“Is This Any Way to Remember MLK? Racism is alive and well in America. So why is the new voting rights act so weak?”
Andrew Cohen writes for Politico magazine.
Monthly Archives: January 2014
“State’s Rights, Last Rites, and Voting Rights”
Guy Charles and Luis Fuentes-Rohwer has posted this interesting draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
There are two ways to read the Court’s decision in Shelby County, as a minimalist decision and as a decision that has undermined the… Continue reading
Dan Balz Helps Justice Ginsburg Sleep at Night While Monkey Cage Keeps Her Up
“IMF funding, IRS guidelines collide in spending bill”
Politico:
Republican tea party forces and the International Monetary Fund collided in the final bargaining over the omnibus spending bill this past week. Neither won — but the standoff speaks volumes about American politics.
Republican business allies like the… Continue reading
NYT Ed Board Cautiously Endorses Voting Rights Amendment Act
Ruling on Pa. voter ID unlikely to be the last word”
“Can Ohio erase partisan pencils? Politicians, experts say Ohio has a narrow window to fix broken redistricting system”
“New Research on Federal Election Commission”
Michael Franz has a dataset and tools for FEC geeks.
“UPDATE: Elections director Rob Coffman weighs options after state director decides to fire him”
The latest from North Carolina.
Bauer-Ginsberg Report Must Be Coming Soon; Pres. to Meet with Commission
Mike Allen: “THE PRESIDENT’S WEEK AHEAD: “On Tuesday, the President and the Vice President will meet with members of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration.”
“Power play: Federal ruling forbids states from checking voters’ citizenship”
Washington Times: “A federal commission rejected three states’ requests to ask voters for proof of citizenship, issuing a complex decision Friday that said it’s up to the national government, not the states, to decide what to include on… Continue reading
“Pennsylvania’s voter ID law isn’t dead yet”
“The Uncertain Future of Voter ID Laws”
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor “NonCommittal” on Voting Rights Act Amendment Bill
This is significant, given that Cantor was the most vocal person in the House Republican leadership to come up with a bill in response to the Supreme Court’s Shelby County decision gutting section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.… Continue reading