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Little Steven Gets It
https://twitter.com/StevieVanZandt/status/1138072370177032193
And if you are wondering what @StevieVanZandt is talking about when it comes to Buckley v. Valeo, Citizens United, and campaign finance, I wrote a whole book about why the problem begins with Buckley's rejection of equality as a… Continue reading
“‘It felt like a big tide’: how the death tax lie infected Australia’s election campaign”
This is a long, extensively detailed story from the Guardian Australia about the rapid spread on social media, in the closing days of the Australian election, of a completely false claim that the Labor Party had a secret plan to… Continue reading
“Australia’s elections show a way to come out on top”
Rob Richie and David Daley:
If May’s biggest political surprise was the new ruler of Westeros on “Game of Thrones,” the result in Australia’s national election were a close runner-up.For weeks, opinion polls had predicted that the Labor Party… Continue reading
“Redistricting Guru’s Hard Drives Could Mean Legal, Political Woes For GOP”
Miles Parks reports for NPR.
“Ahead of the 2020 election, Stanford experts urge a concerted, national response to confront foreign interference”
Stanford University has released one of the most detailed reports thus far, involving work by numerous experts in cybersecurity and digital communications, about what the U.S. needs to do to ensure the security of American elections. Some of the major… Continue reading
NC Rep. David Lewis Denies Deceiving Redistricting Court in Covington Case
NYT:
A leading Republican legislator involved in the redistricting, State Representative David R. Lewis, issued a sweeping denial of the charges in the filing, calling allegations of misrepresentation “a complete fabrication.”“The legislative maps I presented in 2017 were drawn on… Continue reading
“Top U.S. House judiciary panel Republican urges hearings into Russian election meddling”
“The Myth of Special Elections The common wisdom is that their typically low turnout means they don’t reflect the views of the wider electorate. But as a look at recall votes shows, that’s not necessarily so.”
Joshua Spivak for Governing.
Texas: “San Antonio leaders, residents outraged after former mayor Lila Cockrell isn’t allowed to vote”
MySA:
Outrage over Texas’ voter ID law was reignited in San Antonio on Thursday after the city’s 97-year-old former mayor was turned away from a polling site for lack of identification.Lila Cockrell was one of more than 12,000 people… Continue reading
Kentucky: “Bevin still investigating Steve Beshear as election looms. Will it change the campaign?”
Lexington Herald-Leader reports.
“The Supreme Court is deciding a gerrymandering case. Here’s the social science that the justices need to know.”
Chris Warshaw for Monkey Cage:
There are several ways to measure partisan advantage in a districting plan, including the efficiency gap, partisan symmetry, declination and the mean-median difference. These metrics all capture distortions in the vote-seat relationship.… Continue reading
“‘Engaging New Voters’ Report Shows Positive Impact of Nonprofits that Promote Voting and Nonpartisan Engagement”
Press release about this new report.
Some Thoughts on the Evidentiary Quandary Facing the Supreme Court Now in the Census Case
See my tweet thread beginning here:
Some thoughts on the evidentiary quandary now facing #SCOTUS in the citizenship census case: https://t.co/W8pG2JRGHi— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) May 30, 2019
Update:
https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1134170819985321985