Monthly Archives: January 2012

“As Closed-Door Redistricting Drags On, Incumbents’ Edge Only Grows”

January 22, 2012, 9:04 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

“South Carolina’s Attorney General detects voter fraud during primaries”

January 22, 2012, 8:31 pmvoter idRick Hasen

There will be an investigation. But as Justin Levitt explains, these “dead voter” allegations usually turn out to involve no fraud.

“Supreme Court Rorschach Test on Voting Rights”

January 22, 2012, 8:29 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Joan Biskupic blogs on the Texas redistricting decision.

“Campaign Finance After Two Years of Citizens United”

January 22, 2012, 8:26 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Josh Douglas has written this analysis for Jurist.

“Scalia on unlimited political ads: Turn off the TV”

January 22, 2012, 3:09 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

AP reports.

“N.C. Court Denies Motion to Delay Primary”

January 22, 2012, 2:41 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Roll Call: “North Carolina Democrats looking for a court to overturn a Republican-drawn Congressional map took a hit today when a three-judge panel denied their motion to delay the primary, scheduled for May 8.”

“Bopp’s office site of Occupy protest on campaign funds case”

January 22, 2012, 2:24 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

News from Indiana: ” Members of Occupy Terre Haute and Occupy Nomads stood in front of the Terre Haute offices of attorney James Bopp Jr. on Friday to call for a constitutional amendment on the second anniversary of a U.S.… Continue reading

You Could Do It in a Casino

January 22, 2012, 2:23 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

Voting, that is (Harper’s subscription required).

Fuentes-Rohwer, Charles Respond to Elmendorf on Rethinking Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act

January 22, 2012, 2:19 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

A few weeks ago Chris Elmendorf did a series of guest posts on his Penn Law Review article. The final article is now posted here. In response, Luis Feuntes-Rohwer has written Justice Kennedy to the Rescue? and Guy Charles… Continue reading

Beldar Blog on Texas Redistricting Case

January 22, 2012, 2:15 pmredistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here. For the record, I hardly think it racist to note that minorities, especially African Americans (but aside from Cuban-Americans in Florida) tend to vote for Democrats by very lopsided margins.