Roiled in Partisan Deadlock, FEC is Failing
via the Huffington Post
Just last year, a wellspring of hope washed over the Federal Election Commission (FEC), as the appointment of two newly minted commissioners, Democrat Ann Ravel and Republican Lee Goodman, raised the prospects that the election watchdog would once again become a functioning agency.
Sadly, according to a new study by Public Citizen, that hope has been dashed, as the percentage of deadlocked votes remains at unprecedented high levels and the number of enforcement actions has plummeted to all-time lows.
America is plunging head-long into what will be the most expensive federal election in history, with essentially no cop on the beat to ensure that the election is administered fairly and transparently. This is going to be one messy election.
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