Oof.
A new study from the University of Delaware’s Center for Political Communication found that white Americans responded differently in a survey asking about their opinion of voter ID laws depending on the race of the person shown in… Continue reading
And for a different take, Kristin Tate at Breitbart charges racism by those who assume that minorities are less able to get ID. For what it’s worth, this echoes Judge Easterbrook’s approach to the applicable standard under the Voting Rights… Continue reading
By the Washington Free Beacon. In the piece, Bob Bauer gets credit for founding Perkins Coie (he’s wizened, yes, but I’m not sure he was in a position to found much of anything in 1912). But the thrust of… Continue reading
In State Legislatures Magazine, Lou Jacobson reviews the impact that various different primary election structures may (or may not) have on the types of candidates selected.
160 absentee ballots sent without signatures of both Republican and Democratic party representatives, rendering them apparently invalid under state law. If only there were some sort of principled, nonpartisan way to decide whether such ballots could be counted…
Apparently, Yinka Abodeda Adeshina, challenging Rick Scott for FL Governor, disclosed donors who don’t exist. I know disclosure rules are quite controversial, but I think everyone can agree that that‘s too much disclosure.
In the WaPo, Robert Barnes discusses the Supreme Court’s decisions last week not to take the same-sex marriage cases, and to stay voting decisions from the courts of appeals, shaping the law without offering much contemporaneous rationale.