage County Commissioner Christopher Smeiles
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
- ODOT withheld fears about danger of Main Avenue Bridge collapsing in 2007
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
- Editorial: When ODOT speaks and hears no evil, it cuts out the public
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
- Editorial: Wrong approach — Don’t use state constitution to set livestock-care rules or other detailed policies
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
- Somewhere under the political price tags is Ohio’s budget
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
- Late-filing politicians may pay: Candidates must detail campaign donations
Monday, June 29th, 2009
- More on Redistricting Competition
Monday, June 29th, 2009
- Line up for Ohio: Draw improved legislative districts, and the likelihood is, the state will get improved representation
Monday, June 29th, 2009
- Editorial: Contest shows real hope for better elections
Monday, June 29th, 2009
- Cuyahoga County commissioners go behind closed doors during 33 of 38 meetings, review finds
Monday, June 29th, 2009
- Narrow escape: A critical provision of the Voting Rights Act survives the Supreme Court
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
- Hurry to harvest: State officials suddenly want a constitutional change for agribusiness
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
- Court Sidesteps Major Ruling Over Voting Rights Act
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
- Justices Retain Oversight by U.S. on Voting
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
- Nursing homes skilled at securing aid
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
- Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson unveils ‘new and improved’ ethics policy
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
- Opinion: Changes already being made in the way elections are run
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
- Editorial: Guidance, please: Ohio judges need standards for complying with ruling on conflicts of interest
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
- Elections officials criticize settlement
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
- Arnold & Porter, Proskauer Negotiate Settlement Improving Ohio Electoral Process
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
- Obama bars lobbyists from fund-raisers, but Democratic committees will take their money
Friday, June 19th, 2009
- Cuyahoga patronage practices outlined in federal documents: Crisis In County Government
Friday, June 19th, 2009
- Editorial: Judges should step aside if there’s a hint of bias
Friday, June 19th, 2009
- Ohio settles lawsuit from 2004 election: Challenge filed in Toledo questioned system’s legality
Friday, June 19th, 2009
- Election settlement troubling
Friday, June 19th, 2009
- Portman is richest candidate in U.S. Senate race
Friday, June 19th, 2009
- Editorial: Think long-term – Absentee-ballot policy should make sense for all elections, not just August
Friday, June 19th, 2009
- OHIO REDISTRICTING COMPETITION PARTNERS ANNOUNCE COMPETITION WINNERS
Friday, June 19th, 2009
- Attack ads cost U.S. high court respect: Books tells of survey results from 2006
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
- State to pay $7,000 in records case
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
- Settlement of dispute not public record?
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
- A Win For Fairer Courts: The Caperton Ruling Will Establish Clearer Recusal Rules For Judges Who May Face Conflicts Of Interest
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
- Brennan Center for Justice Report: Can the U.S. register every voter?
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
- Method for picking justices must go
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
- Editorial: Bias on the bench
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
- League of Women Voters of Ohio and State Settle Historic Lawsuit
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
- Experts: Brunner deal iffy: FEC approval to use state campaign assets for Senate bid was needed beforehand, some say
Saturday, June 13th, 2009
- Recently Re-Elected Senators Get Early Fundraising Boost
Friday, June 12th, 2009
- Marc Dann to be fined in campaign funds case, report says
Friday, June 12th, 2009
- Brunner requests blessing of deal: Senate campaign’s use of equipment bought by state campaign is at issue
Friday, June 12th, 2009
- Ohio chief justice wants new ethics policy
Thursday, June 11th, 2009
- Ruling on ‘Probable Bias’ Spotlights Political Reality
Thursday, June 11th, 2009
- More on Supreme Court decision on Caperton v. Massey
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
- Brunner seeks Husted’s utility records in residency dispute
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
- Cleveland Clerk of Courts Earle Turner worked in his office just 84 days last year, records show
Monday, June 8th, 2009
- Supreme Court rules on Caperton v. Massey Coal
Monday, June 8th, 2009
- Which Brunner campaign fund paid for what?
