Monthly Archives: January 2013
“The Gaping Hole in the Conservative Case Against the Voting Rights Act”
“Faulkner’s Voting Rights Act: The Sound and Fury of Section Five”
Joel Heller has posted this draft on SSRN (Hofstra Law Review). Here is the abstract:
In its most recent examination of the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court told a story about the South. Although the Court ultimately did not… Continue reading
“The GOP’s big electoral vote gambit, explained”
“Include Me Out: Arizona Seeks to Reduce Provisional Ballots by Cleaning Up Permanent Early Voting Lists”
“EXCLUSIVE: Vote fraud charges expected”
Cincinnati Enquirer: “Hamilton County officials are prepared to refer five cases of potential vote fraud in November’s election to prosecutors and have ordered further investigation into about two dozen other voters’ actions that also could result in criminal charges.”… Continue reading
“Reid Expresses Support for More Modest Filibuster Reforms”
“Ex-IRS Director on Dark-Money Groups: ‘Investigate Them and Prosecute Them'”
“Former Obama Staff Complain Of Cold Inaugural Shoulder”
Buzzfeed: “In a sour footnote to President Barack Obama’s sweeping electoral victory last November, many of his campaign staffers have been shut out of the inaugural festivities, more than a dozen of them complained to BuzzFeed Monday.’We worked our… Continue reading
Voter ID and the Next Wisconsin Supreme Court Election
Two lower court judges, both Democrats, put Wisconsin’s voter id law on hold for the 2012 elections. The state supreme court, mired in other controversies, refused to get involved before the election.
But the case will eventually make it back… Continue reading
“Supervisors of Elections testify in Tallahassee, ask for changes to law after Election Day problems”
News from Fla.
“RNC ‘Ballot Security’ Restrictions Continue As Supreme Court Refuses To Lift Consent Decree”
“Cornyn Predicts Brokered Compromise on Filibuster Issue”
Roll Call: “The new No. 2 Republican in the Senate says that if history is any judge, the chamber’s leaders will likely work out a deal and not pull the trigger on the ‘nuclear option’ to change the Senate… Continue reading
“Non-violent felon voting rights measure killed by House panel”
Times Dispatch: “A House of Delegates subcommittee this morning effectively killed proposals to automatically restore the rights of nonviolent felons, something [Virginia] Gov. Bob McDonnell called for in his State of the Commonwealth address.”