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The Incompatability Of Competitive Majority-Minority Districts And Thornburg V. Gingles, Amy Rublin
The Incompatability Of Competitive Majority-Minority Districts And Thornburg V. Gingles, Amy Rublin
Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal
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Election Day Challenges To Polling Hours And The Judiciary's Cautious Response, Robert C. O'Brien, Amy Borlund, John Kay
Election Day Challenges To Polling Hours And The Judiciary's Cautious Response, Robert C. O'Brien, Amy Borlund, John Kay
Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal
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Campaign Finance And Electoral Reform: A Feminist Economics Perspective, Kimberly Christensen
Campaign Finance And Electoral Reform: A Feminist Economics Perspective, Kimberly Christensen
Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal
In "Campaign Finance and Electoral Reform: A Feminist Economics Perspective," we begin by examining the impact of the current regime of campaign finance on the American political system, in terms of the possibilities for corruption, for inegalitarian agenda-setting, and on the quality of representation by officeholders. We then briefly review attempts to regulate this system, from the Tillman Act of 1907 to the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act ("McCain-Feingold"). We examine and critique the extant proposals for change, including legislation and/or regulation to "plug the holes" in FECA (the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971), public financing of all federal …