“‘Off-off year election’ still brings plenty of storylines”
That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly.
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Michigan Seeks VRA Preclearance from Court, Not DOJ
The trend continues.
“Elections board reverses itself on tech school IDs at polls”
News from Wisconsin.
“New ‘super PAC’ forms to back Howard Berman”
The LA Times reports. Meanwhile, his opponent, Brad Sherman, was giving out combs at my daughter’s high school yesterday. That’s his schtick.
“Aspen election commissioner wants outside opinion”
The latest from Colorado. More here.
“Virginia Senate District 17: An Election Geek’s View”
Doug Chapin blogs.
“A Democracy Deficit at Americans Elect?”
I have written this opinion piece for Politico. It begins:
The new group Americans Elect is trying to ease the path for an independent presidential candidate chosen by voters in a national Internet primary to appear on the election ballot… Continue reading
Preston Considering Further Appeal in 4th Circuit Case Upholding Lobbyist Contribution Ban
BNA reports.
“U.S. District Court Says FEC Need Not Have Investigated Whether Opponents of Nader 2004 Ballot Access Broke Campaign Finance Laws”
BAN reports.
Freudian Slip of the Day?
“We have a culture in Washington, D.C., where these corporate lobbyists have these cozy relationships with the people that they’re regulating.”
–Rick Perry, in the other gaffe of the night during the Republican debate.
“Between the Lines: Interim 2012 Map Expected Soon in Texas”
Roll Call reports.
“Ambiguities in campaign finance rules allow big money to work in the dark”
The American Independent reports.
Add Alabama and Ga. to List of States Claiming Voting Rights Act Unconstitutional
See amicus briefs from Alabama, Arizona and Georgia, and the Mountain States Legal Foundation filed in the Shelby County case challenging the preclearance provisions of the Voting Rights Act.
I’ll have more to say on this soon.
The Wrong Kraushaar and Voter Purges
Another example of what happens when people make casual assumptions about identity based upon incomplete information.