Monthly Archives: October 2014
We Get Letters, Cont’d
Angry Texans in my mailbox this morning as the Dallas Morning News picks up my Slate piece on Justice Ginsburg and Texas voter id. Here’s a sample letter:
Sir-
We here in Texas are quite capable of deciding what's good… Continue reading
We Must Be Close to an Election
Michelle Malkin revs up the fraudulent fraud squad talk.
“Judge Rejects Challenge to FEC Limits On Campaign Contributions Per Election”
Bloomberg BNA:
A federal judge in Washington has rejected a challenge to federal campaign finance laws that limit an individual’s campaign contributions to candidates to $2,600 for the primary election and $2,600 for the general election (Holmes v. … Continue reading
Congratulations to Election Law Prof Mike Pitts
Elected to the American Law Institute.
Well deserved.
“Big donors dominated California congressional primaries, report says”
“Records cast more doubt on Georgia fraud probe claims”
“Partisan Divide Over Voting Rights Has Intensified In Obama Era”
Looking forward to hearing this on NPR when it releases the audio.
“Phyllis Schlafly: End Early Voting Because It Helps Democrats”
See here.
See also my piece from last February, The New Conservative Assault on Early Voting, Slate, February 10, 2014.
“Former aide pleads guilty to embezzling $1.8 million from Dewhurst campaign funds”
Wow.
“Georgia elections chief: No missing voter applications”
WXIA: “Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp said there’s no evidence to support claims by the New Georgia Project that more than 40,000 voter registration applications are missing or unprocessed.”
“Steyer Passes Adelson as No. 1 ‘Super PAC’ Donor”
North Carolina Court of Appeals Upholds Student Voting Site
Back on October 14, Justin reported that a ” NC trial court has found that the State Board of Elections, ratifying the majority preference of the Wautauga County Board of Elections (which split along party lines), intended to discriminate against… Continue reading
“MS Senate race remains its own parallel universe”
A reminder that McDaniel’s challenge is still not resolved.