Accurate Voter Registration Lists Are Essential To Election Integrity

RNLA Executive Director Michael Thielen wrote today in the Daily Callerabout yesterday's House Committee on Administration hearing on state voter registration list maintenance and the importance of accurate voter registration records:

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Testimony to House Oversight Committee on Threat to Free Speech from Online Ad Regulation

Yesterday, Allen Dickerson of the Center for Competitive Politics (as of today, now called the Institute for Free Speech) testified to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s Subcommittee on Information Technology on the dangers posed to free speech by proposals to regulate internet advertisements (footnotes omitted):

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House Admin Hearing Tomorrow on Voter Registration List Maintenance

Tomorrow at 11:00 AM, the Committee on House Administration is holding an important hearing on "State Voter Registration List Maintenance."  RNLA sent a letter in support of accurate voter registration lists to the Committee today:

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ICYMI: Administrator Pruitt Takes Another Step to Restore Rule of Law at EPA

Last Monday, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt ended the "sue and settle" practices by which environmental activist organizations controlled a portion of the regulatory process at the EPA during the Obama Administration:

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Larry Levy Honored as 2017 Republican Lawyer of the Year

Next Wednesday evening at the City Club of Washington, DC, the RNLA will host a reception honoring Larry Levy, who was selected by the RNLA Board of Governors as the 2017 Republican Lawyer of the Year.  RNLA'sleadership praised Mr. Levy as very deserving of this honor:

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Respect For Free Speech Dwindles Under The Left’s Assault

Last week's op-ed by RNLA Vice President for Election Education David Warrington on efforts by Democrats on the FEC to regulate political speech on the Internet provoked an odd, though perhaps predictable, response on Twitter, ending with former FEC Commissioner Ann Ravel tweeting that the "point of the article" was to generate death threats against her.  This week in the Daily Caller, RNLA Executive Director Michael Thielen responded:

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Various Factors Affect Schedule for Judicial Nominees in Senate

President Trump's White House continues sending excellent judicial nominees to the Senate for consideration.  While everyone wants his or her favorite nominee to be the first considered, Roll Call laid out the practical factors that will affect the schedule in the Senate.  

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California’s Campaign-Advertisement Disclosure Laws Become Toughest in the Country

Last week, Governor Jerry Brown signed the California DISCLOSE ACT, AB 249, which by some standards makes California’s campaign-advertisement disclosure laws the toughest in the country.

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Rush to Regulate Foreign Speech Risks China-Like Censorship

RNLA member Eric Wang wrote in USA Today how the rush to regulate foreign speech on American political and policy issues will inevitably stifle American speech, pointing first to the example of China:

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After Non-Citizen Voter Registration Scandal, PA SOS Resigns Abruptly

In a surprise move, Pennsylvania Secretary of State Pedro Cortes resigned late Wednesday.  The reasons for his resignation are mysterious, but many speculate that the registration of non-citizens through the "motor voter" system is to blame:

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