“Change the Game: Depoliticizing Election and Campaign Finance Administration in Colorado”
Colorado Ethics Watch has issued this report.
Monthly Archives: September 2012
“Obama’s fundraising machine leaves Romney in the dust”
Sunlight: ” So can we finally stop hearing the erroneous claim that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is winning the fundraising battle against President Barack Obama, the all-time champion when it comes to vacuuming up campaign cash? In August,… Continue reading
“The Missouri voter ID scandal that wasn’t”
The Boston Globe posts the most important piece on voter impersonation fraud in a while:
It’s the biggest voter ID scandal you never heard of. An election in the United States stolen right under the noses of election officials thanks… Continue reading
“The Republicans’ Keep-Down-the-Vote Strategy”
Margaret Carlson for Bloomberg View.
Lack of Clarity on Florida Voter Purge
I just linked to this press release where Florida says it has found 207 noncitizens on its rolls. Yet FDL reports that Florida is giving up on its voter purge after finding only one non-citizen voter. And I’ve been warned… Continue reading
“GOP-backed military coalition drops veil: Obama seeks to ‘undermine the rights of military voters'”
“Florida’s Voter Eligibility Initiative Confirms 207 Non-citizens on Voter Rolls Using SAVE Database, Around 8 Percent of Voters Checked”
Press release from Florida Secretary of State below. It would be interesting to know how many of these voters identified as non-citizens actually cast ballots and to see if critics agree that the 207 figure is accurate:
Florida’s Voter… Continue reading
Politifact Rates as “Mostly False” ACLU Claim Calling Voter ID Essentially a “Modern-Day Poll Tax”
Read this and tell me what you think. You can leave your comments at The Voting Wars’ Reader’s Forum.
Bloomberg News on Hispanic Voter Drive in Arizona
LIve Webcast of Citizens United Event with Brad Smith, Matt Streb and Me
You can watch the live webcast tonight at 7 PM central (8 pm eastern).
Video Clip of My Appearance on Rachel Maddow Show
Available here [corrected link].
“Clay Republicans, other GOP groups, oppose Corrine Brown’s early voting lawsuit”
The latest from Fla.
J. Christian Adams Alleges DOJ Career Attorneys Were Overruled in South Carolina Voter ID Case By Obama Political Appointees
The story is here. Although the article refers to “internal DOJ documents” I do not see any of them posted in the story, so at this point there will be a dispute over the veracity and/or accuracy of the… Continue reading
Two Additions to “The Voting Wars” Book Tour
University of Montana, September 27, 4 pm (details to come) (to take place before the Montana Election Law conference)
Reed College, November 3, 2 pm (details)