Monthly Archives: December 2012
“Roeder on Big Data: Could it Work for Election Administration?”
“Rural Law Firm Shields $262 Million in Secret Donations”
Bloomberg: “About 50 miles west of Washington, in a newly developed zone between the roadside farm stands and the shops that line the Victorian Main Street of tiny Warrenton, Virginia, sits a brick office building that’s emerged… Continue reading
“I Am Not Big Brother”
Ethan Roeder, data director of Obama for America, has written this NYT oped.
“Studying the Everyday Lives of Professional Federal Lobbyists”
Maggie McKinley has posted the following about a fascinating new project at The Lab@Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University (reposted with permission):
Studying the Everyday Lives of Professional Federal Lobbyists
Maggie McKinley
One of the primary research areas… Continue reading
“Three donors gave six figures to Republican Jewish Coalition last year”
“Osaka Mayor Tweets Disapproval of Twitter Ban”
WSJ Japan: “As the Twitter feeds of hundreds of Japanese politicians fell silent earlier this week, one of the nation’s most popular and outspoken politicians–Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto–continued tweeting on defiantly, challenging a law forbidding candidates from Internet campaigning… Continue reading
“More Redistricting Ahead in Texas, Maybe Florida”
“New Mexico Man Charged In Voter Fraud ‘Test’”
Center for Individual Rights Seeks to Intervene to Block NH Bailout Request
This is no surprise.
See the motion to intervene and motion to dismiss New Hampshire’s request to bail out from coverage under the preclearance provision of the Voting Rights Act.
“Obama bundlers eyeing embassy posts”
Al Kamen reports forWaPo.
“Court hears challenge to Obama recess appointments”
AP: ” A federal appeals court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that considers whether President Barack Obama violated the Constitution earlier this year when he bypassed the Senate to fill vacancies in his administration.”