“Voters’ renewed anger at Washington spurs formation of third-party advocate groups”
The Fix reports.
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Quotes of the Day
“If you want to steal an election, the absentee box is the place to begin, and if you want to calculate the likelihood of fraud in a county, first figure the percentage of its total vote that is cast in… Continue reading
“To trash Fox, or cash in from Fox?”
The Hamlet-like dilemma facing the DCCC.
“Wade Henderson and Mark Perriello: Subtle intimidation behind Voter ID reforms”
See this oped.
“Banned voting options popular; 234,000 absentee or early ballots that new law ends were cast in county in ’08”
A very interesting story from Ohio. The article answers a question I had about the referendum drive to reverse some of these new laws, being spearheaded by former Sec. of State Brunner: “If Brunner’s group collects enough signatures by Sept.… Continue reading
“Eliminate winner-take-all to broaden representation”
Krist Novoselic and Rob Richie have written this oped.
Stephen Colbert Brings Truthiness to the Debate Over Voter ID
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Not to be missed.
“Leadership, Free to Lead”
The Boston Review has begun posting pieces in a series of articles on campaign finance reform, leading with this piece from Gov. Buddy Roemer. So far, it has posted comments from Adam Bonica and Richard Briffault. More comments… Continue reading
“An Ethics Process Badly in Need of Reform”
Meredith McGehee blogs for The Hill.
New on the Arizona Free Enterprise Case
“New Poll: Confidence in Wisconsin Supreme Court Plunges”
Justice at Stake issued a press release about this new poll it commissioned of Wisconsin voters.
Though the press release highlights the lack of confidence, I found something else in the survey noteworthy. The survey asked some questions pointing out… Continue reading
“More states move to adopt military and overseas voting legislation in 2011”
That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly.
Wishful Thinking Dept.
Tom Friedman: “Write it down: Americans Elect. What Amazon.com did to books, what the blogosphere did to newspapers, what the iPod did to music, what drugstore.com did to pharmacies, Americans Elect plans to do to the two-party… Continue reading
A Big Thank You to Justin Levitt
…for his very fine guest blogging this week. Don’t forget to visit Justin’s All About Redistricting site early and often.