“Lake County elections officials look into how woman voted twice in Munster”
News from Indiana.
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Maryland Solution for DC Voting Rights?
A reader, Vince Treacy, writes in:
I do have a comment on Michael Wein’s proposal at https://electionlawblog.org/?p=53006
The posting seems to be based on the bill reintroduced by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), “District of Columbia Voting Rights Restoration Act of… Continue reading
6th Circuit Reverses Kentucky Vote Buying Convictions for New Trial Because of Evidentiary Issues
Jerry Goldfeder on Petitioning in NY
“Miguel Estrada, Controversial Bush Court Nominee, Judges U.S. Supreme Court at UCI”
The OC Weekly offers this item on the UCI Supreme Court Term in Review event I’ll be moderating Friday. (For the record, I don’t think anyone has called “Slick” Rick Hasen before—though they will now!)
“Cautionary Tale: Student Gets Jail Time for Stealing Online School Election”
“IRS Employees Showed No Politics, Lawmakers’ Memo Shows”
“Statistics dominate day 2 of Pa. voter ID trial”
AP reports.
That analysis showed that, as of this spring, about 511,000 registered voters either lacked one of the PennDOT-issued IDs or have IDs that have expired or will expire before the Nov. 5 election.
Siskin’s testimony bolsters the… Continue reading
HuffPost Live Archived Webcast of Debate on “Dysfunctional FEC”
“College kid steals classmates’ login info, uses it to rig student body president election – gets year in jail time for his trouble”
“Voting rights enforcers shift focus after Supreme Court defeat”
AG Holder’s NAACP Speech Says DOJ VRA Enforcement to Shift to Section 2, Other Provisions
Full text of speech.
He also discusses a congressional response to Shelby County.
“Congress Recalls Watchdog to Explain IRS Audit”
AP:
The investigator who wrote a scathing report about the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative political groups is heading back to Capitol Hill as a key House Democrat says his committee’s investigation has found no evidence of political bias… Continue reading
FOX News of Pa Voter ID Case
Interesting video report. In the intro, Shepard Smith says: “Supporters say it could help prevent voter fraud, though frankly there’s no evidence of widespread voter fraud.”