Monthly Archives: May 2013
“Montana opinion: Time to clean up state elections”
Denniston on GOP’s Opening Brief in SCOTUS Campaign Finance Case, McCutcheon
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“NYC Considering Allowing Non-Citizens To Vote”
TPM: “New York City could soon become the first major city in the country to give non-citizens the right to vote. The proposal, which would allow certain non-citizens to vote in local elections, appears to have a veto-proof… Continue reading
“SEC Should Make Companies Disclose Political Spending”
Bloomberg View:
Two years ago, an idiosyncratic band of 10 law professors wrote to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asking it to require public companies “to disclose to shareholders the use of corporate resources for political activities.” Their immodest… Continue reading
“Hard Truths of Campaign Finance”
The three Republican FEC Commissioners (McGahn, Hunter, and Petersen) have penned a Politico Oped:
The cries for changing the Federal Election Commission from some editorial boards and campaign finance lobbyists overlook the obvious dangers of an unchecked federal agency regulating… Continue reading
“Supreme Court to Make Crucial Rulings on Race”
Richard Wolf reports for USA Today on Shelby County and Fisher.
“Senate Panel Postpones Vote on Obama’s Labor Nominee”
NYT:
Senate Republicans on Wednesday forced Democrats to postpone a committee vote on the nomination of Thomas E. Perez to lead the Labor Department after the chamber’s top Republican raised doubts about Mr. Perez’s ethics.
“Voter Suppression Group Fearmongers Over Immigration Reform: It Will Allow ‘Millions’ To Vote”
Think Progress:
Following other far-right attacks on comprehensive immigration reform, True the Vote, a Tea Party group purporting to combat voter fraud, is now rallying against the Senate’s immigration bill. In a fundraising email to supporters, True the Vote… Continue reading
“In Data We Trust”
Tom Edsall:
The announcement on May 1 by the Republican National Committee that it had awarded of a multi-million dollar contract for data management and collection services to Liberty Works, a firm run by Richard Boyce, an associate of… Continue reading
“Prosecutor: 3 non-Ohioans voted here fraudulently”
Cincinnati Enquirer:
• Allen is charged with attempting to vote by requesting an absentee voter ballot, despite being a resident of Florida. She hasn’t lived in Ohio since 2009.
• Strickland is charged with registering to vote and then… Continue reading
“3 Voting Bills Get Day in Court”
Pittsburgh Tribune Review:
Voter ID was just the beginning.
A trio of bills aimed at overhauling access to the ballot box in Pennsylvania will get a hearing on Thursday, when the Senate Democratic Policy Committee meets in the Allegheny… Continue reading
“2012 Turnout: Race, Ethnicity and the Youth Vote”
Michael McDonald:
An important election survey that reveals patterns in voting and registration is the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey November Voting and Registration Supplement, or CPS for short. The 2012 CPS reveals insights to major stories about… Continue reading
“Legal Center & CREW Call On FEC to Investigate Excessive Campaign Contributions”
Press release: “Today, the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) joined Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) in filing a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), asking it to investigate 32 political donors for excessive contributions to federal… Continue reading