“Jersey’s Court ‘needs power to disqualify candidates'”
Not about Carl Lewis.
Monthly Archives: September 2011
“Direct (Anti-)Democracy”
Max Stearns has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, George Washington Law Review). Here is the abstract:
Legal scholars, economists, and political scientists are divided on whether voter initiatives and legislative referendums tend to produce outcomes that are more (or… Continue reading
“N.J. judicial panel again considers whether Carl Lewis can run for state Senate”
NJ.com reports.
“Super PACs may leave official campaigns in dust”
The OC Register reports.
“Organizations seek to rein in corporate power after Citizens United”
The Washington Independent reports.
“Ohio Democrats gambled, lost — and now they’re angry”
Joe Frolik:
Last year, when he was still in the Ohio Senate, Secretary of State Jon Husted tried to upset that dynamic with a constitutional amendment to change how this state redistricts. Husted wanted to create a seven-member apportionment… Continue reading
“Redistricting in Philadelphia skates to the edges instead of keeping to the middle”
Variations on one person, one vote stir controversy.
“Feds: Proposed Texas Maps Undermine Minority Vote”
The Texas Tribune reports.
“Is Citizen’s United Really to Blame for the Spending?”
Jeffrey Brindle has written this opinion piece for Campaigns and Elections.
“Ralph Nader wants a primary challenge for President Obama”
The LA Times reports.
“Pa. Republican leaders should support better electoral reform”
Jack Nagel has written this oped.
“Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler threatens to sue Denver over ballot flap involving inactive voters”
Not only is this article interesting, but the accompanying photograph is well worth a look.
“Can a person be a citizen of two states?”
The Carl Lewis court will hear arguments on this and other questions tomorrow morning in an unusual rehearing.
California Court of Appeal Rejects Challenge to Top-Two Primary, Solves Problem With Write-In Votes Which Would Not Be Counted
In Field v. Bowen, the court easily rejected the constitutional arguments against holding a top-two primary. The only difficult question, it seems to me, was the apparent contradiction in California statutes which seemed to both require that write-in vote… Continue reading