Massachusetts Commission Report recommends use of multiple paths to Amendment

https://www.mass.gov/doc/citizens-commission-2019-report/download

 

“Leverage multiple paths. Redundancy in effort means more chances at movement towards the ultimate objective. Massachusetts should support and find ways to(1)work through Congress,(2)support a limited-purpose Article V convention, and (3)invest in building a further groundswell of support across the nation.”

 

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

 

 

Corporate donors argue for more secrecy for foreign spending in US elections

https://theintercept.com/2020/02/15/dark-money-irs-reporting-501c/?utm_source=The+Intercept+Newsletter&utm_campaign=f425a2d764-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_02_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e00a5122d3-f425a2d764-132072741

 

Thanks to Susan Ogden for finding this article.

Charlie Cooper

Michael Bloomberg Is Drowning Out The Small-Donor Boom

Article: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-bloomberg-donors-campaign-finance_n_5e4f86cac5b6a4525db90619?ncid=engmodushpmg00000006

Bloomberg has used this money to essentially drown out the preferences of the millions of Americans who have donated to other candidates.

Marty Wulfe

Fresh ideas on how a democracy can represent all citizens

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-future-of-democracy/politics-without-politicians?source=EDT_NYR_EDIT_NEWSLETTER_0_imagenewsletter_Daily_ZZ&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Daily_021920&utm_medium=email&bxid=5e14c490576f2c44836013c2&cndid=59597346&esrc=&mbid=&utm_term=TNY_Daily

 

 

Charlie Cooper

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

 

 

Trump chafes after Congress briefed on Russian threat to 2020 election

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/us/politics/russian-interference-trump-democrats.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

 

“One of Moscow’s main goals is to undermine confidence in American election systems, intelligence officials have told lawmakers, seeking to sow doubts over close elections and recounts.”

 

Charlie Cooper

Bloomberg pays $2500 per month for part-time social media posters

http://archive.is/Vgbfr

 

Thanks to Sheila Ruth for providing this content.

Charlie Cooper

Dog bite man - big money dominates Maryland gubernatorial elections

https://www.marylandmatters.org/blog/study-outlines-influence-of-big-money-in-md-elections/

 

Lots of out-of-state money.

 

Bloomberg outbidding all other campaigns for workers

https://theintercept.com/2020/02/13/bloomberg-spending-local-state-campaigns/

 

He is offering unprecedented salaries for campaign workers and other campaigns are unable to hire.

 

Charlie Cooper

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

 

 

ABA opposes "use-it-or-lose-it" voter purges

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/voting-rights/-use-it-or-lose-it---the-problem-of-purges-from-the-registration0/

 

 

Charlie Cooper

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

 

 

Re: Opinion: To the Victors and the Spoilers, a Call for Better Voting

I'm guessing it got rereferred to Budget & Taxation because of someone's concern about the possible cost.

Ken

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We missed the hearing in EHE, but the favorable report is a very positive development. Looks like it got "re-referred" to B&T, and we can monitor to see whether it gets a hearing there.

 

C

 

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https://www.marylandmatters.org/2020/02/14/opinion-to-the-victors-and-the-spoilers-a-call-for-better-voting/

 

The General Assembly is now considering an important bill, SB 89, to update our voting methods to include ranked choice voting. 

 

Marty Wulfe

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RE: Opinion: To the Victors and the Spoilers, a Call for Better Voting

We missed the hearing in EHE, but the favorable report is a very positive development. Looks like it got "re-referred" to B&T, and we can monitor to see whether it gets a hearing there.

 

C

 

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https://www.marylandmatters.org/2020/02/14/opinion-to-the-victors-and-the-spoilers-a-call-for-better-voting/

 

The General Assembly is now considering an important bill, SB 89, to update our voting methods to include ranked choice voting. 

 

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Opinion: To the Victors and the Spoilers, a Call for Better Voting

https://www.marylandmatters.org/2020/02/14/opinion-to-the-victors-and-the-spoilers-a-call-for-better-voting/

 

The General Assembly is now considering an important bill, SB 89, to update our voting methods to include ranked choice voting. 

 

Marty Wulfe

Love the billionaire bucks flooding the 2020 elections? Thank Charles Koch

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/07/charles-koch-elections-billions-money-cash?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Outlook

 

New documents reveal the Koch attack on campaign laws began more than four decades ago

 

Marty Wulfe

 

Del. Derek Davis wants to bring back developer money to PG County elections

https://www.marylandmatters.org/2020/02/06/opinion-opening-doors-to-democracy-in-prince-georges/

Charlie Cooper

BLOCKBUSTER: How Parnas' and Fruman's scheme was uncovered and the paralyzed FEC

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-inc-2020-how-parnas-and-frumans-dodgy-donation-was-uncovered-by-two-people-using-google-translate

Some federal prosecutors followed up on NGO info to indict Parnas and Fruman. Republican FEC Commissioners' doctrinaire refusal to enforce any campaign finance law - even if the alleged violation is by Democrats.

Charlie Cooper

Re: Citizens United Hearing Feb 6 2020

Carol Nezzo & I attended that hearing.

I'm not clear yet what are the differences between HJR2 & HJR48 but there seems to be significant overlap in the list of sponsors of both bills.

I spoke to Jamie for just a minute afterward. I was wearing my GMOM shirt and told him we are still trying to get his Democracy Amendment Resolution passed thru the MD legislature. He mentioned that one of the testifiers said that 20 states have passed resolutions for a constitutional amendment but then I had to remind him that nearly all of those were symbolic resolutions asking Congress to propose the amendment. 

So, I think that for an HJR that proposes a constitutional amendment to pass just the House, a 2/3 majority is needed. That is pretty much impossible to imagine in the foreseeable future UNLESS more states pass resolutions demanding an Article V convention, thus putting enough pressure on national Republicans to start supporting it.

-Will K

On Thu, Feb 6, 2020, 19:50 mwulfe via GMOM-volunteers <GMOM-volunteers@googlegroups.com> wrote:

https://youtu.be/1b3oYLIz8Lk

 

This is an abbreviated version of the official video from this morning's hearing in the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution.  It includes important testimony from Rep Jayapal related to HJR48.  The video can also be found on our website.

 

Marty Wulfe

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Citizens United Hearing Feb 6 2020

https://youtu.be/1b3oYLIz8Lk

 

This is an abbreviated version of the official video from this morning's hearing in the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution.  It includes important testimony from Rep Jayapal related to HJR48.  The video can also be found on our website.

 

Marty Wulfe

Acronym group that sabotaged Iowa caucus birthed by billionaire who funded Alabama disinformation campaign | The Grayzone

https://thegrayzone.com/2020/02/06/acronym-iowa-caucus-billionaire-alabama-disinformation/ 

Buttiegeg aide tweet shows difficulty of enforcing co-ordination rules

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-buttigieg-campaign-nevada-outside-groups_n_5e3b4a2ec5b6b70886f99afb

 

The idea that independent spending is “independent” is unenforceable.

 

Charlie Cooper