Monthly Archives: January 2014
“Bones to pick with Citizens United on fourth anniversary”
“Constitutional Purpose: A Reply to Seth Barrett Tillman”
Zephyr Teachout has posted this draft on SSRN (Nw U Colloquy). Here is the abstract:
What was the purpose of the American Constitution? What was it made to do by those who made it? This question—which might be at the… Continue reading
“Tenth Circuit Invalidates Colorado Law That Lets Contributors Give Twice as Much Money to a Major Party Candidate than to Anyone Else”
Ballot Access News: “On January 23, the Tenth Circuit overturned a Colorado campaign finance law that lets contributors give $400 to a candidate for the legislature who is nominated in a primary, but only $200 to a candidate who… Continue reading
“Commission Wants to Make Voting More Like Disneyland and Less Like the DMV”
Ben Jacobs on Bauer-Ginsberg.
“Leaning Right in Hollywood, Under a Lens”
Fascinating look at “Friends of Abe,” and IRS investigation of 501(c)(3) status.
“Biggest Liberal ‘Super PAC’ to Fund Possible Clinton Bid”
NYT:
The largest liberal “super PAC” in the country has begun raising money to elect Hillary Rodham Clinton president, formally aligning itself with Mrs. Clinton’s undeclared presidential ambitions more than two years away from the election.
The group, Priorities USA… Continue reading
Nine Felon Voting Prosecutions Brought in Iowa
(Very Close) Elections Do Matter Dep’t
Virginia to fight same-sex marriage ban: “Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring will announce Thursday that he believes the state’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and that Virginia will join two same-sex couples in asking a federal court to… Continue reading
“Millions being denied voter registration chance through Obamacare”
MSNBC:
he Obama administration is doing so little to help people register to vote when they sign up for the Affordable Care Act that it’s violating the law, good-government groups are charging.
Team Obama’s hands-off approach to registering voters… Continue reading
“An Election Geek’s View of the New Presidential Commission Report (Subtitle: YAY)”
RNLA Offers Initial, Preliminary Response to Bauer-Ginsberg Report, with Promises of More Detailed Response to Come
Read.
The RNLA also links to this statement from Rep. (and former Michigan SOS) Candice Miller, who chairs the House Committee on Administration and has been a vocal opponent of any federal role in elections (aside from helping military voters.
“Super PAC Contributions, Corruption, and the Proxy War Over Coordination”
I have posted this draft—still very much a work in progress—on SSRN. I’ll be presenting it at a Feb. 7 symposium at Duke. Here is the abstract:
This essay, written for a Duke Journal of Constitutional law and Public… Continue reading
“Expanding California’s Electorate: Will Recent Reforms Increase Voter Turnout?”
Eric McGhee has written this report for PPIC:
To address declines in voter turnout, California has adopted same-day registration—so voters can register and cast ballots on the same day—and implemented online registration. A proposal to relax the deadline for returning… Continue reading