Someone just sent me this screenshot:
This does not pay people to vote, but looks more like the effort to gin up turnout and collect names by sloshing around some money.
AP:
A unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court on Sunday refused to hear a last-minute attempt by the state’s Democratic attorney general to stop billionaire Elon Musk from handing over $1 million checks to two voters, a ruling that came just minutes… Continue reading
Maire Le Pen’s National Rally party received the most votes in France’s recent elections and is the largest party in the National Assembly. Tomorrow, the judicial system is going to reach a verdict in a prosecution that seeks a criminal… Continue reading
Issue One:
A new Issue One report provides a glimpse into the relentless fundraising pressure faced by legislative leaders in Congress, whom party leaders frequently lean on to raise astonishing amounts of money for the parties’ political war chests under… Continue reading
HLS’s Election Law Clinic filed this amicus brief yesterday on behalf of FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub (whom President Trump purported to fire without cause last month) in DNC v. Trump, the case challenging the application of Executive Order 14215 to… Continue reading
I’m struck by the similarity of the underlying factual contexts in these two cases. Only one Justice on the current Court, Justice Thomas, was on the Court that decided Shaw, and the similarity is not apparent from the opinion in… Continue reading
Igor Okunev has written this new book (sample on Amazon). Here is the description:
Electoral geography is the study of the spatial dimension of the electoral process. It examines the factors and patterns underlying long-standing ideological and political splits… Continue reading
John Martin has posted “Regulating Foreign Political Advocacy,” forthcoming in the North Carolina Law Review, on SSRN. Here’s the abstract:
Foreign nationals can presently spend unlimited sums of money on political communications in the United States, including donations to issue-advocacy… Continue reading
In the eyes of many, Shelby County is one of the nadirs of the Roberts Court: an ignominious decision that tore out the heart of the Voting Rights Act. But that’s not Justice Kavanaugh’s view. As he suggested in his… Continue reading
NYT:
President Donald Trump said his administration was considering whether to establish a compensation fund for pardoned rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to stop certification of the election that he lost to former President Joseph. R.… Continue reading
Michigan Public Radio:
A group of Republican state lawmakers is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to clear the way for them to challenge two voter-approved amendments to the Michigan Constitution. This is a last-ditch effort by the GOP legislators to… Continue reading