“NBC Interviews Attorney General Eric Holder On Voter ID”
Video (via Michael Li).
Monthly Archives: March 2012
“Post-Citizens United Money May Swamp Congressional Candidates”
Dan Froomkin reports for HuffPo.
Voter Fraud Claims, Voter Suppression Claims and False Equivalence in the Voter ID Debate
I have been getting a lot of pushback from Democrats and those on the left recently about some recent posts, my book chapter, and a recent oped of mine on the subject of voter identification laws. The essence… Continue reading
“Gessler asks Homeland Security to give citizenship status for 4,500 Colorado voters”
The Denver Post reports. [corrected link]
“Voter ID: ‘good’ elections or a mugging?”
Must read on Texas voter id from MYSA.com.
“Illinois Democrat gets eleventh hour boost from family-funded super PAC”
iWatch reports.
“Santorum Faces Ballot Problems in Pennsylvania”
Political Wire reports.
“John Edwards Must Pay Gov $2.1 Million, FEC Rules”
TPM reports on this FEC determination.
Is Providing Absentee Ballot Postage a Kind of Vote Buying?
Florida investigates. In my view, it normatively should not be counted as vote buying because it facilitates voting rather than seeks to influence election outcomes by offering pecuniary benefits. But that’s a separate question from what the Florida statutes… Continue reading
Freedomworks Shuffles Money through 501c4 to Shield Super PAC Donors
More indispensable research from the Center for Responsive Politics:
Whereas the original FreedomWorks PAC was hampered by strict limits on how much it could receive and disburse, and the two parent organizations had restrictions on how much political activity they… Continue reading
Read the Reply Brief in Case Challenging Top Two in 9th Circuit
“The Attack on Voting Rights”
Andrew Rosenthal blogs at the NY Times “Loyal Opposition” blog:
On Monday, the Justice Department blocked Texas’ voter ID law , and the state is fighting back. At a forum in Dallas Thursday night, Republican candidates running to replace Kay… Continue reading
Get the Popcorn
The Fraudulent Fraud Squad is getting a new member: Sharron Angle.
“How Voter ID Laws Are Being Used to Disenfranchise Minorities and the Poor”
Andrew Cohen writes for The Atlantic.