Monthly Archives: March 2015
“GOP Fields More Million-Dollar Arms”
Jeanne Cummings for Bloomberg View.
Vermont AG Seeks $72,000 Fine for What Looks Like Minor Campaign Finance Violation
“Kris Kobach asks U.S. Supreme Court to restore his proof-of-citizenship law”
Wichita Eagle:
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court decision and restore a state law he wrote requiring proof-of-citizenship documents to register to vote.
Kobach wants the Supreme Court… Continue reading
“State and Local Officials Look to Improve Election Administration Ahead of 2016”
Bauer and Ginsberg blog at the Bipartisan Policy Center blog: “The 2016 presidential election campaign is officially underway. Millions of votes will be cast in the primaries and general election. Both parties will contest these elections vigorously, but both parties… Continue reading
The Never-Ending Texas Redistricting Case Continues with New Briefing Order
The court wants to know the effect of the Supreme Court’s Alabama case on the Texas case.
What’s the over-under on getting a final ruling before the 2016 election season starts?
“Google searches show that millions of people wanted to vote but couldn’t”
Alex Street at The Monkey Cage:
Some scholars argue that requiring early registration hurts voter mobilization in the final days of the campaign, when interest in the election is most intense. But skeptics counter that most of the people who… Continue reading
“Access Denied: New ACLU/Center for Accessible Technology Report Rates State OVR Sites”
“How Super PACs are Taking Over”
“Why the 2016 Presidential Candidates Are Waiting to Jump In”
“WyLiberty Brief Helps Turn Tide in Texas Free Speech Case”
Release:
The Texas Fifth Court of Appeals ruled yesterday in Cary v. Texas that evidence presented by state prosecutors to convict David Cary of bribery, money laundering and engaging in organized criminal activity was legally insufficient. The state brought… Continue reading
“Constitution Check: Is the Supreme Court promoting race bias in election districting?”
Lyle Denniston on Justice Thomas’s dissent in yesterday’s Supreme Court Alabama redistricting decision.
“Oregon Prepares to Register Every Possible Voter”
That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly.
Fred Woocher Says A Court Could Well Kill the Shoots the Gays Initiative
In this post, I said I’d bet a court would order CA AG Kamala Harris to prepare a title and summary for the odious “shoot the gays” initiative. I base this on CA court cases refusing to engage in pre-election… Continue reading