“Court: State has no jurisdiction over tweets”
Gannett: “The Ohio Elections Commission can’t crack down on Tweets — even if those 140-character messages include false political information, a Cincinnati federal judge ruled on Monday.”
Monthly Archives: October 2014
“A Kansas Group’s Push to Oust Judges Reveals a Gap in Campaign Finance Rules”
“‘Calibration issue’ in Maryland voting machines switches GOP picks to Democrat”
“Are Our Courts for Sale?”
Tenth Circuit Panel Issues Opinion Explaining Earlier Disclosure Order in CU v. Gessler
You can find the majority and dissent at this link.
I do not understand why this is an unpublished opinion. Seems to cover some important and novel issues with an interesting discussion and thoughtful disent.
“Reader View: Historic errors may disenfranchise thousands — including me”
Brian Sweeney on voter registration problems in New Mexico.
“Kansas spent more than $34,000 on Senate-race litigation”
“CMD Files IRS Complaint Against Wisconsin Club for Growth”
Release: “The Center for Media and Democracy has filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service alleging that the Wisconsin Club for Growth lied to the IRS in 2011 and 2012, violated its tax-exempt status by operating as a… Continue reading
“IRS Official Fights Video Depo, Citing Fear of Harassment”
BLT: “An Internal Revenue Service employee caught up in the controversy over tax-exempt groups wants a federal judge to block a subpoena for her videotaped testimony. The official, Holly Paz, cites privacy and safety fears.”
Putin Doesn’t Like Our Electoral College
That kind of makes me like it more.
“Voting Laws in the 21st Century”
Last week Dan Tokaji and I did a 30-minute webinar for the Center for State Governments.
You can now listen via the archive here. We discussed voting litigation in a number of places this election, including Ohio, North Carolina,… Continue reading
“Methodological challenges affect study of non-citizens’ voting”
Michael Tesler blogs at the Monkey Cage. See also my earlier post, About that Monkey Cage Item on Non-Citizen Voting, Calm Down.
“Pentagon watchdogs scrutinize states’ push toward online voting”
“Supreme Court, With Terse Orders, Has Judges and Lawyers Reading Tea Leaves”
Great Adam Liptak Sidebar.