“A thousand little cuts, but nothing life threatening; The 2014 Midterm Election comes off with a few hitches”
That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly.
Monthly Archives: November 2014
“Federal lawsuit is filed over new Texas Ethics Commission dark money rule”
The article is behind the paywall at Quorum Report.
But you can read the complaint here.
“Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Partially Upholds Challenge to Louisiana’s Administration of National Voter Registration Act”
Press release:
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Scott, et al. v. Schedler, et al., issued a ruling partially upholding a district court’s ruling after trial that Louisiana violated the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) by failing to… Continue reading
“Election Day Issues In Hartford Spark Renewed Conversation About Role of Conn. Registrars”
Arkansas Voters Approve Ban on Corporate and Labor Union Contributions to Candidates
Governing:
A ballot measure aimed at tightening ethics laws and changing term limits in Arkansas bucked expectations and passed with 53 percent of the vote. The measure, officially called Issue 3, bans lobbyist gifts to state officials, prohibits direct… Continue reading
“1,000 Votes: Maui GMO Farming Ban Squeaks By; Opponents of the measure, including Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences, raised a historic $7.9 million to defeat the bill, more than any campaign in Hawaii’s history”
“How to Waste 10 Million Dollars”
Ken Vogel:
Embracing the irony of setting up a super PAC that would spend big money in order to fight super PACs and other groups that spend big money, Harvard professor Larry Lessig and GOP strategist Mark McKinnon went… Continue reading
“California GOP victory: Democrats denied supermajority”
“Roberts Survives Re-Election Battle But May Opt Out of Rules Panel Chair”
Bloomberg BNA:
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), the top Republican on the Senate Rules Committee survived a tough re-election battle Nov. 4 and may now be in line to take the chairmanship of the Rules panel, with the Republican takeover… Continue reading
“Does Election Law Serve the Electorate?”
[Bumped to the top — on my way to this event.]
I am very excited to participate in this event for the University of Chicago Legal Forum. (I’ll be presenting a paper on uniformity in election administration.) Here are the… Continue reading
“Chevron Spends Big, And Loses Big, In A City Council Race”
NPR:
Early returns indicated the progressives’ grass roots strategy would be successful. By the end of election night, Butt had captured the mayor’s race with more than 51 percent of the votes cast, and the Chevron-backed candidate, City Councilman… Continue reading
“Company acknowledges Bexar ballot glitch that omitted Greg Abbott’s name”
So True the Vote was right after all, not a photoshop:
The company that supplies Bexar County with iVotronic ballot machines acknowledged Wednesday that a glitch caused an electronic ballot to display the wrong name for the Republican candidate… Continue reading
“Climate Change Activists Come Up Short In Midterm Elections”
But Tom Steyer tells Peter Overby he will be back in 2016.
“Republican Congressman Claims Voting Machines Are Rigged”
HuffPo:
A Virginia Republican congressman and the state’s GOP are claiming they’ve received reports of faulty polling machines in almost two dozen locations, with voters intending to vote Republican accidentally selecting the Democratic candidate instead. But the voter registrar… Continue reading