Google says it cannot comply with Maryland's online ad disclosure lw

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-google-political-ads-20180629-story.html

 

The law takes effect on November 4, 2018.

 

Charlie Cooper

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Get Money Out – Maryland (GMOM)

 “We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” – Louis Brandeis

 

 

Citizen initiatives for campaign finance, ethics, and disclosure on November ballots

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/campaign-finance-ballot-initiatives_us_5bd082fce4b055bc94873116?ncid=APPLENEWS00001

 

S. Dakota, N. Dakota, Missouri, Denver, Baltimore City, Albuquerque

 

Charlie Cooper

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Sen. Conway oversees hearing on enforcement of reporting requirements

https://www.marylandmatters.org/2018/10/19/out-of-state-not-out-of-mind-senator-presses-for-answers-on-union-pac-cash/

 

Union-linked PAC that supported her opponent failed to file reports.

 

Charlie Cooper

 

 

Green Party candidate challenges Hoyer's role as fundraiser

http://husseini.posthaven.com/the-most-strategic-midterm-race-elder-challenges-hoyer

 

 

Charlie Cooper

 

 

Wyoming Promise will work for an Article V resolution in legislature

http://www.americanpromise.net/raising_the_bar_in_wyoming?utm_source=American+Promise&utm_campaign=7ccd267016-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_10_16_04_21_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f12c7850d0-7ccd267016-22850359

 

Ken Chestak is a leader of Wyoming Promise and is determined to get an Article V Resolution either through a ballot measure or via legislative action. Ken attended the national Wolf-PAC conference in Salt Lake City last August.

 

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 “We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” – Louis Brandeis

 

 

Dark-money groups were ordered to reveal their donors. They didn’t. - POLITICO

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/16/donors-to-dark-money-groups-still-mostly-hidden-despite-court-ruling-905894

Homeland security expert blasts Maryland absentee ballot procedures

https://wtop.com/local-politics-elections-news/2018/10/securing-your-vote-how-safe-are-md-s-absentee-ballots/

 

It’s a “Sword of Democles,” he says.

 

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Out-of-state funding in races for state offices: the pattern is changing

https://www.publicintegrity.org/2018/10/10/22300/out-state-donors-pour-cash-democrats-state-races?link_id=4&can_id=e96967e6939a941dbdebb8356ad281a2&source=email-big-checks-from-out-of-state-donors-casino-magnates&email_referrer=email_432692&email_subject=big-checks-from-out-of-state-donors-casino-magnates

 

Dems are getting lots of small donation from out-of-state, while Republicans are getting money in bigger chunks.

 

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'We’ve never seen anything like this': GOP overwhelmed by Democratic cash - POLITICO

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/12/gop-democratic-record-fundraising-response-898162

Are Democrats raising big money from small donors?

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/democrats-raise-big-money-for-midterms/

 

 

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The Hidden Money Funding the Midterms — ProPublica

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-hidden-money-funding-the-midterms

State Board of Elections says Maryland voter rolls are safe

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/state-officials-checking-systems-for-hackers-ahead-of-november-elections/23654248

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Alaskans sue to stop SuperPACs and enforce State law

https://citizentruth.org/citizens-united-targeted-alaska-equal-citizens-lawsuit/

 

Charlie Cooper and Susan Ogden

 

Thomas Ferguson analyzes 2016 Presidential election

https://www.ineteconomics.org/uploads/papers/Ferg-Jorg-Chen-INET-Working-Paper-Industrial-Structure-and-Party-Competition-in-an-Age-of-Hunger-Games-8-Jan-2018.pdf

 

 

Charlie Cooper

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Get Money Out – Maryland (GMOM)

 “We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” – Louis Brandeis

 

 

Dems go to Wall Street for campaign funding

https://readsludge.com/2018/10/03/dems-in-toss-up-races-turn-to-wall-street-for-campaign-funds/?link_id=9&can_id=e96967e6939a941dbdebb8356ad281a2&source=email-dems-seeking-big-money-in-midterm-leadup&email_referrer=email_428809&email_subject=dems-seeking-big-money-in-midterm-leadup

 

 

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How money helped Trump win 2016 election

https://www.ineteconomics.org/uploads/papers/Ferg-Jorg-Chen-INET-Working-Paper-Industrial-Structure-and-Party-Competition-in-an-Age-of-Hunger-Games-8-Jan-2018.pdf

 

Trump lent his campaign large sums near the end. Money was directed strategically selected states.

 

Charlie Cooper

 

Underlying paper for the previous news article on money in politics

https://www.ineteconomics.org/uploads/papers/WP_48_Ferguson_et_al.pdf

 

This is the actual Ferguson, Jorgensen, and Chen paper referenced in the previous article.

 

Charlie Cooper

 

 

New research on how campaign money shapes elections

https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/stark-new-evidence-on-how-money-shapes-americas-elections

 

Prof. Thomas Ferguson, with colleagues Jorgenson and Chie apply sophisticated statistical analysis to campaign finance data and conclude that money matters to electoral outcomes and that mainstream corporations are financing a long-term rightward drift in U. S. policies.

 

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Public financing moves forward in Prince George's County after dramatic meeting

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/campaign-finance-bill-moves-forward-in-prince-georges-after-dramatic-meeting/2018/09/26/218b65b6-c19a-11e8-b338-a3289f6cb742_story.html?utm_term=.f38d1c26a267

 

 

Charlie Cooper with thanks to Renaud Brown

 

Charlie Cooper: When the people act it makes a real difference for grassroots democracy - Capital Gazette

http://www.capitalgazette.com/opinion/columns/ac-ce-column-cooper-20181008-story.html

Candidates for U. S. Senate get campaign money from banks

https://readsludge.com/2018/10/03/dems-in-toss-up-races-turn-to-wall-street-for-campaign-funds/?link_id=9&can_id=e96967e6939a941dbdebb8356ad281a2&source=email-dems-seeking-big-money-in-midterm-leadup&email_referrer=email_428809&email_subject=dems-seeking-big-money-in-midterm-leadup

 

 

Charlie Cooper

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Get Money Out – Maryland (GMOM)

 “We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” – Louis Brandeis