“Legislature votes to move up Washington state’s presidential primary”
Seattle Times reports: “The bill would move Washington’s presidential primary to March 10, 2020, just one month after New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary.”
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Dates Set for NC CD9 Do-Over
NYT reports:
The state elections board, which concluded last month that fraud had tainted November’s voting for the seat, ruled on Monday that a new open primary would be held in the district on May 14 and a new… Continue reading
Bad Ballot Design: Why Does It Keep Happening?
From Florida, of course.
Who Gets to Vote?
Governing:
Expressing concerns about security, a majority of states have taken steps in recent years that restrict voting in one way or another, including photo identification requirements, cutbacks to early voting and policies designed to make it more difficult… Continue reading
Bloomberg on H.R. 1
Support from the editorial board and Francis Wilkinson.
Merits Briefs in N.C. Gerrymandering Case
Plaintiffs-Appellees have filed their briefs in Rucho v. Common Cause/League of Women Voters.
From the Common Cause plaintiffs’ brief:
The 2016 North Carolina Congressional Plan (“2016 Plan” or “Plan”) is the most overt, and likely the… Continue reading
“With Sweeping Document Request, Democrats Launch Broad Trump Corruption Inquiry”
NYT:
The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee delivered a flurry of document demands to the executive branch and the broader Trump world on Monday that detailed the breadth of the Democrats’ investigation into possible obstruction of justice, corruption… Continue reading
Cert. Denied in Utah Republican Party v. Cox
“North Carolina Democrats see opportunity in do-over election”
AP:
A ballot-fraud scandal that brought down a Republican candidate and led North Carolina to order a do-over congressional election could give the Democrats a strong shot at taking back a seat that has been held by the GOP… Continue reading
Persily, “The Internet’s Challenge to Democracy: Framing the Problem and Assessing Reforms”
Nate Persily has written this report for the Kofi Annan Commission on Elections and Democracy in the Digital Age. From the executive summary:
In the span of just two years, the widely shared utopian vision of the internet’s impact… Continue reading
Holder Says He Won’t Run for President, Will Focus on Redistricting
WaPo op-ed:
Though I will not run for president in 2020, I will continue to fight for the future of our country through the National Democratic Redistricting Committee and its affiliates. For too long, Democrats have lost sight of… Continue reading
“Hiding in Plain Sight: PAC-Connected Activists Set Up ‘Local News’ Outlets”
Snopes:
On 6 February 2017, a website of uncertain origin named “The Tennessee Star” was born. At the time, it was unclear who funded or operated this “local newspaper,” which was largely filled with freely licensed content from organizations… Continue reading
“Precedent, Meet Clarence Thomas. You May Not Get Along”
Adam Liptak:
According to data gathered by Stephen L. Wasby, an emeritus professor of political science at the University at Albany, Justice Thomas has written more than 250 concurring or dissenting opinions seriously questioning precedents, calling for their… Continue reading
“Key House Democrat Plans to Request Documents From Dozens of People Tied to Trump”
NYT:
Representative Jerrold Nadler, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said Sunday that he planned to request documents from more than 60 people with ties to President Trump, his administration and his businesses, including the president’s eldest son,… Continue reading