All posts by Dan Tokaji

“Assessing the Impact of Voter Suppression Laws in the 2014 Midterms”

December 7, 2014, 11:23 amThe Voting Wars, voter idDan Tokaji

Ben Jealous and Ryan Haygood have this op-ed in the Root regarding this report from the Center for American Progress, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Inc., and the Southern Elections Foundation. See also this story discussing the report’s… Continue reading

“Roundup: Citizens United and Public Corruption”

December 7, 2014, 7:06 amcampaign financeDan Tokaji

Noah Rosenblum’s post in Yale Law Journal Forum summarizes recent scholarship on public corruption and campaign finance.

More Efforts to Change How States Allocate Their Electoral Votes?

December 7, 2014, 7:00 amelectoral collegeDan Tokaji

Paul Rosenberg has this piece in Salon on the possibility that Republicans will try to assign electoral votes proportionally or by congressional district in states where they control the legislature but are likely to vote Democratic in presidential elections.

“Democrats Win PACs, Lose Money War”

December 7, 2014, 6:46 amcampaign financeDan Tokaji

Politico reports that Democrats “far outpaced Republicans in the fundraising by super PACs, which are required to report their contributors’ identities” but that “voluntary disclosures by other outfits suggest Republicans more than made up for the disparity through their dominance… Continue reading

More on Ohio Redistricting Reform Proposal

December 7, 2014, 6:14 amredistrictingDan Tokaji

This story in the Columbus Dispatch includes my thoughts on the proposal that the state house approved Thursday on a bipartisan vote. It’s unclear what the state senate will do.

Federal District Court Invalidates Arizona Disclosure Law

December 7, 2014, 6:01 amcampaign financeDan Tokaji

Judge James Teilborg’s ruling found the state’s registration requirement for political committees “vague, overbroad, and consequently unconstitutional in violation of the First Amendment,” according to this report.

“Energy Firms in Secretive Alliance With Attorneys General”

December 7, 2014, 5:30 amcampaign finance, lobbyingDan Tokaji

NYT has this report on what it calls an “unprecedented, secretive alliance that … Republican attorneys general have formed with some of the nation’s top energy producers to push back against the Obama regulatory agenda,” finding that “[a]ttorneys general in… Continue reading

“Richard Alarcon to Serve 51-Day Sentence under House Arrest”

December 6, 2014, 12:11 pmresidencyDan Tokaji

LA Times reports on how the former L.A. City Councilman will serve his sentence for living outside the district he represented. Dan Lowestein comments: “It’s hard for me to think that the state of California will be better governed by… Continue reading

Colorado Secretary of State Accuses Boulder Clerk of Violating Election Laws

December 6, 2014, 6:01 amchicanery, election administrationDan Tokaji

Colorado’s Republican Secretary of State Scott Gessler has issued a report finding “serious and systemic violations of Colorado state law” by Boulder’s Democratic County Clerk Hillary Hall during the 2014 election. The allegations include “systematically discriminat[ing] against Republican election judges,… Continue reading

Magleby on Voters’ Preferred Methods of Voting

December 6, 2014, 5:22 amabsentee ballots, internet votingDan Tokaji

David Magleby has this piece on Forbes’ Data Freaks, reporting on a survey of Utah voters. A snippet: We found that 21 percent of the Utah voting population prefers to vote by mail and nearly 20 percent prefer to vote… Continue reading