LA Times: A new bill sponsored by Assemblyman Marc Levine (D-San Rafael) would legalize so-called “ballot selfies” and allow citizens to share photos of themselves voting on social media. “People are taking pictures of their dogs, they’re taking pictures… Continue reading

Jonathen Becker blogs.  

Release: With just over three months until the 2016 election, a major new report from voting rights group Project Vote identifies where participatory gaps still exist in the American electorate. In Representational Bias in the 2014 Electorate, Project… Continue reading

NYT letter to the editor.

Brookings: Recent political movements within the United States have raised concerns about the health of American democracy. With hyper-partisanship dividing the country and Donald Trump—the most unlikely, unsuitable, and unpopular presidential nominee of a major party in American history—securing… Continue reading

There was no noted dissent in denying a hearing in the Tuaua case. There was a BIG push to get this heard, with lots of opeds and stories. And yet….no dice.

Christina Duffy Ponsa has written this NYT oped.

Mark Joseph Stern for Slate.

Pema Levy for Mother Jones: It’s the job of the Department of Justice to defend the laws of the United States to the best of its ability. But earlier this month, that job led the Obama administration’s top lawyers to… Continue reading

I have written this new piece for Talking Points Memo. It begins: Democrats love to talk about Republican voter suppression, and various ways, such as strict voter identification laws, that have been employed to keep Democrats from registering and casting… Continue reading

J.H. Snider for WaPo: In Anne Arundel County, the student member of the Board of Education has the same voting rights as the adult members. For a school system with more than a $1.1 billion operating budget, 10,000 employees and… Continue reading

Truly reprehensible WaPo oped from David Harsanyi: Now, if voting is a consecrated rite of democracy, as liberals often argue, surely society can have certain minimal expectations for those participating. And if citizenship itself is as hallowed as Republicans argue,… Continue reading