{"id":13524,"date":"2014-10-07T14:36:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T14:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/today-in-democracy-10-07-14\/"},"modified":"2014-10-07T14:36:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T14:36:00","slug":"today-in-democracy-10-07-14","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/articles\/today-in-democracy-10-07-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Democracy &#8211; 10\/07\/14"},"template":"","class_list":["post-13524","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"The New Yorker looks at Lessig, Washington Post tracks the confusion caused by last minute changes to election laws, anti-ALEC work gets profiled in the National Journal, and USA Today watches GOP donations rise as party eyes Senate take over after election.","featured_image":null,"article_type":1103,"authors":null,"related_issues":false,"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<h3>TODAY&rsquo;S MUST READS<\/h3><ul class=\"circles\"><li>The New Yorker, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2014\/10\/13\/embrace-irony\" target=\"_blank\">Embrace the Irony: Lawrence Lessig wants to reform campaign finance. All he needs is fifty billionaires.<\/a><\/li><li>Washington Post, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/govbeat\/wp\/2014\/10\/03\/a-month-from-election-day-election-rules-still-in-flux\/\" target=\"_blank\">A month from Election Day, election rules still in flux<\/a><\/li><li>National Journal, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationaljournal.com\/tech\/anti-alec-activists-pressure-ebay-to-drop-conservative-group-20141007\" target=\"_blank\">Anti-ALEC Activists Pressure eBay to Drop Conservative Group<\/a><\/li><li>USA Today, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2014\/10\/06\/republican-giving-on-upswing-ahead-of-election-day\/16808893\/\" target=\"_blank\">With Senate control in view, some GOP donors boost giving<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h3>OUR WORK IN THE NEWS<\/h3><p><strong>Nacional<\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"circles\"><li>America Magazine, <a href=\"http:\/\/americamagazine.org\/issue\/how-much-corporate-influence-too-much\" target=\"_blank\">How Much Corporate Influence Is Too Much?<\/a><\/li><li>The Legislative Gazette, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislativegazette.com\/Articles-Top-Stories-c-2014-10-06-89441.113122-Is-ALEC-facing-an-exodus.html\" target=\"_blank\">Is ALEC facing an exodus?<\/a><\/li><li>Salon, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2014\/10\/07\/robert_reich_we_let_big_pharma_rip_us_off_partner\/\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Reich: We let Big Pharma rip us off<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Maryland<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Capital Gazette, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capitalgazette.com\/news\/elections\/ph-ac-bb-anthony-brown-1007-20141006,0,25194.story\" target=\"_blank\">Brown supports new high school in Anne Arundel<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Add any important articles we missed in the comments!<\/strong><\/p>"}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Today in Democracy &#8211; 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