“Election Officials Prepare for the Unexpected”
Finally, the election-Ebola crossover we’ve been waiting for. The newest ElectionlineWeekly awaits.
Monthly Archives: October 2014
“How Billionaire Oligarchs Are Becoming Their Own Political Parties”
Jim Rutenberg takes an extended trip into the world of Tom Steyer and his colleagues for the NY Times Magazine.
“Courting Corruption: The Auctioning of the Judicial System”
Norm Ornstein, in the Atlantic, on judicial elections and campaign finance after Citizens United.
Texas ID documents at the Supreme Court
A redacted version of Texas’s response to the planitiffs’ application for vacating the 5th Circuit’s stay, and a reply here from some of the plaintiffs. The inimitable Lyle Denniston, as always, has more at SCOTUSblog.
We’re now waiting on word… Continue reading
International Campaign Finance Guide
International IDEA has published “Funding of Political Parties and Election Campaigns: A Handbook on Political Finance,” looking at the campaign finance structures of systems across the globe. You’ll find the US in the chapter on “The Established Anglophone… Continue reading
The AP Bulks Up in a Big Way on Redistricting
With four different stories.
Juliet Williams describes the structure of redistricting in the states that take the process out of the hands of the legislature – an issue up at the Supreme Court this year, in a case out of… Continue reading
“The Undemocratic Flaw In This State”
A college junior weighs in on redistricting in Maryland, with more sophistication than I see from an awful lot of more experienced analysts.
“Who’s Afraid of ‘Rocky Mountain Heist’?”
That’s the question Michelle Malkin asks in a new post on the new Citizens United case in Colorado.
Money in Politics as a Campaign Issue
Paul Blumenthal thinks that the issue is getting more prominent debate this cycle, particularly in Senate races, than it has in the past.
“Voting Rights Advocates Say Florida Should Lift Restrictions on Felons Voting”
A report in the Sun-Sentinel.
“Justice Minister Red-faced Over Alleged Election Law Violation”
Just for perspective: a report from Japan. First, that an official could be “red-faced” at all over an election law violation. But second, on the allegation itself: that an official broke the law against giving “goods of a certain… Continue reading
A New Way to Sort Through Ballot Propositions
California is (in)famous for its direct democracy, with a hefty portion of each cycle’s ballot devoted to initiatives that are often long and complicated. Here’s a new way to understand what’s what: video reviews of the major arguments pro and … Continue reading
The Impact of Top-Two
KQED spends an hour on the consequences of California’s top-two primary.
“Voter Primacy”
Professor Sarah Haan compares the informational interests of voters and shareholders in corporate campaign finance disclosure after Citizens United.