Monthly Archives: June 2014
Koch Bros. Move into Disclosing Super PAC Business
“Court Rulings on Voter Restrictions Create Limbo as Midterms Near”
Extensive NYT article begins:
With the midterm elections only months away, efforts to carry out some of the country’s strictest photo ID requirements and shorten early voting in several politically pivotal states have been thrown into limbo by a… Continue reading
Big Race Coming for Indiana Secretary of State
“Republican fundraising for 2016 presidential race off to a slow start”
WaPo Editorial Suggests MultiMember Districts to Deal with Political Polarization
“Watchdogs Call on Senate Ethics Committee to Open Ethics Process and Create Outside Investigative Office”
Senate Judiciary Committee Holding June 25 Hearing on Voting Rights Amendments Act
No witness list yet for this hearing.
“Here’s how the IRS lost emails from key witness Lois Lerner”
Contribution Limits Lifted for All Gubernatorial Candidates in Illinois
“House Panels Looking Into I.R.S.’s Claims of Lost Emails; Agency Says Lois Lerner Correspondence Was Destroyed in Computer Crash”
NY Times:
The agency said that because of financial and computing restraints, some emails “that do not qualify as official records” had been stored only on individuals’ computers and not on servers, and that “backup tapes” from 2011 “no longer… Continue reading
“DoD won’t release e-voting penetration tests”
Politico:
DoD WON’T RELEASE E-VOTING PEN TESTS – Officials have yet to release the results of a 2011 set of penetration tests on Internet voting software conducted by the Department of Defense, prompting election watchdogs to ask what the… Continue reading
“Lacking Curiosity, Lacking Credibility: The Media’s IRS Scandal Problem”
The Federalist fairly asks where the NYT and WaPo coverage is of the lost Lerner emails.
UPDATE: As I wrote this post, the NYT put up a story on the emails.
Breaking: Divided 9th Circuit Strikes Down CA Law Requiring Identity of Ballot Measure Proponents on Face of Petition
The vote on this point in Chula Vista Citizens for Jobs v. Norris was 2-1. I expect this issue will go en banc and perhaps to the Supreme Court—with a decent chance of reversal.