Monthly Archives: November 2012
Maddow Show Talks Election Reform, VRA Cert. Grant
And she quotes ELB. Interview with Debo Adegbile
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VRA Story Roundup
Howard has a more extensive roundup now.
Lighter Blogging Next Week
Thursday I travel to the great GW election law conference taking place on Friday.
The election put me behind on lots of things.
So I hope to slow down a bit on the blogging and recharge the batteries a… Continue reading
Brad Smith and Heather Gerken Talk Money in Politics
“Mitt Romney’s ORCA program couldn’t stay afloat”
“The 2nd Richest County in the Country ‘Can’t’ Find Enough Qualified Poll Workers”
Empty Wheel: ‘Or perhaps this is the reason why: the Vice Chair of Fairfax’s Board of Elections is Hans von Spakovsky, the architect of GOP efforts to suppress the vote. And so it is that one of the most… Continue reading
The Court and the Constitutionality of Section 5 of the VRA
A couple months ago, the SCOTUS blog ran a Symposium on the constitutional issues concerning Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. In light of today’s Supreme Court decision to address those issues in the Shelby County case, here’s an… Continue reading
VRA SCOTUS Grant Early Roundup
Howard’s got it.
“Improved Absentee Balloting Processes Essential to the ‘Fix'”
Here is a guest post from Susan Dzieduszycka-Suinat, President and CEO, U.S. Vote Foundation and Overseas Vote Foundation:
There is no single “fix” to create a more accessible and functional system that would transform the chaos that occurred on Election… Continue reading
“Legal Center Files Brief Defending Wisconsin Disclosure Laws in 7th Circuit Court of Appeals”
Group Claims Allen West Election Stolen
From a GOPUSA email (this is NOT the official Republican Party):
Dear Patriot,
Conservative hero Allen West is in the midst of a brutal recount. His entire career hangs in the balance.
The liberals threw everything they had at him… Continue reading
“Did Big Money Really Lose This Election? Hardly”
This item appears at Facing South.
Cleta Mitchell Responds Re Voting Wars Truce
Following up on this post, Cleta Mitchell has written this response over at the RNLA blog: “In response to Rick Hasen’s ‘interpretation’ of my piece in the New York Times, I did NOT say there is no voter… Continue reading