Monthly Archives: October 2014
“Substantial Majority of Small Business Owners Favor a Multi-Party System for the U.S.”
“North Carolina Campaigns Prepare for Potential Recount”
Roll Call:
The competitive North Carolina Senate race will cost more than $100 million by Election Day, and that price tag could climb further as both parties prepare to spend even more if the race becomes too close to call.… Continue reading
Read the Petition to South Carolina Supreme Court to Keep Election Going in House Speaker’s District
The South Carolina state election commission had put the election on hold.
Here is the Petition.
“New Voting Restrictions Could Swing the 2014 Election”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
Must-Read Quote of the Day: Dark Money Edition
““People always ask me one question all the time: ‘How do I know that I won’t be found out as a supporter of what you’re doing?’…We run all of this stuff through nonprofit organizations that are insulated from having to… Continue reading
Three Republican FEC Commissioners Ask for Flood of Comments Saying “Hands Off the Internet”
Escalating the battle with Commissioner Ravel over this issue.
“Messing With Texas Again: Putting It Back Under Federal Supervision”
I have written this piece for TPM Cafe. It begins:
Readers of the entire 147-page opinion issued earlier this month by a federal district court striking down Texas’s strict voter identification law as unconstitutional and a violation of the Voting… Continue reading
“McDonnell team sought mistrial over juror’s ouster, expressed concern about alternate”
“Ginsburg Was Right: Texas’ Extreme Voter ID Law Is Stopping People From Voting”
“50,000 Missing Georgia Voter-Registration Applications? Nothing to See Here”
“Argument preview: Racial gerrymandering, partisan politics, and the future of the Voting Rights Act”
I have written an extensive preview for SCOTUSBlog of a pair of cases the Supreme Court will hear at a November 12 oral argument. The issues are complex but very important and I’ve tried to lay it out so that… Continue reading
“State election officials opt to delay election in Bobby Harrell’s old House seat”
Following up on this post, the South Carolina state election board is delaying the election and Democrats intend to appeal to the state Supreme Court.
“In Michigan, Spending Big Money to Stop Big Money”
NYT First Draft: “Now, with Election Day nearing, Mayday is pinning its hopes on Michigan’s Sixth Congressional District, where Representative Fred Upton, a Republican who is the chairman of the influential Energy and Commerce Committee and was once deemed… Continue reading