Monthly Archives: November 2012
“Voting Amid the Devastation From Sandy”
Roll Call: “Hurricane Sandy has a real chance of affecting turnout and ballot counting in the New York metropolitan area, where several competitive House and Senate races will be decided.”
Bonus Quote of the Day
“Early voting is going well, people are turning out early — which means that that lessens the likelihood that there could be lines at the polls on Election Day.”
—Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, who earlier opposed… Continue reading
“Texas’ voter purge made repeated errors”
Houston Chronicle: “State election officials repeatedly and mistakenly matched active long-time Texas voters to deceased strangers across the country – some of whom perished more than a decade ago – in an error-ridden effort to purge dead voters just weeks… Continue reading
The Last Stop on “The Voting Wars” Book Tour
On Saturday I’ll be speaking about The Voting Wars at Reed College, as part of their 2012 Public Policy Lecture series. That will mark the last stop of the book tour, although I’ll be doing an author meets critic… Continue reading
“Tax reform tops agenda — and helps explain campaign spending explosion”
“McMahon says New Haven not following election law”
Hmmm.
“Mr. Burns Endorses Mitt Romney”
Buzzfeed has the scoop.
“Campaign Finance Case Has Implications Beyond 2012 Election”
GOP Allegation of Vote Flipping from Romney to Obama Votes
See this letter (via Jon Ralston).
“Glitch in Florida’s Voter Registration System can Disenfranchise Absentee Voters”
Herron and Smith explain “self-disenfranchisement.”
“‘Right-to-work’ group gave Montana nonprofit $300,000”
NYS Passes Resolution Extending Absentee Balloting in Light of Sandy
“Opening of absentee ballots under way, but not tallying”
The Columbus Dispatch reports.