“The Senate’s Long Slide to Gridlock”
Must-read front page New York Times article on the coming fight over the filibuster.
Monthly Archives: November 2012
“Do We Still Need the Voting Rights Act?”
Ben Jacobs writes for The Daily Beast.
“Tidying Up the 2012 Election”
Important Bob Barnes piece on the 2012 voting wars.
“Rep. Clyde Seeks Immediate Action to Ensure Counting of Valid Votes”
The following press release arrived via email:
State Representative
Kathleen Clyde
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 21, 2012
Contact: Faith Oltman, Legislative Aide to Rep. Clyde (614) 466-2004
Rep. Clyde Seeks Immediate Action to Ensure Counting of Valid Votes
Urges Sec.… Continue reading
“Husted soothes Electoral College tempest; Says his comments ‘badly taken out of context'”
“Ninth Circuit grants rehearing en banc in case challenging ban that prohibits public television and radio stations from broadcasting paid political advertisements”
“Automatic voter registration a top priority for some reformers”
“Justice Department Supports FEC In Dispute With CREW Over FOIA Request”
To All ELB Readers…
a happy, joyous and peaceful Thanksgiving. Regular blogging resumes Monday.
“The Influence Industry: Advocates at odds over how to tighten campaign finance rules”
“Schultz: three more cases of voter fraud in Iowa”
“The GOP’s Voter Suppression Strategy”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
“Leading expert on election law, voting rights to deliver O’Hara Lecture”
Release: “Daniel Tokaji, one of the foremost experts in the nation on election law and voting rights, will deliver the annual O’Hara Lecture on Law and Politics on Thursday, November 29, at 4 pm, in 111 Harrison Hall at… Continue reading
“Why did 81 voters cast ballots twice? PROTECT YOUR VOTE: Some could face charges, Hamilton County officials say”
Cincinnati Enquirer:
The 81 double votes, while too large a number to dismiss as insignificant, represent an infinitesimally small percentage of the roughly 420,000 votes cast in Hamilton County that would not have changed any race’s outcome.
Even so,… Continue reading