in-depth analysis of non-disclosing spending groups

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2019/02/somp3-billion-dollar-dark-money-tip-of-the-iceberg/?utm_source=February+Donor+Appeal+List&utm_campaign=833670a9d3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_02_22_10_21&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8ce7c3ba3d-833670a9d3-212208581

Charlie Cooper

Get Money Out - Maryland

Seattle newspaper editorializes in favor of voting by mail

https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/more-states-should-follow-washington-and-vote-by-mail/

 

 

Charlie Cooper

M: 410-624-6095

Criticism of HR 1: it has undemocratic provisions and those are the most likely to be enacted

https://blackagendareport.com/hr-1-cuts-green-party-campaign-funding-sics-homeland-security-and-political-police-left

 

Author alleges that HR 1 would cut Green Party Presidential matching funds and poses security state threats to democracy. These little-publicized aspects are more likely to pass than the good provisions like anti-gerrymandering, anti-voter suppression, and ethics reforms.

 

Charlie Cooper

Study says voter ID laws do not suppress turnout

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/opinion/voter-id-study-republicans-democrats.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

 

 

Charlie Cooper

H: 410-578-8291

M: 410-624-6095

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

 

 

Sheldon Adelson hates online gambling

https://theintercept.com/2019/02/08/sheldon-adelson-online-gambling/

 

Sheldon Adelson is a billionaire casino magnate. He is spending big-time to defeat online gambling – out of his sensitivity to less well-off people, of course.

 

NOTE: There is a Charles Cooper mentioned in this article. I am not he.

 

Charlie Cooper

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

 

 

Firm with MD voter-registration contract has been transferred

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-dpw-elections-data-20190204-story.html#nws=true

Russian investor no longer involved.

Charlie Cooper

Get Money Out - Maryland

Rep. Raskin introduces "Shareholders United" bill in Congress

https://www.marylandmatters.org/blog/raskin-bill-would-curtail-impact-of-citizens-united-decision/

 

Under the bill, corporations could not spend money to influence elections unless the shareholders have positively indicated that they approve.

 

Charlie Cooper

An Imperfect Union: The Case for a Second Constitutional Convention | Harvard Political Review

http://harvardpolitics.com/united-states/an-imperfect-union-the-case-for-a-second-constitutional-convention/

https://www.ktvz.com/news/wyden-reintroduces-bill-targeting-dark-money-in-politics/996786829