Monthly Archives: June 2011
“Ohio SOS Husted at odds with GOP lawmakers over photo ID bill, Kasich on SB5 Continue reading on Examiner.com Ohio SOS Husted at odds with GOP lawmakers over photo ID bill, Kasich on SB5”
The Examiner reports.
“New Florida Voting Law: Voting Ban On Final Sunday”
“Whether White can serve as secretary of state to be decided Tuesday”
See here.
To the Georgia Secretary of State: Please Show Me Evidence that a Voter ID Law Would Stop the Kind of Fraud You Find and Prosecute
SOS Kemp, in WaPo letter to the editor: “Mr. Dionne argued that photo ID and related election-security laws are not needed because voter fraud ‘is not a major problem.’ As chairman of the Georgia State Election Board, I can… Continue reading
“Illinois’s controversial redistricting map becomes law; GOP will sue”
The Hill‘s Ballot Box blog reports.
Remember the Obama Micro-Donors?
LA Times: “A new program called Presidential Partners asks supporters to commit $75,800 to the Obama Victory Fund, a joint project of the campaign and the Democratic National Committee.”
“Draft Limiting ‘Super PAC’ Fund-Raising May Not Be FEC’s Last Word on Question”
BNA reports on the draft advisory opinion on next week’s agenda: “A draft advisory opinion ruling released by the Federal Election Commission would reject a proposal to allow national officials to help so-called Super PACs raise unlimited contributions….However, FEC officials… Continue reading
A Courageous Statement on Voter ID Bill from Republican Ohio Secretary of State
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, June 24, 2011
SECRETARY OF STATE HUSTED STATEMENT ON PHOTO ID LEGISLATION
COLUMBUS – The following may be attributed in whole or in part to Secretary of State Jon Husted regarding the photo… Continue reading
Adler Predicts a Likely Cert. Grant in Renzi Case
“Soros and liberal groups seeking top election posts in battleground states”
The Washington Times has this very interesting report.
Will ColbertNation Invade the FEC?
Could be. You can read two draft opinions to be considered by the FEC at its June 30 meeting at this link.
Election Law Journal 10:2, Special Issue on Absentee and Early Voting, Now Available; Preview of 10:3
The new issue of Election Law Journal is now out. The featured topic is “Time Shifting the Vote: The Quiet Revolution in American Elections,” a series of articles on absentee and early voting. The contributors are Mike Alvarez, Thad … Continue reading
“American Crossroads PAC casts 2012 as ‘David and Goliath’ struggle against Democrats”
The Washington Post reports that American Crossroads’ Super-PAC plans to spend $120 million in 2012.
Who’s Goliath?