“Coming Soon to a Ohio Courthouse? Bill Requiring Student Voters to Get Ohio Licenses”
Doug Chapin with one to watch.
Monthly Archives: March 2015
“Scott Walker fundraises off voter ID victory”
Benjy Sarlin reports for MSNBC.
Albany County New York Loses Voting Rights Act Redistricting Suit
“Campaign Finance Reform Turns to Reward and Punishment”
NYT’s The Upshot:
It isn’t easy to reform the campaign finance system. Ask Lawrence Lessig, the Harvard law professor who last year raised $11 million to elect candidates who favored restrictions on unlimited contributions and spending only to… Continue reading
“In 2016 campaign, the lament of the not quite rich enough”
WaPo on the poor, poor millionaires who don’t have enough political juice.
“Secretive group destroys candidates’ chances, leaves few fingerprints; NRA-launched Law Enforcement Alliance of America targets state races”
“Presidential Commission on Election Administration: One Year Retrospective”
Looks like a great event Friday at the Bipartisan Policy Center. [bumping to top with corrrected link]
Opinion Analysis: A Small Victory for Minority Voters, or a Case with “Profound” Constitutional Implications?
[cross-posted at SCOTUSBlog.]
It is easy to read the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama and Alabama Democratic Conference v. Alabama as a mostly inconsequential case giving a small, and perhaps only temporary,… Continue reading
Breaking: Supreme Court Reverses and Remands 5-4 in Alabama Redistricting Case
The opinion and dissents are here. My @SCOTUSBlog case preview of Alabama case: http://www.scotusblog.com/?p=220511 Argument analysis: http://www.scotusblog.com/?p=221453 Opinion analysis coming at SCOTUSBlog.
“How to Avoid the Sex-Trafficking Bill’s ‘Surprise’”
NYT’s The Upshot:
A once-popular bill to help victims of sex trafficking was derailed in the Senate recently when Democrats discovered that language restricting funding for abortions was in the bill — sneaked in, they charged, by Republicans.
If… Continue reading
Arizona May Make It Harder for Third Party Candidates to Run for Office
“Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted proposes reasonable strategy to prevent voter fraud: editorial”
“Protest targets voter fraud; Bloomingburg, Mamakating residents want justice”
Absolutely fascinating dispute in upstate New York.
“Justice Kennedy Remembers Rehnquist’s Bet on Bush-Gore Election”
Mike Sacks reports for BLT.