Not that I do all that much politicking around here anyway, but still
The rapid growth of political blogs and Web sites has attracted the attention of state elections officials, who are considering what, if any, new regulations should be imposed on the Internet.
The go-slow approach by the state Public Disclosure Commission (PDC), which collects candidates’ financial information and enforces elections laws, is applauded by most bloggers and campaign experts, though some say policing the Internet is unnecessary and all but impossible.
As early as this month, the PDC may consider new political communication regulations, with much of the discussion likely to focus on whether to extend federal rules governing the Internet to local races.
“Are we going to regulate what bloggers say? No,” said Jane Noland, one of five commissioners. “We are not interested in regulating speech.”
cough/ BULLSHIT! \cough
They’d love to tell me what I can and cannot say, though they’ll never admit it.
And I know for a fact that the Dems in western Washington would love to regulate the folks at Sound Politics, whose Initiative to make the King County Elections Director an elected position instead of one the County Executive can fill with his most faithful lackey was finally approved for the ballot after 50 some-odd days of verifying signatures by the county elections office.
We’ll see what they want to do, but my move to Idaho may be abruptly accelerated so that I can sling shit at them from outside their reach.