“ANALYSIS: U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision To Hear Arizona Redistricting Case, Most Likely In January”
This post appears at Arizona’s Politics.
Monthly Archives: October 2014
“New proposed ‘pay-to-play’ rule draws criticism from free speech group”
The NVRA and the Arkansas AG candidate
Rick posted yesterday on an Arkansas registrar’s decision to cancel the registration of Leslie Rutledge, a candidate for state AG, after it was brought to the registrar’s attention that Ms. Rutledge had been registered in another state. One of the… Continue reading
“FAN 34.2 (First Amendment News) — Court agrees to hear judicial campaign solicitation case”
10th Circuit to Hear Citizens United Disclosure Case Oct. 7 in Denver, 10 am
The panel is Hartz, Tymkovich & Phillips.
Judge Tymkovich is teaching election law this term, by the way.
“Fate of non-partisan redistricting on the line”
“Changing Voting Rules After Ballots Are Cast”
Ned Foley on WI voter id:
There is one more crucial point about the Wisconsin case that has not yet been fully developed. As a factual matter, the emergency stay application observes that absentee ballots have been already been cast… Continue reading
“The Supreme Court Just Took A Case That Could Make Partisan Gerrymandering Even Worse”
“Three years later, Pentagon unit still hides Internet voting test results”
McClatchy: “A nonprofit watchdog group is suing an obscure Defense Department unit over its failure for three years to disclose the results of testing on the security safeguards of Internet voting systems that are increasingly being used to cast… Continue reading
“Thank Shareholders for the Ever-Shrinking ALEC”
Breaking: Supreme Court to Hear Arizona Redistricting Case and Florida Case on Judicial Campaign Speech: Analysis
The number of election laws the Supreme Court has heard with a full argument has dropped off in recent years, I believe in part because voting rights advocates have tried to stay out of the Supreme Court. (See my ELJ… Continue reading
Breaking: Challengers to WI Voter ID Law Seek Emergency SCOTUS Order: Analysis
The challengers to Wisconsin’s voter identification law have filed a very strong and persuasive 26 page brief in the Supreme Court asking the judges to put Wisconsin’s voter id law back on hold for this election, regardless of what ultimately… Continue reading
The Challenging #SCOTUS Argument of Voting Rights Advocates on Last-Minute Election Changes
If, as expected, challengers to WI voter id law go to the Supreme Court seeking to stop the immediate use of Wisconsin’s new voting law for the election coming up in a few weeks, I expect their main argument… Continue reading
“2 New Limits on Voting in North Carolina Are Rejected by U.S. Court”
NYT reports.
My earlier analysis of this ruling is here. See also my Race or Party? How Courts Should Think About Republican Efforts to Make it Harder to Vote in North Carolina and Elsewhere, 127 Harvard… Continue reading