Sunday, October 03, 2010


http://diigo.com/0d0an
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Election Law: House Passes Federal Election Integrity Act and Presidential Transition Act
    • BNA reports here($) on the House's passage of FEIA (H.R. 512), which would prohibit state chief election officials from serving in a leadership role in federal campaigns. The bill required -- and received -- a two-thirds vote because it was passed under suspension of the rules, but faces an uncertain fate the in Senate. The same story reports on the House's passage of the Pre-Election Presidential Transition Act (S. 3196, already approved by the Senate), authorizing GSA to provide transition resources to major-party nominees before the general election.