Get Money Out - Maryland Posts of Interest about Money in Politics and Voting Rights

Thursday, February 20, 2020

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

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

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

Friday, February 14, 2020

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

K Stevens
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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.

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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.

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

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