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NEWS ABOUT: election law

election law stories: 4 news summaries

GOPers Spot
End Run Around Election Law

FEC rule lets 1-man corporations pool
their resources

Jun 9, 09 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - A decision by campaign-finance regulators has a pair of GOP strategists hoping to skirt limits set by election law, Politico reports. The Federal Election Commission recently OK’d ad buys made by a solo activist’s one-man corporation. That gave the strategists an idea: Rich individuals could avoid rules against... More »

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campaign finance • campaign fundraising • Federal Election Commission • election monitors • election law • Michael Dubke • Carl Forti

Palin Shopping Spree OK: Feds

Commission nixes complaint that RNC's $150K in clothing purchases broke law

May 19, 09 3:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Federal Election Commission dismissed today a complaint that the Republican National Committee broke the law when it bought $150,000 in clothes for then-vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, the Anchorage Daily News reports. The FEC said purchases were “coordinated party expenditures” for campaign purposes, and did not violate... More »

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RNC • campaign funds • clothes • Republican Party • Federal Election Commission • Sarah Palin • election law

Campaigns Ramp Up for
Ohio Legal Fight

State's use of provisional ballots portends court battles

Oct 31, 08 6:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four years ago Ohio delivered the presidency to George W Bush over John Kerry, and in 2008 the Buckeye State may again prove decisive. Both camps have legal teams to contest the results of the Ohio vote, which could be compromised by a host of snags: faulty electronic machines, irregularities... More »

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Ohio • voting irregularities • Election 2008 • election law • provisional ballots

Supreme Court to Hear $79M Cigarette Verdict for 3rd Time

Justices to decide if Oregon court ignored instruction to limit punitive damages

Jun 9, 08 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a third appeal of Oregon’s $79.5-million punitive-damage award against Philip Morris. The justices have twice sent the verdict back to Oregon’s high court, part of an effort to limit punitive damages to nine times the size of compensatory damages. This... More »

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Texas • Altria • Philip Morris • US Supreme Court • punitive damages • election law

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