Monthly Archives: February 2015
“Bousquet: Gov. Rick Scott cuts state losses in long voting fight”
“Results of Kentucky election get tossed over vote-buying allegations”
“Trend 1: The rise of majority-minority and near-majority-minority states”
States of Change
The Demographic Evolution of the American Electorate, 1974–2060
The demographics of the United States are projected to become much more diverse in the coming decades and will have significant effects on the nation’s voting electorate in… Continue reading
“Another Attack on Election Reform: Congressional Redistricting Commissions”
Alan Morrison for ACS.
“How Dark Money Is Distorting Politics and Undermining Democracy”
“California ethics panel rejects exceptions to lobbyist fundraising rules”
“Final Tally: 2014’s Midterm Was Most Expensive, With Fewer Donors”
Open Secrets:
The final figures are in: The 2014 election was the most expensive midterm election in history, costing a grand total of $3.77 billion. But for the first time since 1990, fewer Americans donated money in this… Continue reading
AP Tracks Rep. Schock’s Travel via Private Planes via Instagram Metadata
Lesson for politicians everywhere.
Supreme Court Accepts Supplemental Brief on One Person, One Vote Issue in Alabama Redistricting Case
“The inside story of how big business lost Washington”
Interesting piece in Fortune.
“Law Professors Urge Supreme Court to Accept Case and Overturn North Carolina Redistricting Decision”
CLC:
On February 17, 2015, in Dickson v. Rucho, Campaign Legal Center Executive Director J. Gerald Hebert joined with a dozen other nationally recognized election law professors in a brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to accept a case… Continue reading
“Internet Freedom Works”
FCC commissioner Ajit Pai and FEC commissioner Lee Goodman have written this Politico oped.
“Obama Administration Using Century-Old Racist Case Law to Block Citizenship”
Mother Jones:
Well, this is awkward. This month, five people from American Samoa—the only place in the world where babies born on US soil are denied US citizenship—argued in federal court that the government’s refusal to grant them birthright… Continue reading