Monthly Archives: September 2012
The Other Important Ohio Voting Case–On Wrong Precinct Provisional Voting–Goes to Sixth Circuit
From Moritz:
Briefing Schedule Issued for SEUI v. Husted
Sep. 7 (3:16 PM) – According to the expedited briefing schedule, the Appellant’s brief is due on Sept. 14, the Appellee’s on Sept. 21, and the reply brief is due… Continue reading
Breaking: Ohio SOS Husted Rescinds Early Voting Directive, Asks District Court for Stay
Back on Sept. 4 I reported that Ohio SOS Husted issued a directive which seemed to contradict the district court order to restore early voting for all voters in Ohio. After the Obama campaign sought a direct order from the… Continue reading
“The Representative Government Principle”
Bertrall Ross has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming,Fordham Law Review). Here is the abstract:
Challenges under the Equal Protection Clause require proof of intentional discrimination. That conventional account is rarely questioned by legal scholars or the courts. But that… Continue reading
Historical Quote of the Day
“There is now before Congress a proposal to end literacy tests throughout the country so that thereafter all persons who can neither read nor write will be permitted to vote. This opens the way for bribery of voters and the… Continue reading
Breaking: West Va. Supreme Court Rejects Extra Matching Funds in State Judicial Elections
You can find the unanimous opinion of the state Supreme Court (with three Justices recusing) at this link. In theArizona Free Enterprise Club case, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the First Amendment bars public financing plans which give extra… Continue reading
von Spakovsky’s Florida Non-Citizen Figures – A Correction
Earlier today I posted this item about how Florida has identified only “several” noncitizens from its latest voter purge attempts, and I linked to an earlier blog post of mine in which I questioned the origin and veracity of von… Continue reading
“Revealed: The Dark Money Group Attacking Sen. Sherrod Brown”
Great reporting in this ProPublica report by Justin Elliott.
Blogging Over the Next Month
The next month I will be travelling extensively, with book tour commitments, conference and workshop appearances, a scholar in residence stint at William & Mary Law, and some personal/family commitments.
This is also obviously a very busy time… Continue reading
“Election Law: The State of the Republican Form of Government in the States”
Montana Law Review Symposium:
THE MONTANA LAW REVIEW
presents
The Honorable James R. Browning Symposium on
ELECTION LAW
The State of the Republican Form of Government in the States
September 27 & 28, 2012
University Center Ballroom
Thursday, September… Continue reading
“Republicans Losing Election Law War As Campaign Ramps Up”
“How I Got Ejected From a Super PAC Reception”
Noam Scheiber writes for TNR.
“Florida, Colorado Voter Purges Net Few Noncitizens, So Far” and a Note on von Spakovsky’s Numbers
Important NPR report: “States using a federal immigration database to purge noncitizens from voter lists are starting to get results, which so far include few illegal voters.’ In Florida, which was first to gain access to the database after fighting… Continue reading
“Voter registration drives adopting new methods”
AP reports.