“Annexed Boise Neighborhood Left Out of Voting Rolls For Almost Five Years”
Fixed now, but a
helpful reminder that cities are organic, not static … and that it helps to
let election offices know as they grow or shrink.
All posts by Justin Levitt
A fight over certifying referenda for signature-gathering
When partisan officials control the process for certifying summaries and titles for initiatives and referenda heading onto the ballot, there will be controversy along the way. This story is about alleged foot-dragging on beginning the petitioning process to validate a… Continue reading
“Libertarian, Green parties sue Texas over ballot requirements”
From the Houston
Chronicle.
Trump’s Executive Order on the Census
Hi. Please don’t consider this a preview for the coming week: most of the posts will be a lot shorter. I promise.
Until yesterday, the official government reason for getting citizenship information in connection with the decennial census was the… Continue reading
No Census or redistricting cases from SCOTUS today
Rick is otherwise engaged at the moment, so I thought I’d send word: four opinions from SCOTUS this morning, but not the Census or redistricting cases. More opinions coming at 10am ET tomorrow.
Proportionality and the Oral Arguments — Part II
Yesterday, Nick offered some thoughts on the arguments in the Rucho and Benisek partisan gerrymandering cases, and several Justices’ fixation on whether all of this litigation is just a Trojan horse for achieving proportional representation. Nick’s post highlights the fact… Continue reading
“New Yorkers frustrated with Democratic dominance push bill to slice up state”
One state, three governors, three legislatures.
“How the Daughters and Granddaughters of Former Slaves Secured Voting Rights for All”
The Smithsonian lifts
up African-American suffragettes.
“Dem long shots crash 2020 debate stage”
A Politico
update on the impact of new rules for Democratic primary debates.
“Speaker Says Assembly No Longer Supports Public Campaign Financing, Downplays Other Reforms”
Democrats in New York state government back off of campaign finance reform now that they’re in power.
“Prison Gerrymandering Distorts Our Democracy in the Worst Ways”
The Nation on the piece of HR 1 that would require the Census to count people who are incarcerated at their last known address.
The Census Bureau requested comment on the issue several times in the last few years, but… Continue reading
“Only One Roadblock on the Road to Reform: Mitch McConnell”
The NY Times Editorial Board calls
HR 1 the “Merrick Garland of reform legislation.”
More on the Census Bureau’s collection of administrative citizenship data
The Washington Post goes
deeper on this story,
of the Census Bureau collecting administrative data (including citizenship
information) to bolster household-by-household census results.
“Texas’ desperate search for fraudulent voters”
Robert Brischetto catalogs
what Texas has found.