Quote of the Day
“Super PACs may be bad for America, but they’re very good for CBS.”
Les Moonves, head of CBS, quoted in NY Times, Campaign Ad Cash Lures Buyers to Swing-State TV Stations (via Political Wire).
Monthly Archives: July 2013
“An Effects-Test Pocket Trigger?”
Travis Crum, who wrote an excellent student note on Section 3 bail in under the Voting Rights Act, has written this guest post:
An Effects-Test Pocket Trigger
Travis Crum
Following Shelby County v. Holder, civil rights advocates are searching for… Continue reading
“Oregon Senate rejects universal voter registration proposal”
“‘As singular a failure as I’ve seen in the history of the Supreme Court’? McGinnis on Windsor, not Shelby County”
Kevin Walsh:
Even Totenberg nods.
Nina Totenberg’s end-of-the-term review (HT: How Appealing) includes an extended rip on the Supreme Court’s 5-4 Voting Rights Act decision in Shelby County v. Holder, highlighting criticism by “academic and judicial conservatives.”… Continue reading
“Deadlock by design hobbles election agency; The FEC was born of idealism after Nixon era excesses, but its GOP members have all but shut it down”
Important Boston Globe report:
The FEC has often been the subject of criticism since its founding four decades ago. But the impression of weakness has escalated dramatically, as Republicans named to the panel in 2008, united in the belief… Continue reading
“Obstruction Based on Rank Partisanship at FEC?”
FEC General Counsel Anthony Herman’s parting words:
The General Counsel’s conclusion stated: “The Commission and OGC [Office of the General Counsel] have worked for years to achieve the mutually beneficial relationship the Commission enjoys with DOJ today. Those efforts –… Continue reading
“Sabotage at the Election Commission”
Important NYT editorial, which begins:
The Federal Election Commission is already in a state of wretched dysfunction, but it will only get worse if Republican members succeed in crippling the agency further when the commission meets on Thursday.… Continue reading
“Where’s the Beef?”: Newby on the Bauer-Ginsberg Commission
See here (h/t Doug Chapin).
Did Kansas SOS Kobach Lie Again in His Oped? This One Looks Like a Geography Problem
Following up on this post, see this.
“Report: no widespread fraud found in SC elections”
AP:
No one intentionally cast a ballot in South Carolina using the names of dead people in recent elections, despite allegations to the contrary, according to a State Law Enforcement Division report obtained Friday by The Associated Press.
Attorney… Continue reading
“States Eye Voting Obstacles in Wake of High Court Ruling”
TIME: “Less than a week after the Supreme Court watered down the 1965 Voting Rights Act, a handful of states seemed poised to roll back the protections afforded to minorities by the 48-year-old law.”
“Candidate: End voting ‘environment of fear’ in Ohio”
Cincinnati Enquirer:
Ohio Secretary of State candidate Nina Turner, a Democratic state senator from Cleveland, wants to reverse what she calls an “environment of fear” in Ohio voting.But the current Republican Secretary of State, Jon Husted, said he’s just… Continue reading
“After Ruling, States Rush to Enact Voting Laws”
NYT on the post-Shelby County environment.