“Protect Access to the Polls”
Robert Brandon has written this oped for the Tampa Tribune.
Monthly Archives: February 2012
“Mediation collapses in disputed judge election”
The Hunter case (involving an obscure race but raising important and fascinating questions about the meaning of Bush v. Gore‘s equal protection holding) goes on, more than a year after the election.
“Billionaire Donors Extend Life of Lagging Candidates”
Bloomberg reports.
“Mitt Romney relying heavily on small group of super-rich donors”
WaPo reports.
“Individuals, not corporations, drive super PAC financing”
USA Today reports.
“Home is Where … the Cellphone Is? Domicile in the Mobile Age”
A Chapinblog.
“President Obama is Ahead of 2007 Pace, Romney Even; Corporations Supplied a Quarter of the Romney Super PAC Funds “
The Campaign finance Institute has issued this press release.
“Controversial Voter ID Laws Proposed Across The U.S.”
NPR reports.
“Senate Democrats Call For SuperPAC Probe”
NPR reports.
“Secrecy Shrouds ‘Super PAC’ Funds in Latest Filings”
NYT: “But the full scope of such giving is impossible to ascertain from federal campaign filings: Much of the money raised by the leading Republican and Democratic independent groups went into affiliated nonprofit organizations that are more restricted in… Continue reading
“The Influence Industry: Obama’s ban on lobbyist bundlers has unclear prospects”
WaPo reports.
“The Future of the Voting Rights Act: Lessons from the History of School (Re-)Segregation”
Frances Faircloth has written this very interesting note for the Yale Law Journal. It looks at the problems with expanding bailout under the law as a means of preserving the constitutionality of section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
“Closing argument powerpoints in preclearance case”
Very cool stuff from the Texas redistricting trial in DC.
“Wisconsin recall: Petition names go public despite security fears”
The LA Times reports.I suspect security issues here are greatly exaggerated, just as they proved to be in the Washington state Doe v. Reed case.