“An Exodus From Puerto Rico Could Remake Florida Politics”
There have been a few pieces recently on migration after Hurricane Maria. Some compare these political shifts to migration after Hurricane Katrina.
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“Florida’s population grows but list of active voters shrinks. Here’s why.”
A tour through regular list maintenance in Florida.
The ‘Resistance,’ Raising Big Money, Upends Liberal Politics
The NYT discusses the fundraising prowess of the insurgent left.
Interesting on the heels of the WaPo RNC feature on small donors.
And the chaser…
Aaron Blake reminds Democrats that if the 2016 election had been up to a national popular vote, campaign strategies would have been very different.
National Popular Vote push
A team at Covington has started a new organization – Making Every Vote Count — pressing for a national popular vote for President. Sam Wang was on CNN this morning talking about some related new research, finding that one out… Continue reading
“The Democrats’ Gerrymandering Obsession”
It’s a day full of would-be reminders for Democrats, for some reason. Jeff Greenfield points out that Democrats have lost races for reasons other than gerrymandering. I’m not sure anyone disagrees.
More on Gill
This is yet another article attempting to explain Gill away by saying that the cause of the gerrymandering problem is natural concentration of Democrats in urban areas.
The challenge in Gill, of course, is limited to those plans in which… Continue reading
Gill and amici
Wisconsin partisan gerrymandering case had, by far, most amicus briefs of any SCOTUS case since 2013. https://t.co/VyJCBUVGqL #fairmaps pic.twitter.com/Bi7Eys9XvD
— Michael Li 李之樸 (@mcpli) October 7, 2017
“Gerrymandering and ‘gobbledygook’”
I had the chance to speak yesterday with the Daily Journal’s Weekly Appellate Report podcast, about Gill and also a bunch of other stuff. For your consideration…
“How Computers Turned Gerrymandering Into a Science”
A post from Jordan Ellenberg, in the weekend NYT.
FWIW, I’m hardly a Luddite, but I’m a little skeptical of the gerrymandering-and-technology story, at least in its strongest form. It is unquestionably true that technology has democratized both gerrymandering… Continue reading
The other costs of voter ID
1/9 Texas has spent more than *$4 million* to date defending its #voterID law, according to #s I received in a public records request today
— Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) October 5, 2017
“William Jefferson ordered released from prison after judge drops 7 of 10 counts”
Another shoe drops, on the centipede that is the McDonnell decision. This time it’s former U.S. Rep. Bill Jefferson, from New Orleans.
Kris Kobach’s effort to amend the NVRA
In this post, I mentioned that we now had a (redacted) look at the “first 365 days” agenda Kris Kobach was photographed holding after his meeting with President-Elect Trump back in November. A number of outlets have picked up… Continue reading
Into the Weeds of the IRS Screening of Nonprofits
Barnaby Zall here, with more details on the latest TIGTA report on IRS nonprofit screening. If you don’t know the difference between BOLOs and TAGs from the world of IRS enforcement in the area of tax-exempt entities, and… Continue reading