Link-of-the-Day – Page 51 – Democracy North Carolina

Monday, November 15, 2010

The mega-millionaires who financed Congressional elections this year want a spectacular payoff: a tax break worth tens of billions each year. This is the essence of pay-to-play corruption: money paid, special benefits returned. Even though the Congressional winners say investing in jobs is the top priority, they seem ready to fork over billions more to [...]

By Bob Hall| 2010-11-15T22:41:03-05:00 November 15th, 2010|Ethics, Link-of-the-Day, Money in Politics|0 Comments

Friday, November 12, 2010

A preliminary analysis of fundraising by NC General Assembly candidates shows that Republicans were far more successful in the 2010 cycle than in previous elections. Many of them doubled their income from 2008, outraised their opponents, and funneled the donations to colleagues in tight races. Democrats raised substantial money, too, but several of their top [...]

By Bob Hall| 2017-01-03T12:05:45-05:00 November 12th, 2010|Link-of-the-Day, Money in Politics|3 Comments

Thursday, November 11, 2010

The good folks at NC Policy Watch have put together a baker’s dozen of targets the new Republican majority aims to destroy when they take their seats in the 2011 NC General Assembly. At the top of the hit list is Fair Elections. The goal of the new majority is apparently to gut public campaign financing [...]

By Bob Hall| 2017-01-03T12:05:45-05:00 November 11th, 2010|Link-of-the-Day, Money in Politics, Voter-Owned Elections, Voting Rights|0 Comments

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

All locally elected bodies in North Carolina, including school boards, county commissions and city councils, must put in place a code of ethical conduct and receive ethical training by January 1, 2011. This article from Wilkes County outlines the requirements, core elements and considerable leeway involved in this new state law adopted by the General [...]

By Bob Hall| 2010-11-10T07:06:33-05:00 November 10th, 2010|Ethics, Link-of-the-Day|0 Comments

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

The first thing the mega-millionaires who financed the winners this November will go after is more money for themselves. They’ll call it tax relief for small business, but it’s really a further shift of US resources into the hands of a tiny elite. Nothing exposes the corruption of American politics more plainly than how politicians [...]

By Bob Hall| 2010-11-09T13:58:07-05:00 November 9th, 2010|Link-of-the-Day, Money in Politics|0 Comments

Monday, November 8, 2010

“Follow the money. It tells a story – and it’s not a pretty one.” WRAL-TV in Raleigh looks at the spike in special-interest donations pouring into the campaign accounts of Republican leaders in the NC General Assembly in the final two months of the election. The head of the NC Dental Society explains his PAC [...]

By Bob Hall| 2010-11-08T20:09:14-05:00 November 8th, 2010|Link-of-the-Day, Money in Politics|1 Comment

Friday, November 5, 2010

The Institute for Southern Studies has another report on Art Pope’s use of corporate and personal donations to spread lies and depress voter turnout by pumping up the “negatives” of state Democratic candidates. This is how you purchase election outcomes through deceit, but of course it didn’t begin with this election cycle and is not [...]

By Bob Hall| 2017-01-03T12:05:45-05:00 November 5th, 2010|Citizens United Case, Get Out the Vote, Link-of-the-Day, Money in Politics|0 Comments

Thursday, November 4, 2010

A quick report by Public Citizen points out the significant role of the unprecedented spending by outside groups in US House and Senate contests on November 2. In 58 of the 74 elections where party control changed, the winning candidate got more support from non-party, outside group(s) than the loser. A press release with the [...]

By Bob Hall| 2010-11-04T11:20:57-04:00 November 4th, 2010|Citizens United Case, Link-of-the-Day, Money in Politics|1 Comment

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

In a state where half the registered voters typically do not vote, relatively small swings in the activism of sub-groups of voters can have a big impact. In 2008, the exceptional turnout among African-American women and youth led the way to sweeping victories for Tar Heel Democrats. In 2010, Republican enthusiasm and disinterest among youth [...]

By Bob Hall| 2010-11-03T16:13:45-04:00 November 3rd, 2010|Civic Engagement, Get Out the Vote, Link-of-the-Day, Youth Vote|0 Comments

Some Useful Election Day Links

The 2010 Election is here. Polls are open on Tuesday, November 2 from 6:30 AM until 7:30 PM. Click here to find out voting locations in NC by address plus directions to all polling places. Here are some other useful Election Day links you may want to use or pass on to others: Vote! Postcard [...]

By gabe@democracy-nc.org| 2010-11-01T15:10:58-04:00 November 1st, 2010|Get Out the Vote, Link-of-the-Day|0 Comments