Monthly Archives: July 2013

“Herdt: Nothing special about these elections”

July 10, 2013, 11:33 amvotingRick Hasen

VC Star: Combined, these 2013 special elections will come with a price tag of roughly $10.4 million. Among the six that have been conducted thus far, the average voter turnout has been 16.4 percent. The low was 9.1 percent. Looking… Continue reading

Ninth Circuit Dismisses Nevada “None of the Above” Lawsuit

July 10, 2013, 11:31 amvotingRick Hasen

You can find the opinion here. When this case earlier reached the Ninth Circuit, it featured a very interesting smackdown of the disctrict court judge, followed by an attack by the district court judge on the Ninth Circuit.

IRV 101 in New Haven

July 10, 2013, 10:47 amalternative voting systemsRick Hasen

See here.

“Why Voter ID Won’t Save the GOP”

July 10, 2013, 10:45 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Zach Roth writes for MSNBC.

“From Selma to Shelby County: Working Together to Restore the Protections of the Voting Rights Act”

July 10, 2013, 10:16 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

The Senate Judiciary Committee is having a post-Shelby hearing on July 17. The witnesses are Representatives John Lewis and Jim Sensenbrenner. This should be very interesting. I will be listening very carefully to what Senator Sessions and other Republican Senators… Continue reading

“To salvage Obamacare, White House hires lobbyist for drugmakers, hospitals”

July 10, 2013, 9:36 amlobbyingRick Hasen

Important Tim Carney column.

Justice Ginsburg’s Odd Racial Gerrymandering Statement in the Shelby County Decision

July 10, 2013, 8:39 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Over the next week or so, I plan to highlight some interesting but less obvious points about the Supreme Court’s decision in the Shelby County case. I briefly mention these points in my just-posted APSA draft, Shelby County and the … Continue reading

“Gay Couples Could Face Different Campaign Money Rules Across States”

July 10, 2013, 8:30 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Roll Call reports.

“Pro-Hillary super PAC signs up top Obama aides”

July 10, 2013, 8:24 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

“McDonnell’s corporation, wife allegedly benefited from $120,000 more from donor”

July 9, 2013, 8:13 pmconflict of interest laws, ethics investigationsRick Hasen

Oh boy.

Revisiting Reuters Opinion Series on “If the Court Strikes Section 5”

July 9, 2013, 4:22 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Back in February I organized an online symposium on what Congress should do if the Court struck section 5. It struck section 4, not 5 (though that’s a distinction without a difference these days). In any case, here are links… Continue reading

Congressman Frank Wolf, Who Voted for 2006 Voting Rights Reauthorization, Happy with End of Preclearance for Virginia

July 9, 2013, 4:12 pmSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Sun Gazette: But Wolf, who said he was the only member of Virginia’s delegation to vote for reauthorizing the act in 1982, said the United States has changed in the intervening decades. “I don’t think there’s discrimination now in… Continue reading