Putin pledges to prosecute vote violations
He’s looking carefully into Russian elections, at least.
All posts by Justin Levitt
“The future of gerrymandering”
Dan Tokaji and Michael Morley star in a National Constitution Center podcast.
Michael’s also got a Prawfs piece up on the Congressional enforcement power that may follow from a holding in Gill.
“‘Partisan’ Gerrymandering Is Still About Race”
The subhead from ProPublica:
The Wisconsin case before the Supreme Court claims to be about partisanship. But race is a factor in this case and many others nationwide.
A few briefs in Gill (including one on behalf of law … Continue reading
“Dear Supremes, Stay Out of the Gerrymandering Business”
Over at National Review, Jay Cost asks the Court to leave redress of gerrymandering to the political process.
When the cause of action is a complaint that adherents of a plausible majority party have been intentionally and durably prevented… Continue reading
“Bannon expands his list of Senate Republican targets for 2018”
CNN covers the expanding GOP civil war.
“Democratic Senator Feinstein, 84, ‘all in’ on re-election”
Reuters:
Feinstein is the oldest U.S. senator but among several octogenarians, including Republicans Chuck Grassley, Orrin Hatch, Richard Shelby, Jim Inhofe, Pat Roberts and John McCain.
“NDP announces B.C. referendum on proportional representation”
From the CBC:
Delivering on a promise to give British Columbians a choice in how future elections will be decided, Attorney General David Eby has announced plans for a referendum on proportional representation.
“Today we have taken the first… Continue reading
Notorious RBG holds forth on partisan gerrymandering, among other things
Or, at least, the Kate McKinnon SNL version did.
“That’s not a district, that’s a tapeworm.” Looking forward to more Ginsburns in the future.
“The people paying for California political ads might be easier to identify under this new state law”
Governor Brown signed the California DISCLOSE Act yesterday, including provisions to specifically identify in ads the largest contributors to the entities producing them. (I’ve written about similar provisions, here.) Common Cause is pleased.
“Ranked-choice voting alters calculus in Minneapolis, St. Paul races”
The Star-Tribune gives local flavor to the campaign incentives under ranked choice voting, with an intriguing contrast of races in which there’s an incumbent and races without.
“Facebook tells advertisers more scrutiny is coming”
Axios:
Facebook is going to require ads that are targeted to people based on “politics, religion, ethnicity or social issues” to be manually reviewed before they go live, according to an email sent to advertisers and obtained by Axios.… Continue reading
NAACP sues Commerce Dept for 2020 Census records
Missed this on Thursday: The NAACP has filed a FOIA case to get records about preparations for the 2020 Census.
“In Manhattan, mayoral candidate only needs one vote”
Fascinating.
Under Montana law, if Clements had applied to be a formal candidate in the mayor’s race, all write-in names would have counted. But because he’s the only registered write-in candidate and no one is on the regular ballot,… Continue reading
“Russians Still Have An Open Path To U.S. Election Subversion”
An unfortunate Newsweek headline for an article about filling Homeland Security positions to assist with cyberdefense.
The federal government could certainly play a role in assisting on cybersecurity matters, and probably should do so. But aside from the fact that… Continue reading