“Who Gets to Vote?”
Erica Woods has written this interesting opinion piece on felon disenfranchisement for the New York Times new “Campaign Stops” blog.
Monthly Archives: November 2011
“Second Lawsuit Filed Challenging Maryland’s Congressional Map”
Here.
“Carl P. Leubsdorf: Republicans put up roadblocks for Democrats”
See this column. [corrected link]
Lessig on Money and Politics
The Boston Review interview. I now have a copy of Republic, Lost which I look forward to reading.
“Despite the Fanfare, Little Proof of Election Irregularities”
Scott James has written this opinion piece on the recent San Francisco election for The Bay Citizen/New York Times.
“Is This the Ugliest Redistricting Cycle Ever?”
Stu Rothenberg writes.
“K Street Files: Which Campaign Groups Deserve Tax-Exempt Status?”
Roll Call reports on Americans Elect and others.
“Judge Approves Democratic-Friendly Map in Colorado”
Roll Call reports.
“American Crossroads Makes Absurd Request to FEC to Use Absurd FEC Regulation to Treat Coordinated Activities as Not Coordinated”
Fred Wertheimer writes.
“San Francisco Voters Effectively Used Rank Choice Voting”
FairVote has issued this press release.
“Portland declares ranked choice voting a success”
See here.
“Libertarian leads by one vote in Indiana town, Shirley.”
Here.
No Overtime in Va, as Democrat Concedes
WaPo: “Because the vote was so close, Houck could have requested a recount. Friends and supporters had encouraged him to do so, but Houck said he did not think he could overcome Reeves’s lead once it grew beyond 200.”… Continue reading
More on Americans Elect
Following up on my op-ed yesterday about a potential democracy deficit at Americans Elect, I learned of this important piece from Micah Sifry back in July. Our Oregon also did this series on the group.
A number of readers wrote… Continue reading