“Guest Column: Arizona’s nonpartisan redistricting creates fairer election outcomes”
Elliott Weiss has written this oped for the Arizona Daily Star.
Monthly Archives: November 2012
“New Florida Leaders Vow Election Fix”
AP reports. More here: “Floridians should never again have to stand in line for six and seven hours to vote,” Sen. Gaetz said.
“A Broken Election System”
NYT editorial which endorses, among other things, my proposal “to establish a nonpartisan federal elections board to maintain a national registration database, mandate the choice of voting machines and set standards for counting provisional ballots.”
“Dems, Watchdog Group Saw Little Evidence of Voter Suppression or Fraud”
News from Maryland.
Weigel Talks to Unskewed Voting/Obama Voter Fraud Man
But What of the Rick Parry (with an “A”) Voters?
Iowa governor wants to kill the Ames straw poll.
“When a win isn’t a win: House Democratic gains may not equal victory”
“In Texas let’s be thankful for Section 5”
O. Ricardo Pimentel has written this oped for the San Antonio Express News.
“Clashing Mandates and the Role of Voting Structures; Obama Decisive Presidential Winner, but Majority of House Represented by Republicans in Districts won by Romney “
“Don’t Worry About the Voting Rights Act; If the Supreme Court strikes down part of it, black and Hispanic voters will be just fine.”
Eric Posner and Nick Stephanopoulos have written this piece for Slate.
“Here’s a thought. Why don’t we make voting easy?”
“Correction of the day: He’s going to fix the elections — but not in a corrupt way!”
Ha!
The New Hampshire Voting Rights Bailout Request
I’ve noted that the New Hampshire bailout request seems calculated to help the constitutional case for the Voting Rights Act as the Supreme Court hears the Shelby County case.
But conservatives are signalling they may not go along.
Pam Karlan’s Harvard Law Review Foreword, Response, Other Election Law Stuff Now Available
Can’t wait to read Pam’s piece–touching on many election law cases–and the responses:
FOREWORD
Democracy and Disdain
Pamela S. Karlan
RESPONSE TO THIS ARTICLE
The Disdain Campaign
By Randy E. Barnett
The Constitution and Disdain
By Steven G. Calabresi
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