Democracy Wire

Yahoo issues statement cutting ties to ALEC

Common Cause and the League of Women Voters of Florida jointly wrote two letters to the leadership of the Florida Legislature last week during the special session called to redraw the state’s congressional districts. Judge Terry Lewis ruled that current districts violate new state constitutional provisions forbidding partisanship to be a factor in the redrawing of lines and ordered the Legislature to draw a new map by August 15.

A Texas legislator chosen to head ALEC has ties to energy interests and the Koch bfothers

President Obama underscored his support for open Internet protections this week.

State and federal courts are at odds over the constitutionality of a Wisconsin voter ID law

Citizens United invited corporations, unions and other groups to find ways to circumvent longstanding limits on their political spending; a bombshell report today in Politico exposes just how skillfully they’ve answered the challenge.