“Minneapolis mayoral candidates play up ‘Minnesota Nice’”
Is ranked choice voting making candidates too nice?
Monthly Archives: October 2013
“Texas Voter ID Law Discriminates Against Women, Students, Minorities”
Important points where the details matter on voter ID from Ari Berman.
“Democratic Donors Surge Amid GOP Slump”
“L.A. leaders fight ballot measure to create city health agency”
Pre-election challenge, reports the LA Times.
“Why Professor Lessig’s ‘dependence corruption’ is not a founding-era concept”
If you care about the originalism debate in the Supreme Court’s campaign finance case, McCutcheon, this post by Seth Barrett Tillman is a must-read.
Off to North Carolina
“Race or Party?” is the theme of the 2013 American Values Public Lecture I’ll be giving at NC State on October 24 and my keynote address at this conference on October 25. I will also post soon on SSRN… Continue reading
“Activists target Coachella water district in voting change effort”
“The Debate Over Judge Posner’s Unforced Error”
Jesse Wegman writes on NYT’s “Taking Note” edit. blog.
“Businesses backed GOP lawmakers who spurned them on default”
Texas Judge Has Trouble Voting Under New Texas ID Law Because of Maiden Name
KIII TV:
“What I have used for voter registration and for identification for the last 52 years was not sufficient yesterday when I went to vote,” 117th District Court Judge Sandra Watts said.
Watts has voted in every election… Continue reading
“How candidates can sidestep Supreme Court rulings on campaign finance”
Ganesh Sitaraman writes for the Christian Science Monitor.
“October Op-Eds Weave RCV Spell over Minneapolis”
“A Judge Sees the Light on ‘Voter Fraud’ Laws”
Jamelle Bouie writes for The Daily Beast.
I’ve got my own more extended piece on Judge Posner in the works.
“Why Money Is the Root of All That’s Wrong With Washington”
Larry Lessig at the Daily Beast.
Steve Klein responds.