Monthly Archives: May 2013
“As Senators Head for Exit, Few Step Up to Run for Seats”
“Elections bill heads to governor’s desk”
Gannett:
Florida election supervisors will be allowed to restore early voting up to 14 days — including the last Sunday before Election Day — and increase the kinds of locations sanctioned for early-voting, under a bill passed by the… Continue reading
“Citizens United or Divided?”
I’ll be on this panel with CA Assembly Member Mike Gatto and Professor Ronald Rotunda of Chapman on Monday at 6 pm. The event is sponsored by the Beverly Hills Bar Association and moderated by Kenneth Freundlich.
“Judge ends campaign-finance challenge”
“Marco Rubio gets Florida Legislature to eliminate early primary in 2016”
Miami Herald: “U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio persuaded state lawmakers to make a last-minute change eliminating Florida’s early presidential primary – a race in which the Republican could be on the ballot.”
“The Contemporary Presidency: How the 2012 Presidential Election Has Strengthened the Movement for the National Popular Vote Plan”
Rob Richie and Andrea Levien have written this article for Presidential Studies Quarterly. Here is the abstract:
The United States has reached an unprecedented level of inequality in presidential elections. In 2012, only 10 states drew the major party presidential… Continue reading
“Campaign Contribution Limits Broken Repeatedly In 2012 Election With No FEC Oversight”
Some great report by Paul Blumenthal for HuffPo who finds lots of people potentially breaking the federal aggregate contribution limits (some of which are up for challenge at the Supreme Court next term in the McCutcheon case).
“House of Un-Representatives”
“Promoting Democracy While Preserving Federalism: The Electoral College, the National Popular Vote, and the Federal District Popular Vote Allocation Alternative”
Geoffrey Calderaro has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The winner-take-all method of allocating Electoral College votes has led to a bifurcated nation in which presidential candidates actively campaign in highly contested “swing states” and virtually ignore… Continue reading
“Beaumont voting rights case sparks heated debate in Washington court”
“How Colorado’s Forthcoming Election Law Incentivizes The GOP”
“States try to tackle ‘secret money’ in politics”
LAT:
Early last month, state lawyers and election officials around the country dialed into a conference call to talk about how to deal with the flood of secret money that played an unprecedented role in the 2012 election.
The discussion,… Continue reading