... place. Bauer, interestingly, is considered an expert in campaign finance law. That's good, because Bauer ... task.  And who better to have on point than Bob Bauer. Campaign finance reformers have been trying to promote the idea that an adverse ... graveyard. But if the administration is already considering "how to rewrite" campaign finance laws in the event that the Supreme Court ...

... purpose is to raise revenue for a publicly financed campaign system and, instead, may serve a legitimate regulatory purpose: ... worst and conflict of interest at best. . .; (e) The current campaign finance system undermines the First Amendment right of voters ... effects on elections attributable to lobbyists’ campaign contributions would be remedied by the implementation of a publicly financed ...

... of the President. Bauer is an expert on election law, especially campaign finance law, and has had a blog, www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com. ... the Democratic National Committee in lawsuits involving campaign finance. He has been a force in favor of freeing political parties from campaign finance restrictions, especially the parts of the McCain-Feingold law that make restrict the ability of national ...

The Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board (CFB) heard the GOP State Party complaint against DFL ... were spending money running for governor without filing gubernatorial campaign committees. The law requires anyone who spends more than $100 running for ... and Rybak handled how they spent money on gubernatorial campaign activities.  Here's the difference between the two campaigns. read more

Developing story… The Minnesota Campaign Finance Board has ruled AGAINST Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak ... in sufficient amounts to require registration of a principal campaign committee in two ways. First, the complaint identified expenditures on ... party units that the Complainants believed would only benefit a campaign for Governor. Second, the Complainants provided calculations that showed that ...

It seems like third party folks should be aware of this: from Ballot Access News New White House Counsel is Expert on Campaign Finance Law On November 13, President Obama formally announced that Bob Bauer will be the new counsel to the office of the President. Bauer is an expert on election law, especially campaign finance law, and

... the town's public financing program is questioning why most candidates didn't file their special pre-election campaign finance reports on time. Pre-election reports were due on Oct. 26 and then again on Oct. 29. Only Matt Czajkowski, ... more than $30,000 and spent more than $25,000 on his mayoral campaign. In 2007, Czajkowski spent more than $15,000 between the first ...

Another round of campaign finance reports were due to the Town Clerk last night, and it seems nothing too exciting turned up this time around. Town Council President-elect Mark Sideris outraised Clyde Younger by just about $150 after you account for Younger’s own contributions to his own campaign. But Sideris also reported more than $4,000 in

posted by Josh GoodmanUSA Today notes the significance of the Supreme Court's campaign finance case for governor's races:If the Supreme Court opens the door to more corporate money in political campaigns, it could affect laws in nearly two dozen states and a host of governor's races next year, ...

... it in an article entitled La Quinta mayor may retire, which actually covers news in several different cities. Desert Hot Springs Councilman Russell Betts' campaign finance reports that were due in October were finally approved last week. City Clerk Pat Hammers sent out a note on Oct. 29 with all the other candidates ...