Gov’t workers voted for Obama with their dollars

By   /  June 17, 2013  /  Featured, Federal Government, National, New Mexico, News, Politics & Elections, Vote 2012  /  2 Comments

HEADING TO THE FINISH LINE: Both Mitt Romney, left, or Barack Obama are pouring it on heavy in Wisconsin in the final days of the campaign.

By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog

A review of Federal Election Commission records by a law professor at Pepperdine University found that not only did lawyers at federal agencies contribute more to Barack Obama than Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election, but that every federal agency reported an overwhelming advantage to Obama.

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VA No. 2 race sets pace for principle vs. pragmatism

By   /  June 13, 2013  /  Elections, Governor, News, Politics, Politics & Elections, State Elections, State Politics, Virginia  /  No Comments

Republican lieutenant governor candidate E.W. Jackson will face a challenge in Democratic nominee, state Sen. Ralph Northam.

By Carten Cordell │ Watchdog.org, Virginia Bureau

ALEXANDRIA — The Virginia lieutenant governor’s race may quickly overshadow the widely-watched governor’s election for the most diametrically opposed candidates of the year.

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WI conservatives say IRS scandal having chilling effect

By   /  May 22, 2013  /  Featured, Federal Government, IRS, News, Politics, Politics & Elections, Taxes, Wisconsin  /  6 Comments

Pro-Walker tea party member rally in late winter 2011. Conservative groups in the Badger State say the IRS scandal has hit a nerve among the grassroots movement.

The weather may be warming up in Wisconsin, but there’s a political chill on the conservative grassroots ground in the Badger State.

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Who wants to be mayor of PA’s broken capital city, and what difference does it make?

By   /  May 20, 2013  /  Featured, Issues, Local Government, Local News, News, Pennsylvania, Politics & Elections, State Government  /  No Comments

BROKE AND BROKEN: Voters in Harrisburg will chose a new mayor this year, with the first key election set for Tuesday.

HARRISBURG – It is hard to believe anyone would want to run the city of Harrisburg.

To say the Pennsylvania capital, hugging the banks of the Susquehanna River, has seen better days is more than an understatement. The city is saddled with more than $300 million in debt and resides under a state receivership that limits the city government’s ability to hurt itself even more.

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IRS wasn’t only agency hassling True the Vote

By   /  May 16, 2013  /  Ethics, Federal Government, News, Politics & Elections, Texas  /  18 Comments

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By Jon Cassidy | Watchdog.org
HOUSTON — Since filing for tax exemption as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2010, the founders of True the Vote, a Houston-based group that tries to prevent elections fraud, have been overwhelmed with scrutiny from a host of government agencies, in particular, by the Internal Revenue Service.
Catherine and Bryan Engelbrecht have suffered through 18 [...]

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