“New Legislation Would Help Shorten Voting Lines, Strengthen People’s Ability to Vote”
Congressman George Miller blogs.
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Bailout King Goes for First Statewide Voting Rights Bailout: New Hampshire
See this blog post linking to the complaint.
And in case the connection to the Shelby County case (in which the Supreme Court will consider the constitutionality of section 5) is lost on anyone, Gerry Hebert explains: “It should… Continue reading
“How to Fix the Vote”
This editorial appears in theJewish Daily Forward.
“Director’s Note: Ten Things I Learned On (and Around) Election Day 2012”
That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly.
“Outside Group Spending Controlled the 2012 Election Conversation”
“Many Reasons for Lines at the Polls”
“Democrats complain GOP contributed to long waits to vote in Fairfax”
Robert McCartney WaPo column:
When long lines forced some Fairfax voters to wait until 10:30 p.m. to cast their ballots on Election Day, county elections chief Cameron Quinn said the delays arose partly because she had had huge problems recruiting… Continue reading
“The 2012 Elections and the Vanishing Congressional Moderate”
FairVote:
Key Stats:
Number of 20 most “centrist” Members from 112th Congress returning in 2013: 8
Number of House districts leaning more than 52% to 48% for one party that in 2011 were represented by a Member of another… Continue reading
“Partisan bias in U.S. House elections”
Rob Richie has written this WaPo oped.
“What Effect, if Any, Did Voter ID Laws Have on the Election?”
Off to GW
I look forward very much to this symposium Friday. I’ll be presenting a bit of new data on election-related litigation, and on the first panel reflecting on the 2012 elections (with Bob Bauer, Katie Biber, Ken Goldstein, Bill… Continue reading
“Changing Times”
Linda Greenhouse reflects on the Shelby County VRA case, DOMA, and more.
“A back-of-the-envelope calculation of Florida’s capacity to handle Election Day turnout without lines”
Charles Stewart blogs at Election Updates.
“Minority voters in Texas still need to be protected”
The Fort Worth Star Telegram offers this editorial.