Elections? There’s an App for That
The NYT reports here on the NYC Votes app from the City’s Campaign Finance Board, designed “to make it easier to register to vote, give money and communicate with campaigns, all from the palm of your hand.”
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Write-in Candidates Get Majority of Votes in Detroit Mayoral Primary
Write-in candidates received 52% of the vote in yesterday’s primary, with Mike Duggan the top write-in candidate, after having been knocked off the ballot due to a residency issue. He’ll face Sheriff Benny Napoleon in the run-off election.
“Organizing for Action Pitches Help for Democrats”
Politico reports that “Organizing for Action is looking to help Georgia Senate candidate Michelle Nunn, marking the first time that President Barack Obama’s political arm has explicitly crossed into Democratic politics,” while OFA spokeswoman Katie Hogan claims: “Organizing for Action… Continue reading
Lisa Manheim on “Redistricting Litigation and the Delegation of Democratic Design”
Lisa Manheim of University of Washington has posted this article on SSRN. Here’s the abstract:
The power to redraw electoral lines is the power to design elections. Enormous significance therefore attaches to any delegation of redistricting authority. Yet in every… Continue reading
Could NC Be Covered Under Section 3?
HuffPost explores the possibility here.
“Republican Says E-mails Could Mean FEC-IRS Collusion”
CNN reports: “The vice chairman of the Federal Election Commission [Don McGahn] told CNN on Monday he has seen numerous undisclosed e-mails between FEC staffers and the Internal Revenue Service that raise new questions about potential collusion between the… Continue reading
Tokaji’s Election Law in a Nutshell, Shipping this Month
I’m happy to announce the imminent publication of Election Law in a Nutshell, coming later this month from West Academic Press. It’s designed for use by students with all the casebooks in the field. It will also be useful to… Continue reading
NYC Campaign Finance Board Rejects Public Funding for Mayoral Candidate John Liu
The NYT reports on the decision here.
FairVote Infographics on Fair Representation and Gridlock
Available here.
“The Daily Show Sees a Sharknado’s Worth of Voter Suppression”
Atlantic Wire reports on John Oliver’s take on post-Shelby voting bills, including one in North Carolina, summarized here by Democracy North Carolina.
People Suspected of Being Registered Under False Address to Be “Warned”
This story from NPR reports on the decision of the elections board in Hamilton County, OH, where approximately 100 people are reportedly registered at an address other than their home address. That includes about 30 police officers believed to have… Continue reading
The Voting Rights Act is 48 Today
Happy (?) Birthday. “Can Moral Monday help counteract SCOTUS?,” asks this Salon column by Gary May, author of a book on the VRA’s history cited in Justice Ginsburg’s Shelby dissent. Huffpost and the Nation also have posts on the birthday.
“RNC Accuses NBC and CNN of Boosting Hillary, Threatens to Nix Debates”
WaPo reports on the RNC’s response to the networks’ planned Hillary films. Chair Reince Preibus calls them a “thinly veiled attempt at putting a thumb on the scales of the 2016 presidential election,” and says: ““If they have not agreed… Continue reading
More on NY Absentee Ballot Fraud Allegations
Dan Janison has this column in Newsday, discussing the 94-count indictment against the Democratic Commissioner of the Dutchess County Election Board, as well as a former Republican commissioner.