“With straight-ticket voting gone, Texas House down-ballot races hang in the balance”
Commentary on the impact of the demise
of straight-ticket voting options in Texas.
All posts by Justin Levitt
Interesting suit against AZ initiative signature law
Arizona law invalidates any signatures collected for a citizens’ initiative, referedum, or recall by a particular circulator, if the circulator is paid or from out of state, and if that circulator is subpoenaed in a challenge and can’t appear in… Continue reading
“What the French Revolution teaches us about the dangers of gerrymandering”
Rebecca
Spang with a Bastille Day connection to unabashed partisan redistricting.
“How white supremacy shaped the original census — centuries before the citizenship debate”
The WaPo sees
a through-line in debates about race and the census. Janai Nelson has a deeper look in the Columbia Law
Review.
Citizenship data and the redistricting fight
The
Nation picks up the redistricting thread.
“How Trump can mitigate the damage of folding on the census”
Hugh Hewitt’s op-ed suggests that the president should have refused to quit on the census case, and calls for a motion for reconsideration in the Supreme Court.
For perspective, it also claims that “the Supreme Court sat
on the decision… Continue reading
“If the Supreme Court Won’t Prevent Gerrymandering, Who Will?”
Sam Wang in the NYT looks
to the states.
“For Democratic presidential hopeful Steve Bullock, it’s all about the ‘dark money’”
Spotlight
on Bullock’s spotlight on campaign finance and the Copper Kings.
“Taking political financing private may be legal, but looks wrong for Gillum”
One Floridian commentator’s take on the flow of funds between PACs and c4s. FWIW, I’m not sure the particular objection highlighted here makes much sense. It protests the funding of a c4 from donations collected for a PAC, on the… Continue reading
“California lawmakers consider new rules for political ads”
The AP reports
on new proposals for disclaimers on Facebook ads about pending legislation.
“W.Va. Secretary of State: Russians Meddled in Social Media, Not Voting Machines”
Mac
Warner’s point is absolutely right: in 2016, the most meaningful system hacked
was us. Humans were the most vulnerable
link.
And as for securing the non-human component, election
officials know that there’s been an enormous amount of work done.
“Oklahoma City artist visiting 36 states for 19th amendment tribute flag”
Four
states down, 32 to go.
“What Really Happened With West Virginia’s Blockchain Voting Experiment?”
Slate says ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Citizenship and the Census: Behind the Bluster
Hansi Lo Wang points to a July 3 census filing under the Paperwork Reduction Act (the weeds matter, people) in which the Department of Commerce, “having carefully considered the matter, has determined that there is not sufficient time to develop… Continue reading