“Voter ID Laws May Worsen Voter Fraud”
Dahlia Lithwick writes for Slate, citing Michael Gilbert’s new article.
Monthly Archives: September 2014
MS Considers Changes to Its Primary Election Rules; McDaniel, Chair of Senate Elections Committee, Absent
“SOS Says Bernalillo, Santa Fe Counties Can’t Put Advisory Votes on Ballot”
New Mexico Telegram sees a partisan battle behind this fight over marijuana measures.
“We Lost. Beautifully: On Zephyr and Tim’s Amazing Win”
“Ignore Endorsements From Politicians”
David Firestone and Tim Wu blame Mayor Di Blasio for Wu’s poorer showing in NYC.
Ga. Sec. of State Appears Critical of Dem Efforts to Register “All These Minority Voters”
Again via AJC:
The audio clip is only 19 seconds long, and so it might not include any mitigating context….
Nonetheless, here’s the transcript:
“In closing I just wanted to tell you, real quick, after we get through this… Continue reading
“Individual-Candidate Super PACs Threaten to Wipe Out Candidate Contribution Limits”
NYT Ed Board Sorta Endorses Dems’ Campaign Finance Constitutional Amendment
See here.
But it seems more an endorsement of putting it forward than of actually passing it.
“Top outside spenders in 2014 primaries: Winners, losers and some long-term investors”
“Donor’s $10K contribution to McConnell draws scrutiny”
“Breitbart claims IRS harassment”
Politico:
The IRS has audited Breitbart News Network, according to the company, which runs the conservative blog Breitbart.com.
The company suggested that the IRS’s move to audit its financial information from 2012 was politically motivated.
“Prosecutors Are Pushing Prison Time for D’Souza”
NYT: “Saying that Dinesh D’Souza had not yet accepted responsibility for his crime, prosecutors asked a federal judge in Manhattan on Wednesday to sentence the best-selling conservative author and filmmaker to 10 to 16 months in prison for violating… Continue reading