“Roundup: Citizens United and Public Corruption”
Noah Rosenblum’s post in Yale Law Journal Forum summarizes recent scholarship on public corruption and campaign finance.
Monthly Archives: December 2014
More Efforts to Change How States Allocate Their Electoral Votes?
Paul Rosenberg has this piece in Salon on the possibility that Republicans will try to assign electoral votes proportionally or by congressional district in states where they control the legislature but are likely to vote Democratic in presidential elections.
“Democrats Win PACs, Lose Money War”
Politico reports that Democrats “far outpaced Republicans in the fundraising by super PACs, which are required to report their contributors’ identities” but that “voluntary disclosures by other outfits suggest Republicans more than made up for the disparity through their dominance… Continue reading
More on Ohio Redistricting Reform Proposal
This story in the Columbus Dispatch includes my thoughts on the proposal that the state house approved Thursday on a bipartisan vote. It’s unclear what the state senate will do.
Federal District Court Invalidates Arizona Disclosure Law
Judge James Teilborg’s ruling found the state’s registration requirement for political committees “vague, overbroad, and consequently unconstitutional in violation of the First Amendment,” according to this report.
“Energy Firms in Secretive Alliance With Attorneys General”
NYT has this report on what it calls an “unprecedented, secretive alliance that … Republican attorneys general have formed with some of the nation’s top energy producers to push back against the Obama regulatory agenda,” finding that “[a]ttorneys general in… Continue reading
“Richard Alarcon to Serve 51-Day Sentence under House Arrest”
LA Times reports on how the former L.A. City Councilman will serve his sentence for living outside the district he represented. Dan Lowestein comments: “It’s hard for me to think that the state of California will be better governed by… Continue reading
Colorado Secretary of State Accuses Boulder Clerk of Violating Election Laws
Colorado’s Republican Secretary of State Scott Gessler has issued a report finding “serious and systemic violations of Colorado state law” by Boulder’s Democratic County Clerk Hillary Hall during the 2014 election. The allegations include “systematically discriminat[ing] against Republican election judges,… Continue reading
Magleby on Voters’ Preferred Methods of Voting
David Magleby has this piece on Forbes’ Data Freaks, reporting on a survey of Utah voters. A snippet:
We found that 21 percent of the Utah voting population prefers to vote by mail and nearly 20 percent prefer to vote… Continue reading
“The Ruth Bader Ginsburg Taboo”
Politico on Justice Ginsburg’s recent health issues and the possibility no one wants to discuss.
“The 2014 Elections That Ended in a Tie”
538 reports on elections resolved by coin flips, lot-drawing, and other games of chance. See Mike Pitts.
“Thousands of Americans use same-day registration this year”
Electionline Weekly has this story.
“Libertarians Displace Democrats on Alaska Campaign Finance Commission”
Ballot Access News has this post on a consequence of Democrats having no gubernatorial nominee on the ballot.
Voting Stories from Kansas and Ohio
The Brennan Center has short pieces on how Kansas’ ID and citizenship rules and Ohio’s registration and early voting cuts affected individual voters, part of its series Voting 2014: Stories from the States.