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“Georgia gains 300,000 new voters in 10 months”
11Alive:
Georgia’s voting rolls have swollen over the last 10 months. Many of those newly-registered voters are new to the state, and Democrats think they’re going to help flip the state next year. The surge is rooted in a… Continue reading
Tulsi Gabbard Won’t Run for Congressional Reelection, Focusing Instead on Presidential Run. Will She Run as Third Party Candidate?
She’s said in the past that she won’t. But this up the stakes
“Civil rights group challenges rejection of George Mason student voter registrations”
“As Trump seeks reelection, immigrant voters stand in his path”
LAT:
This is where a nation changes: a public school auditorium that moonlights as a veritable citizenship factory.At the M.O. Campbell Educational Center, where murals honoring the arts and sciences adorn the walls, U.S. immigration officials routinely hold packed… Continue reading
“Why The DNC Nixed Smartphone Voting In Alaska Democratic Primary”
Steven Rosenfeld reports.
Lawsuit to Watch Over North Carolina Congressional Districts Remanded Back to State Court for Partisan Gerrymandering Claim
This case could have implications for 2020, and is now back on track:
https://twitter.com/Dan_F_Jacobson/status/1186708621796823040
Save the Date (Feb. 28, 2020) for Important UCI Conference: “Can American Democracy Survive the 2020 Elections?”
I’ve been working with UCI Law staff on putting this Feb, 28, 2020 event together for some time, and more details will be forthcoming, but for now, here’s a save the date:
Can American Democracy Survive the 2020 Elections?
The… Continue reading
“Facebook Finds New Disinformation Campaigns and Braces for 2020 Torrent”
NYT:
Facebook said on Monday that it had recently found and taken down four state-backed disinformation campaigns, the latest of dozens that it has identified and removed this year and a sign of how foreign interference online is increasing… Continue reading
“Electoral Reform Research Group Research Development Workshop (proposal deadline: December 6, 2019)”
From New America, of potential interest to researchers.
“At tense congressional hearing, Democrats argue for expanding the Voting Rights Act”
“Florida Can’t Block Former Felons From Voting If They Owe Money And Can’t Pay: Judge”
HuffPost:
Florida election officials can’t block a group of nearly 20 people with felony convictions from registering to vote if they can’t afford to repay their financial obligations, a federal judge in Florida ruled on Friday. The ruling, a… Continue reading
“California billionaire Tom Steyer spent $47 million in 84 days on presidential bid”
LAT:
California billionaire Tom Steyer spent $47 million during the first three months of his presidential bid — a jaw-dropping sum that places him on track to join the biggest self-funding political candidates in American history.So far, Steyer has remained… Continue reading
“Local Texas officials balk at animus toward cities, plans for sales tax cuts in legislators’ secretly recorded meeting”
Texas Tribune:
The recording of a conversation between two top Republican state lawmakers and a conservative activist released Tuesday exposed legislators’ intentional political targeting of cities and counties — and their plans to make the 2021 legislative session even more… Continue reading