“Democratic Official Sues over NJ Senate Election; Somerset County Democratic County Chairwoman Peg Schaffer claims the election is illegal”
NBC News New York reports.
Read the complaint.
Monthly Archives: June 2013
Yale Law Journal Online Symposium on Shelby County Case
The Future of Section 5: Perspectives on Shelby County v. Holder
With the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder looming this month, YLJ Online presents a series of reflections on the case below.
The Dignity of the … Continue reading
“Scalia’s Speech to Secretive Hollywood Political Organization Raises Questions”
Common Cause:
Common Cause has obtained the financial disclosure reports of eight of the nine Justices of the Supreme Court. Justice Alito’s is unavailable, either because it was not yet ready for release or because he filed an extension.… Continue reading
“Lawmakers are negotiating a possible deal on election law changes”
The latest from Wisconsin.
President Obama Renominates Hicks and Perez to Seats on EAC, But…
See here. Don’t hold your breath on either these two nominees getting a hearing any time soon or Republicans putting forward two nominees of their own for the zombie commission. From my conversations with some influential Republicans, it sounds… Continue reading
“Was IRS Targeting Limited to Cincinnati Office?”
“First Public Meeting of Presidential Commission on Election Administration Set”
See this media advisory. See also this meeting notice.
“Please, Republicans, save the filibuster”
“Future of voting rights up in the air: In Plain English”
Amy Howe:
We often think of Justice Anthony Kennedy as the swing vote on the Court, and that might eventually wind up being the case here. But nothing that he said at the oral argument gave supporters of the Voting… Continue reading
“John Lewis’s Long Fight for Voting Rights”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
Local Virginia Officials Deny DOJ Request to Inspect Polls
“Too disruptive,” Augusta County officials say, apparently about investigation into a possible problem related to access to polling for the disabled.
“Congressmen Come and Go, but Corruption Is Here to Stay”
Lessig brings Lesterland to the Daily Beast.
“The Federal Election Commission and its Choice of a General Counsel”
Gilbert: Logrolling and Germaneness?
Here is a guest post from Mike Gilbert of U Va:
The single subject rule strikes again. This week the Supreme Court of Oklahoma invalidated the state’s Comprehensive Lawsuit Reform Act of 2009 for violating the state constitution, which reads… Continue reading