Monthly Archives: April 2014
“Ranked Choice Voting and Civility: New Evidence from American Cities”
New FairVote report, which begins:
Ranked choice voting (RCV) has been associated with a range of civic benefits, but in the context of the polarized politics of the United States its potential to promote civil and inclusive campaigns is… Continue reading
Jeff Toobin and Ryan Lizza Discuss McCutcheon on New Yorker Podcast
“Mudslinging at the FEC over disclosure”
CPI: “Federal Election Commission Chairman Lee Goodman and two of his fellow Republican colleagues skewered Vice Chairwoman Ann Ravel — a Democrat — on Thursday because she didn’t vote to defend the agency last month against litigation from campaign… Continue reading
“COMMENTARY: Free speech just got more expensive”
Jusus Baird of Religion News Service has written a commentary which begins:
Dear Supreme Court justices: When I heard about the McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission ruling, it made me plotz.
I’m a rabbi, so I know much more about… Continue reading
Zack Roth on Obama’s Latest Volley in the Voting Wars
Here, at MSNBC.
“Florida no longer part of controversial national voter data project”
Miami Herald:
For those following the issue of voter fraud nationwide, this fact-check by PunditFact of a claim by Fox News commentator Dick Morris is a must-read.
Morris said that “probably over a million people” voted twice in the… Continue reading
“Obama, Citing New Laws, Says the G.O.P. Is Moving to Restrict Voting Rights”
“McCain-Feingold’s devastating legacy”
“The war against American citizens”
Katrina vanden Heuvel WaPo column:
In 1971, before becoming a Supreme Court justice, Lewis F. Powell Jr. penned a memo to his friend Eugene Sydnor of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce advocating a comprehensive strategy in favor of corporate interests.… Continue reading
“Obama: Right to vote under threat in the US”
AP: “In an unsparing critique of Republicans, President Barack Obama on Friday accused the GOP of using voting restrictions to keep voters from the polls and of jeopardizing 50 years of expanded ballot box access for millions of black… Continue reading
“Dramatic, Little Known GOP Rule Change Takes Choice Of Presidential Candidate Away From Rank And File Republicans And Hands It To Party Elite”
Rick Ungar at Forbes.
UPDATE: Apparenlty there is some question about the accuracy of this article.
A Win for O’Keefe
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “State Senate President Mike Ellis dropped out of his re-election race Friday, two days after a secret recording was released revealing him discussing setting up an illegal political action committee to attack his challenger.”
“After initial hysteria, back-pedaling over NC voter fraud claims”
Facing South continues to lead the way on this story.