“Responding Briefly to Bob Bauer’s Brief Reply On Bright Lines”
Greg Colvin sends along this response by email.
Monthly Archives: June 2013
“Insight: In Washington, lawmakers’ routines shaped by fundraising”
Reuters:
For lawmakers in Washington, the daily chase for money can begin with a breakfast fundraiser in the side room of a Washington restaurant.
At noon, there might be a $500-per-plate lunch with lobbyists in a Capitol Hill town… Continue reading
Higher Rate of Spoiled Ballots in Minnesota for Ranked Choice Voting?
“A Modest Early Voting Rise in 2012”
“DOJ Ordered to Justify Secrecy of Corruption Probe”
BLT:
A Washington federal judge today ordered federal prosecutors to disclose more details about a past probe into alleged misconduct by U.S. Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) or prepare to better justify the continued secrecy. She cited a previous decision… Continue reading
“Are States Delaying Voter ID Enactment to Duck Federal Racial Review?”
“Center for Competitive Politics Files Cert Petition in Corsi v. OEC”
Press release:
The Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) petitioned the US Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari late Tuesday in Corsi v. Ohio Election Commission. The petition challenges a recent decision by the Ohio Court of Appeals… Continue reading
“Elizabeth Warren, nonprofit seek green together”
CPI:
During Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s race last year against incumbent GOP Sen. Scott Brown, the League of Conservation Voters spent more than $1 million on “independent expenditures” that either advocated for Warren’s election or Brown’s defeat, including… Continue reading
“An In-Depth Report on California’s First-Ever Citizen Redistricting Commission – ‘When the People Draw the Lines'”
From the League of Women Voters:
In the past decade, California voters have worked to increase their voice in the democratic process through passing laws that wrestled power from California legislators. Through Propositions 11 and 20, Californians took a… Continue reading
“‘Walking-Around Money’: How Machine Politics Works in America Today”
The Atlantic reports, with the subhead: “The practice of handing over cash to turn out votes used to be an urban Democratic specialty. Are rural Republicans getting in on the fun?”
Derfner and Hebert: The Voting Rights Act: Does the City of Boerne case or the “congruence and proportionality” test have anything to do with the Voting Rights Act?
Armand Derfner and Gerry Hebert have written this guest post (available as a pdf [CORRECTED FILE]) for ELB, which begins:
Much of the debate in the pending Shelby County case centers on whether the remedy in Section 5 of the… Continue reading
“Issa Says Cummings Obstructing Committee’s Efforts to Uncover Truth in IRS Scandal”
Bloomberg BNA:
The war of words between the two leaders of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee continued June 11, with Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) accusing ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) of obstructing the committee’s efforts to… Continue reading
Bauer on Federal Lobbying Disclosure Prosecution
“Mayor Asks Donors to Shut Wallets Over Senators’ Gun Votes”
NYT: “Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, in a sharp escalation in the battle over gun control, is seeking to punish Democratic senators by taking away the one thing they most need from New Yorkers: money.”