Monthly Archives: January 2014
“N.C. wants voting law emails kept secret”
MSNBC: “North Carolina is asking a federal judge to keep secret Republican state lawmakers’ communications as they pushed through the nation’s most restrictive voting law last summer.”
As I’ve explained in this recent essay, the attempt to bail… Continue reading
“It’s Bigger Than Voter ID”
Brentin Mock blogs at Demos.
“How Lobbyists Still Fly Through Loopholes; Even after the Abramoff reforms, companies and countries looking to sway Congress find ways to ply lawmakers with fancy overseas trips.”
Shane Goldmacher writes for National Journal.
“Proposed ethics reforms for Virginia don’t go far enough”
Bauer on Public Citizen on McCutcheon
“Reid’s Uncompromising Power Play in Senate Rankles Republicans”
NYT:
With his strong-armed change to the filibuster rule and an iron-fisted control of the Senate floor, Senator Harry Reid has engaged in the greatest consolidation of congressional power since Newt Gingrich ruled the House, unleashing a bitterness that… Continue reading
Sad News: Elections Expert Bob Pastor Has Died
Here is the AP obituary.
Pastor was the driving force behind the Carter-Baker commission.
Condolences to his family and friends.
Was Fort Lee Targeted by Christie Staff Because of Fight Over State Appellate Judges?
Rachel Maddow makes a plausible case—at least as plausible as the endorsement theory.
“Blagojevich Tries to Blow Up Corruption”
“Iowa Secretary Of State Schultz Running For Congress”
Voter fraud warrior wants to go to Congress.
Ca. State Sen. Rod Wright Voter Fraud Case May Hinge on Difference Between “Domicile” and “Residence”
“Palmdale appeals court decision, says it won’t hold new election”
LA Times:
Palmdale officials this week appealed a trial judge’s ruling that their at-large elections violate the California Voting Rights Act and said they will not hold new balloting in June.
Last month, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark… Continue reading
“Obama donor leading Justice Department’s IRS investigation”
WaPo:
Two Republican lawmakers and a conservative legal group are questioning the Justice Department’s selection of a Democratic donor to lead the agency’s probe into the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of certain advocacy groups during the 2010 and 2012… Continue reading