March Issue of NCSL’s The Canvass Now Available
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Monthly Archives: March 2015
“Activist, voter turnout expert Curtis Gans dies at 77”
Burt Neuborne Book Event With Jeff Rosen in DC
Details for March 20 event on Madison’s Music: On Reading the First Amendment.
“Huckabee Pursues Unconventional Ways to Fund a Campaign”
“California secretary of state refuses to open arcane data systems; We asked Alex Padilla’s office to show us how to use their database tracking money in politics. They said no.”
“City race highlights murky role of political committees”
“Electoral College-Rigging Bill Makes Comeback in Michigan”
Weigel. [corrected link]
Looks like it is time for me to re-up my Slate piece: Democrats, Don’t Freak Out! Why Fears that Republicans Will Gerrymander the Electoral College are Overblown.
“Symposium on Voting Rights in the States”
Great lineup for this ACS event in Atlanta on March 19.
“Eyeing White House run, Cruz says he favors unlimited campaign contributions”
“City Council Races Offer Change in Ferguson After Months of Upheaval”
NYT:
Months of voter registration drives by the N.A.A.C.P. and other civil-rights groups added 562 names to Ferguson’s rolls of about 12,700 voters — a 4 percent increase. But St. Louis County election officials said the increase was not… Continue reading
“State panel considers raising thresholds for campaign reporting”
LAT reports. I testified before the FPPC in 2010 that this is exactly what the state should do, to balance the public’s interest in campaign information with informational privacy for small donors (as opposed to major political players).
“L.A.’s low voter numbers push state officials toward easing process”
MayDay 2.0. But Lessig 2.0, Too
Larry Lessig is out on Medium with an explainer about campaign finance reform group MayDay’s shift in tactics:
This means we need to push the fight further back in the cycle of the elections. The focus needs to be less… Continue reading