Email date: 9/18/08
In this update:
1. Legislative hopefuls lean on wealthy outsiders to fund campaigns
2. A road map to better judicial campaigns
3. Hearing set for today on attorney general’s voter lawsuit
4. Help WDC track down who’s doing the campaigning in state elections
Email date: 9/26/08
In this update:
1. Incumbents lean on special interests to protect status quo
2. Why a federal bailout is close to inevitable
3. What’s behind voter cross-check lawsuit
Email date: 10/3/08
In this update:
1. High court showdown in the making
2. Freedom of Information Council to celebrate 30th birthday
3. Air wars in judicial contests increasingly commonplace
4. WDC on lookout for special interest campaigning
5. Blogging up a storm
Email date: 10/6/08
The state Government Accountability Board today took a step forward toward a long overdue rewrite of outdated election disclosure rules exploited by special interest groups to pour huge sums of money into election campaign advertising while keeping the public in the dark about who’s paying for the ads.
Email date: 10/7/08
In this update:
1. Judicial Commission files complaint against Gableman
2. Bailout vote mirrored campaign money pattern
Email date: 10/13/08
In this update:
1. Another probe launched targeting newest Supreme Court justice
2. Campaigning for high court will change, legal experts say
3.Oshkosh newspaper says time has come for disclosure of ’issue ads’
Email date: 10/16/08
In this update:
1. Veiled groups sling slime in state legislative elections
2. Support building for action on phony issue ads
Email date: 10/22/08
In this update:
1. Smears take center stage in state legislative races
2. Media commentary counters negative attacks
3. MUM’s the word on lies, bigotry and TV ads
Email date: 10/23/08
In this update:
1. Judge tosses out Van Hollen voter-check lawsuit
2. Longtime voter removed from voter rolls for being dead
3. Democracy or republic?
Email date: 10/28/08
In this update:
1. State donors give record amounts to shadow groups
2. Searchable database of campaign contributions updated
3. Cost of national elections to pass $5 billion mark
4. Huge Election Day vote has nothing to do with election