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November 13, 2007

Campaigns: State’s reporting laws vulnerable

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 11/13/7 State law currently prohibits corporations from donating more than $1,000 to a political candidate’s campaign during an election cycle. But that same corporation can donate unlimited money to a political action committee that is independent of the candidate and that makes independent expenditures for so-called “issue” advertising. During the 2007 elections,…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
November 13, 2007

Miss. candidates spend money with national political firms

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 11/13/7 Mississippi campaigns may be bad for voters’ nerves, but they’re good for consultants’ pocketbooks. And nobody should be surprised that Gov. Haley Barbour, a former Republican National Committee chairman, spent large chunks of his campaign cash with advertising and polling firms that have a strong track record for the GOP –…