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NVRI Press Releases 2000-2004
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August 23, 2004
Federal Court Rejects Student's First Amemdment Challenge to Spending Limits
August 18, 2004
Second Circuit Court of Appeals Finds Campaign Spending Limits Constitutional Under Right Conditions
August 13, 2004
Federal Court Rules Against Federal Election Commission in Presidential Debates Case
February 11, 2004
Buchanan, Nader and Others Sue FEC over Failure to Act on Complaint against the Commission on Presidential Debates
June 17, 2003
Hagelin, Nader, Buchanan Unite in FEC Complaint Against Commission on Presidential Debates
June 6, 2003
United States Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA) Hard Money Increases
May 2, 2003
Federal Court Dismisses Challenge to Radical Increases in Individual Contribution Limits
February 7, 2003
ACLU/SC, National Voting Rights Institute Hail Internet Political Speech Victory
August 14, 2002
State Appeals Court to Hear Constitutional Challenge to North Carolinia's Campaign Finance System
August 7, 2002
In a Landmark Ruling, Federal Appeals Court Upholds Campaign Spending Limits: Ruling Revisits 1976 decision in Buckley v. Valeo
August 1, 2002
New Study Reveals Voters of Color View Campaign Finance as an Equality Issue, Support Full Public Funding of Elections
Read this Groundbreaking Focus Group Study
May 21, 2002
Lawsuit Targets “Secret Justice” By Texas Supreme Court:Voters Should Not Have To Elect Justices Whose Records Are Secrets
Read the Texas League of United Latin American Voters Press Release on this Lawsuit
May 7, 2002
Coalition of Voters, Candidates and Public Interest Groups File Challenge to Hard Money Increases in McCain-Feingold Campaign Reform Law
March 19, 2002
Campaign Reform Group and Missouri Voters File Suit Against FEC Charging Campaign Finance Violations by Ashcroft 2000 and the Spirit of America PAC
February 25, 2002
Legal Victory for Massachusetts Clean Elections Law
October 2001
Clean Elections Coalition to Sue State of Massachusetts over Lack of Funding for New Reform Law
To hear the oral argument, please visit www.massvoters.org, or click here to view a transcript in pdf form.
August 2001
Albuquerque Coalition Defends City's Campaign Spending Limits
August 2001
Federal Judge Strikes Down Filing Fee For Ballot Access in PA Pennsylvania Law Declared Unconstitutional
May 2001
NVRI Argues Before Federal Appeals Court on Vermont's Campaign Spending Limits
April 2001
NVRI, Brandeis University and the Fannie Lou Hamer Project Co-Sponsor Campaign Finance and Civil Rights Summit
March 2001
NVRI, along with Public Campaign, US PIRG and the Fannie Lou Hamer Project Announce Opposition to the Amended Mccain-Feingold Bill.
March 2001
NVRI, Common Cause, and the Alliance for Democracy File an FEC Complaint Against John Ashcroft's Campaign Finance Record
October 2000
Representing a Coalition of Voters, Candidates and Organizations, NVRI Challenges the North Carolina Campaign Finance System on State Constitutional Grounds
October 2000
NVRI Challenges the Corporate Financing of Presidential Debates
August 2000
Federal Court Opens Door to Revisiting Constitutionality of Campaign Spending Limits