Monthly Archives: May 2013
“Some Small Stuff is TOO Small: Dutchess County, NY Order on Student Voting”
“‘True the Vote,’ the Victim? Voter Vigilante Group Says IRS Targeted Its ‘Verify the Recall’ Effort in Wisconsin”
PR Watch reports. Note that TTV is a c3, and so the legal question about political intervention is different from the one involving c4s’ “primary purpose.”
“Reid Mulls Nuclear-Style Filibuster Reform For Nominations”
“Virginia’s Republican Slate Picked by Tiny Sliver”
WaPo editorial:
MORE THAN a quarter of Virginia’s electorate considers itself Republican, which translates to almost 1 million voters. Of that number, about 8,000 — less than 1 percent — showed up at the party’s convention in Richmond over… Continue reading
“How Not to Handle a Scandal”
“White House Says It Didn’t Loop Obama In on I.R.S. Inquiry”
NYT: “White House officials were first notified on April 16 about an investigation into Internal Revenue Service scrutiny of conservative groups and discussed its potential findings with the Treasury Department but never told President Obama, the White House said… Continue reading
“What Are All These Ballots Doing On Some Guy’s Bed?”
A picture’s worth….an investigation?
“IRS’s Lerner Had History of Harassment, Inappropriate Religious Inquiries at FEC”
This item appears at the blog of the Weekly Standard.
Texas Redistricting Court Sets Hearing to Consider Next Steps in Case
Read the order here. Much depends upon whether Section 5 remains valid once the Supreme Court decides the Shelby County case.
“Elections officials debunk claims of voter fraud”
Follow-up from Bakersfield: “In Election Day-eve accusation by a Republican political organization of massive, sweeping voter fraud in the 16th Senate District race turned out to be unfounded Monday after Kern County elections officials reviewed vote-by-mail ballots cast in the… Continue reading
“Registering Millions: Celebrating the Success and Potential of the National Voter Registration Act at 20”
Demos reports.
Miles Rapoport:
It may seem unthinkable now, but as late as the 1980s, Americans in many states had only one option if they wanted to register to vote: Show up in person at a central registrar’s… Continue reading
“How Bad Would the Nuclear Option Fallout Be?”
More Sarah Binder on potential changes to the filibuster rules.
“Foggy Tax Law Breakdown”
Eliza ($): “The IRS scandal triggered by its targeting of conservative groups has pulled back the curtain on an agency profoundly ill-equipped to respond to modern tax and campaign finance challenges, and Congress is at least partly to blame.”