This polling was commissioned by a Dem-leaning group and may be biased. It shows Dem ideas with a big lead and Freedom to Vote Act is much more popular than ACE Act.
Charlie Cooper
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Sunday, July 30, 2023
GOP ACE Act has provisions to limit voting and encourage dark money
This op-ed writer says ACT Act would:
- Ban third party ballot collection
- Impose new voter ID requirements on states
- Ban 501(c)(4) disclosure
- Raise from $5K to $50K the threshold for requiring nonprofits to register
- Increase contribution limits
- Completely rewrite DC's local election laws with no input from residents/voters.
Charlie Cooper
Friday, July 28, 2023
Thursday, July 27, 2023
PODA Act reintroduced
This bill is worth analyzing and possibly presenting to For the People -- Maryland for endorsement.
Charlie Cooper
Friday, July 21, 2023
Dems introduce Freedom to Vote Act in 118th Congress
Dems held press conference and touted the benefits of the bill to expand voting rights in federal elections, ban gerrymandering, and limit dark money. Dems say that Republican ACE bill, which may pass the House would limit opportunities to vote in order to skew elections toward the GOP.
Charlie Cooper
Judiciary Committee reports Whitehouse SCOTUS ethics bill out to Senate floor
Here is an account of the Senate Judiciary Committee markup of the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act authored by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D, RI). Republicans were unanimous in their condemnation of the bill, calling it an attack on the justices because of their conservative views.
[GMOM Board member Tina Coplan and I attended the session. The article does not begin to describe how hyperpartisan and ridiculous some of the senators' statements were. Republicans senators completely ignored the obvious ethical lapses by justices who benefit by association with billionaire donors.]
Charlie Cooper
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