Audio of My Interview About The Voting Wars with WSJ’s “Daily Wrap”
Listen (mp3 file).
Monthly Archives: September 2012
“How Michigan judicial candidate Bridget Mary McCormack got ‘The West Wing’ cast for her campaign video”
WaPo’s “Reliable Source” blog reports.
“GOP gives up on trying to push Akin out”
“Deadlines approaching for ballot mailing, voter registration and litigation”
Quote of the Day
“So I would not have been lying, or even mistaken, had I said in my book review that in Heller Scalia ‘actually resorts’ to ‘legislative history’ in its narrowest sense (‘drafting history’). But I did not say that.”
—The … Continue reading
“Does GOP campaign literature contain a false statement? Ohio Elections Commission to decide”
Cleveland Plain Dealer: “There is probable cause that a piece of anti-Issue 2 campaign literature, distributed by the Ohio GOP, violates Ohio election law, members of the Ohio Elections Commission decided today. The panel voted 4-0 to hold a… Continue reading
9th Circuit NVRA Case Leads to SCOTUS Cert Petition
It is SCOTUSBlog’s Petition of the Day.
“Backstory: Voter ID Laws and the 2012 Election”
Here’s a link to my WNYC radio interview this morning about voter id and The Voting Wars.
Special Issue of The Nation on the “1 Percent Court”
Here are the contributions (some for subscribers only):
The 1 Percent Court
A Court for the money power, and our democracy is at stake.
Bill Moyers and Bernard A. Weisberger
How the Right Packed the Court
The long-term campaign to… Continue reading
“Sarbanes Hosts Discussion on Money in Politics, Introduces Grassroots Democracy Act”
See this press release,
You can find a copy of the proposed legislation, which includes a plan for a pilot program using campaign finance vouchers, at this link.
“As Elections Loom, Push is On to Get People Registered”
That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly.
Three Election Law Pieces in The Atlantic
The Ballot Cops (on True the Vote)
The New Price of American Politics (on campaign finance)
The League of Dangerous Mapmaking (on redistricting)
“Scott Gessler, Colorado’s ‘honey badger,’ may be most closely watched election official”
Must-read Bob Barnes article for WaPo.