“Fixing NH’s ‘push poll’ law will have to wait”
Why we may not get accurate polling from New Hampshire this election season.
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Shorter Foster Friess
Friess to CNN: People looked at me as a villain when they saw how much money I was spending to influence the presidential election. So I’ll start giving to super secret 501c4s to have the influence without the noteriety.
“Legal Battles Erupt Over Tough Voter ID Laws”
The NY Times reports.
“Jon Husted asks feds for immigration database for voters’ citizenship verification”
For those keeping score at home, so far each state which has requested use of the federal database out of an ostensible fear of non-citizen voting is a Republican. Ohio SOS Husted‘s the latest, while conceding Ohio “does not… Continue reading
“Democrats at DOJ: Why Partisan Use of the Voting Rights Act Might Not Be So Bad After All”
Ellen Katz has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Stanford Law and Policy Review). Here is the abstract:
Partisan use of the Voting Rights Act has long been viewed as distasteful and destructive. This short Essay challenges that view, arguing… Continue reading
“Even Shoddy Schmidt Report Shows ‘Voter Fraud’ Is a Fake Problem”
Keystone Politics: “I think the correct way to understand why Al Schmidt was willing to put his name on this hilariously unscientific ”study” on voting irregularities in Philly is that conservative politicians, pundits and blog trolls needed a passable … Continue reading
“Taking Back Our Democracy: Responding to Citizens United and the Rise of Super PACs”
A Senate Judiciary Committee subcommittee will hold this hearing on July 24.
“Worse than Watergate; The new campaign finance order puts the corruption of the 1970s to shame.”
I have written this new Jurisprudence essay for Slate. It begins:
How does the brave new world of campaign financing created by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision stack up against Watergate? The short answer is: Things are even… Continue reading
“We the People of Slate … The U.S. Constitution, as you rewrote it.”
A summing up of Slate’s Hive project to rewrite the U.S. Constitution. [My contribution to that series was End the Voting Wars.]
“No, Citizens United Isn’t the Whole Story, But…”
Doug Schoen writes at Forbes.
“Is Voter Fraud a Fraud?”
This Item appears at The Daily Beast.
“Nevada Democrats file complaint against group”
AP:”The Nevada Democratic State Party has lodged a complaint with the secretary of state’s office against Americans for Prosperity, alleging the conservative group violated state election law by not registering in the state or disclosing finances.”
Race, Voter ID, Public Opinion, and the Voting Wars
Two polls of interest today with finding that are probably related:
1. A new survey for the University of Delaware’s Center for Political Communication finds that those most likely to harbor racial resentment toward African Americans are most likely to… Continue reading
“More News Reports Show Up in Campaign Ads, to Journalists’ Chagrin”
NYT reports.