Monday, June 8th, 2009
- CPS board prez insists on violation of Open Meeting laws
Friday, June 5th, 2009
- U.S. Puts Government On The Web
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
- Transparency and Open Government — Open Government Initiative by the White House
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
- Editorial: Putting squeeze on Ohio hospitals while coddling nursing homes is wrong
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
- Response to request for records lacks logic
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
- Former GOP fund-raiser: nursing homes get it, hospitals don’t
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
- State auditor asks for ethics review of Portage County Commissioner Christopher Smeiles
- May
- Boehner’s suggestion for transparency is a hit
Sunday, May 31st, 2009
- Obama’s Big Campaign Donors Reap Rewards
Friday, May 29th, 2009
- Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo has reported gifts since corruption probe started
Friday, May 29th, 2009
- Illegal Donations Add Up to Record Fines
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
- Caperton v. Massey Coal Co.
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
- Dann Scandal Leads to Donation Limits
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
- The Four R’s of Election Reform By the League of Women Voters of Ohio
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
- Cuyahoga County Sheriff Gerald McFaul’s Contracts Studied for Links to Campaign Donations
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
- Strickland Makes “Final” Release of School Data to Rep. Morgan
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
- House finance Chairman Vernon Sykes Retracts Suggestion for Private Meetings on Budget
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
- Political Donor Admits Laundering
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
- Editorial: Voting Changes Just Make Sense
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
- Democrats Not Shy About Chasing Cash
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
- Spring Arrives With Town Hall Meetings Around Ohio
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
- Obama Administration Reverses Promise To Release Torture Photos
Monday, May 18th, 2009
- Husted Testifies for Redistricting Plan
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
- The League of Women Voters Joins Amicus Brief in Caperton v. Massey
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
- Justices Hear Arguments on Money-Court Nexus
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
- Boehner’s suggestion for transparency is a hit
- April
- OPINIONS:
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
- Secretary Brunner’s Elections Recommendations In New Report
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
- Redistricting Meeting in Marion Brings Out Facts, VIPs, Crowd
Monday, April 20th, 2009
- Final Report on 2008 and 2009 Ohio Election Summit and Conference Available
Monday, April 20th, 2009
- U.S. Sen. George Voinovich has returned $330,382 in campaign contributions
Monday, April 20th, 2009
- Crowd Turns Out for Redistricting Town Hall Meeting in Marion
Monday, April 20th, 2009
- Governor Establishes the Ohio Complete Count Committee for the 2010 Census
Thursday, April 16th, 2009
- Brennan Center for Justice Releases Final Report on 2008-09 Ohio Election Summit & Conference
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
- Brunner and OAEO Differ on Election Bill
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
- Elections report: Ohio must update voter lists
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
- Portman, Fisher build bankrolls for 2010 Senate race
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
- Opportunity to reform Election System lauded
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
- Campaign finance reform needs voter support now
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
- Primary Election Coming up May 5
Monday, April 6th, 2009
- OPINIONS:
- March
- New Study Finds Five Midwestern States Have Dim Sunshine Laws
Monday, March 30th, 2009
- Redistricting Competition Announced
Thursday, March 26th, 2009
- LWV of Marion County Get County and City Health Departments to Combine For More Efficient Use of Resources
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
- New Study Finds Five Midwestern States Have Dim Sunshine Laws
- December
- 2008
- November
- Address to the Cleveland Area LWV Town Hall Meeting on Election Law Reform
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
- Address to the Cleveland Area LWV Town Hall Meeting on Election Law Reform
- September
- The Ultimate Civics lesson is now available….
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
- Important voting dates to know
Monday, September 22nd, 2008
- The Ultimate Civics lesson is now available….
- August
- Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner recommends the LWVO civics CD.
Monday, August 4th, 2008
- Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner recommends the LWVO civics CD.
- June
- The Selling of the Judiciary: Campaign Cash “in the Courtroom”
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
- The Selling of the Judiciary: Campaign Cash “in the Courtroom”
- March
- Download Judge Tom Januzzi’s Presentation on Judicial Independence
Monday, March 24th, 2008
- Thomas J. Moyer: Wisconsin has chance to improve faith in courts
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
- Download Judge Tom Januzzi’s Presentation on Judicial Independence
- November
- 2007
- November
- Death Penalty Moratorium or Not?
Monday, November 26th, 2007
- Death Penalty Moratorium or Not?
- October
- Welcome to Speak Up & Connect
Friday, October 12th, 2007
- Welcome to Speak Up & Connect
- September
- Mike Tyson, Bowling Green Citizens for Smart Growth
Thursday, September 6th, 2007
- Mike Tyson, Bowling Green Citizens for Smart Growth
- March
- Vickie Askins WCCOFF story
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
- Vickie Askins WCCOFF story
- November
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