WI AG Won’t Defend State Coordination Rules: GAB Wants a Special AG Appointed to Defend Laws
The fun never ends in Wisconsin.
Monthly Archives: October 2014
“Secretary of State Kris Kobach in tight race following Senate ballot dispute”
“Voter ID Laws are Costing Taxpayers Millions”
Even Mitt Romney Has Voter Registration Issues
Salt Lake Tribune: “Mitt Romney, whose name keeps popping up as a possible three-time presidential candidate, would be wise to read legally binding documents before signing them, as demonstrated by a Utah voter-registration gaffe that appeared to have him shunning… Continue reading
“A month from Election Day, election rules still in flux”
Reid Wilson reports for WaPo.
North Carolina Asks Chief Justice Roberts for Interim Immediate Stay in Voting Case
This morning I reported on an injunction just issued by the federal district court in the North Carolina voting case. The injunction was issued while the Supreme Court considers a stay of the 4th Circuit’s order.
Well the state of… Continue reading
“GOP eyes voter rolls amid close Illinois campaign”
AP: “In a sign of how close the contest for control of President Barack Obama’s home state is expected to be, Illinois Republicans are mounting what they call an unprecedented and costly campaign to have ineligible people purged from… Continue reading
National Constitution Center Podcast on Voting Rights Fights with Jeffrey Rosen, John Eastman and Me
Listen.
In that interview, John Eastman pretty much suggests Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional unless it is read to require proof of racially discriminatory intent (kind of defeats the whole point of section 2 one… Continue reading
Federal District Court in NC Slows Implementation of 4th Circuit Order
Via Josh Gerstein comes this order in the federal district court requiring North Carolina to restore same day voter registration and the counting of out-of-precinct voting. The 4th Circuit had directed the district court to do that, reversing the district… Continue reading
“Court’s term begins with 5-4 order in controversial case”
Michael Mestitz and Chelsea Priest of the Stanford Law Review have this commentary in the Stanford Dailly on the Ohio early voting case.
Hate Political Gerrymandering? Love Money?
Common Cause has announced a writing competition on partisan gerrymandering with a top prize of $5,000 and publication in the Election Law Journal.
Too bad I’ve already written an ELJ piece on partisan gerrymandering (although not one Common Cause would… Continue reading
“The Question of Partisan Motivation: ‘Experts’ Or ‘Hacks’—Or Something in Between”
“Supreme Court Rulings Will Shape Midterm Voting”
Here’s my interview with NPR’s “Here and Now.” (Update: The audio is now available).
Ralph Nader Doesn’t Like the Word Spoiler
He tells JMart via voicemail that spoiler is a politically bigoted term.