Monthly Archives: April 2015

“Nonprofit hopes $25,000 prize lures L.A. schools’ District 5 voters”

April 20, 2015, 4:16 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

LAT: A nonprofit voter group has a plan to turn around traditionally abysmal turnout for a key election to the Los Angeles Board of Education: It’s going to pay one lucky voter $25,000. Those who cast ballots in the… Continue reading

“Minority representation lacking in elected government offices, study finds”

April 20, 2015, 3:43 pmVoting Rights ActRick Hasen

Chicago Tribune: In DuPage County, where 15 percent of the population is African-American and 16.5 percent of the population is Latino, the elected County Board is all-white. In Zion, where 33 percent of the population is African-American and 23… Continue reading

“Money In Politics: The Gyrocopter’s Complaint”

April 20, 2015, 3:34 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

On Point.

“More Than 60 People, Including Lawmakers, Subpoenaed as Part of Senate Redistricting Case”

April 20, 2015, 3:30 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

News from FLA.

#SCOTUS Remands North Carolina Racial Gerrymandering Case for Reconsideration

April 20, 2015, 8:08 amSupreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

This order is unsurprising. Democrats and minority plaintiffs challenged a North Carolina redistricting plan as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The North Carolina Supreme Court rejected the challenge. Today the Supreme Court told North Carolina to take another look in light… Continue reading

“Constitutional & Criminal Law Experts File Brief Defending Gov. Rick Perry — First Amend. & Other Defenses Raised”

April 20, 2015, 7:52 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Ron Collins blogs.

Good Draw of Judges for Challengers in Texas Voter ID Appeal in 5th Circuit

April 20, 2015, 7:34 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Via Michael Li, here is the order. Chief Judge Carl Stewart (a Clinton appointee profiled here), Catharina Haynes (a GWB appointee) and federal district court judge Nannette Brown (sitting by designation), an Obama appointee. The 5th Circuit is… Continue reading

Quote of the Day

April 20, 2015, 7:24 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

“I’ve told my six-year-old daughter, ‘Running for office is real simple: you just surgically disconnect your shame sensor.’ Because you spend every day asking people for money. You walk up and say, ‘How are you doing, sir? Can I have… Continue reading

“An Uprising for Campaign Finance Reform?”

April 20, 2015, 7:20 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Bauer blogs.

“Rapid Rise in Super PACs Dominated by Single Donors”

April 20, 2015, 7:20 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

ProPublica reports. “A growing number of political committees known as super PACs have become instruments of single donors, according to a ProPublica analysis of federal records. During the 2014 election cycle, $113 million – 16 percent of money raised by… Continue reading

“New Book, ‘Clinton Cash,’ Questions Foreign Donations to Foundation”

April 19, 2015, 9:25 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

NYT: “Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich,” by Peter Schweizer — a 186-page investigation of donations made to the Clinton Foundation by foreign entities — is proving… Continue reading

“Wayne Williams a contrast to former SOS”

April 19, 2015, 5:05 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

Colorado Statesman: Three months after being sworn in, Secretary of State Wayne Williams has mostly stayed out of the news, and that’s the way he likes it. It’s a marked contrast from Williams’s predecessor, fellow Republican Scott Gessler, an… Continue reading

Quote of the Day: Gyrocopter Guy Edition

April 19, 2015, 3:45 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Chicago Tribune: Asked Sunday if he too thinks he’s a patriot or simply crazy, Hughes said “everyone gets to make up their own mind about me, that’s what I’d say.” “But do you consider yourself a patriot?” a reporter… Continue reading