“1% of the 1%”
Perhaps public support for finance limits is related to this information (from the Sunlight Foundation), complete with football-stadium graphics, about the concentration of donors in the 2012 cycle.
All posts by Justin Levitt
“Half in U.S. Support Publicly Financed Federal Campaigns”
For those tracking whether the Supreme Court leads or follows public opinion, or neither, Gallup’s latest poll adds fuel to the fire. The questions cover support for “a new campaign finance system where federal campaigns are funded by the government… Continue reading
A Constitutional Right to Vote
FairVote has released this policy brief on HJR44.
As I mentioned at this Netroots Nation panel the other day, I’m wary but willing to be convinced. There are many different ways in which election-related rights are now constitutionally protected,… Continue reading
IRS Report on Next Steps
John Pomeranz writes:
Acting IRS Commissioner Werfel has released his promised 30-day report outlining the problems found, the measures taken to address them to date, and the next steps. Here’s the IRS release, with links to the longer report… Continue reading
Supreme Court Will Hear Recess Appointments Case
Amidst all the news on cases decided (and not decided) today, the Supreme Court voted to grant certiorari on NLRB v. Canning, reviewing the DC Circuit’s controversial opinion on recess appointments issued earlier this year.
Waiting for Shelby County
LIST UPDATED:
NY Times
Washington Post (Charles Lane)
CNN
Bloomberg
National Review
San Francisco Chronicle
Charleston Post and Courier
Buzzfeed talks about the lingering standing question.
and Josh Douglas muses about compromise on the Court, in Fisher and… Continue reading
Another SCOTUS opinion session tomorrow
SCOTUSblog is reporting that another day of opinions has been scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday), at 10AM eastern. And because the Chief did not make his customary announcement that the remainder of the opinions would be announced on Tuesday, there’s probably… Continue reading
No VRA section 5 opinion today
SCOTUSblog is reporting that Shelby County, the case about section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, is not one of today’s opinions. So stay tuned for Thursday (or before, if the Court announces another opinion day. There are six cases… Continue reading
Alaska redistricting board votes on three draft plans
Alaska is one of three states (with Kentucky and Texas) with interim maps for 2012 that have to be redrawn. On Thursday, it passed three draft plans to shop around the state in upcoming hearings.
That bit of news is… Continue reading
Yet another item to add to Florida’s list
Turns out, there’s plenty of “that” to fix in Florida’s elections. One more item to add to the list: how results are reported. There’s been growing concern about results reported in St. Lucie County (one of the counties in the… Continue reading
The National Center voter fraud essay
As Rick noted (here and here), the National Center for Public Policy Research has produced an essay that has gotten some recent publicity. Branded a “study” by others, it is long on eloquence and passion … but… Continue reading
Measuring the Effects of Voter ID Laws?
Yesterday, Nate Silver posted a column entitled “Measuring the Effects of Voter Identification Laws” on his popular (and informative) FiveThirtyEight page of the New York Times. Rick linked to the column here, calling it an “absolute must-read.”… Continue reading
Redistricting Resource: Maps, Maps, Maps
Also, another redistricting-related announcement. PDFs, ESRI shapefiles, and Google maps of all of the new federal and state redistricting lines, along with links to state pages with more data about the new districts, are now available here. (All, that… Continue reading
175th (and 176th) Redistricting Lawsuit Filed
That’s right — 40 states have now seen 176 lawsuits affecting redistricting this cycle … so far. Numbers 173-176 were filed challenging the newest Pennsylvania state maps late last week. Details on all of the litigation so far, here.… Continue reading