All posts by Justin Levitt
“The Money Race: How The Candidates Stack Up”
NPR’s analysis of presidential fundraising reports, with more handy graphics.
More back-and-forth on ALEC’s role
The National Institute on Money in State Politics has a new report out today: Beyond Dinner and a Movie: ALEC Actively Courts State Lawmakers.
And Sean Parnell draws parallels between ALEC and the Progressive States Network.
“ACLU sues secretary of state over voter investigation”
The fight to take a look at the evidence of alleged potential fraud in New Mexico heats up another notch.
Illinois state redistricting plan lands in court
Latest public redistricting contest gets underway
This citizens’ contest in Ohio follows on the heels of public redistricting competitions in several other states, including Arizona, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Virginia.
Ohio had a test run of the idea in 2009, which I… Continue reading
“Republican Presidential Candidates Keep Top Fundraisers Secret, Breaking With Precedent”
The Note reports.
Corporate election expenditures linked to ownership structure
An intriguing topline from a new paper by Susan Clark Muntean:
This paper proposes a theory of political action based upon ownership structure and tests this theory utilizing data on independent expenditures during the campaign finance regulatory regime consisting of… Continue reading
“Angering their own party, Rhode Island Democrats approve voter ID”
Stateline reports.
One particularly unfortunate aspect of the report: like others, it apparently gives credence to the argument that you can assess the impact of an ID law on minorities in places like Indiana and Georgia by looking at turnout… Continue reading
“More questions about Vince Gray’s mayoral campaign”
The Washington Post on Gray’s campaign finance irregularities.
Update: The Washington Examiner adds more.
“Elections as a Distinct Sphere Under the First Amendment”
Rick Pildes, with a new piece on elections exceptionalism. From the abstract:
This essay asserts that the strongest legal arguments for justifying regulations of election financing, such as electioneering paid for out of a corporation’s or union’s general treasury funds,… Continue reading
Summary judgment in CIF v. Tennant: three intriguing rulings
This case is a challenge to West Virginia’s campaign finance laws — mostly disclosure requirements — that has been up to the Fourth Circuit and back, with a few changes to state and federal law in the interim. On Monday,… Continue reading
Quid for the quo
Evidence of campaign contributions for votes on a gambling bill in Alabama.
More on the c4 denials of party-related nonprofits
The Times has more on this story, including a connection to similar action in 2003.