Federal Court Holds Unconstitutional Ohio Policy Discriminating Against Those Jailed Just Before Election Day
Those jailed (but not convicted) voters have the same rights to vote absentee as late-hospitalized Ohio voters.
Monthly Archives: October 2014
WI AG Gives Up on Voter ID for This Election
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
As early voting started, Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen indicated he would no longer attempt to put a voter ID requirement in place for the election.
Van Hollen spent the last week and a half looking… Continue reading
“How I ended up starring in a Citizens United film”
Seth Masket:
I was initially approached back in July by a filmmaker named Jason Meath, who explained that he was doing a documentary on Colorado politics and wanted to ask me some questions on campaign spending and demographic shifts in… Continue reading
“Editorial: In voter ID ruling, justices side with more obstacles at the polls”
“Records at odds with voter fraud probe claim”
News from Georgia:
Documents obtained from Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s office appear to contradict Kemp’s claim that a voter fraud probe was based on numerous complaints from counties across Georgia.
For weeks, Democrats have hinted that Secretary of State… Continue reading
Listen to My Interview with Madeline Brand on Texas Voter ID and Justice Ginsburg’s Dissent
Here at KCRW’s Press Play, discussing my recent Slate column, Dawn Patrol: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s critically important 5 a.m. wake-up call on voting rights.
“How the Supreme Court Made a Mess of Our Voting System”
President Obama Talks Voting Rights and Fraud With Jeffrey Toobin
A part of this fascinating New Yorker piece:
The subject of voting rights has largely been thrust upon Obama by a conservative judiciary. “You look at something like the Voting Rights Act, which was uncontroversial from a legal point… Continue reading
“Colorado Dems: We Caught James O’Keefe and His Friends Trying to Bait Us Into Approving Voter Fraud”
Andy Kroll reports for Mother Jones.
Pa. Supreme Court Justice Temporarily Removed by His Collleagues in Ongoing Scandal
This story will only get bigger.
MORE from Chris Geidner.
“ARIZONA AG RACE: National Republican AG Group Goes Dark, Outraises Democratic Counterpart More Than 4:1 In 3rd Quarter; Explains 6:1 Difference In Arizona Spending (#50ShadesOfDarkMoney)”
Arizona’s Politics:
In the Arizona Attorney General’s race, the national Republican 527 organization is outspending the Democrats’ by more than 6:1. Dark money contributed mightily to that discrepancy, as RAGA raised 4 times as much money as DAGA in… Continue reading
“Statement of Vice Chair Ann M. Ravel Encouraging Public Comments to Increase Disclosure and Address Corruption in the Political Process”
Via email:
Statement of Vice Chair Ann M. Ravel Encouraging Public Comments to Increase Disclosure and Address Corruption in the Political Process
For the first time in more than a decade, the Commission is now accepting wide-ranging public comment on… Continue reading
Colorado SOS Gives Advisory Opinion to Citizens United on Disclosure Issue
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