“State Sen. Jamie Raskin announces run for Van Hollen seat”
Not only a state Senator, but quite an accomplished election law professor (and a very nice guy).
Monthly Archives: April 2015
“Time to make voting easier for everyone, including Ohio’s college students: State Rep. Kathleen Clyde”
Oped in Cleveland Plain Dealer.
“Video: Newly-Elected Hasidic Village Trustee Refuses To Answer Questions On His Alleged Voter Fraud”
“Obituary in North Carolina paper: Don’t vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016”
Obituary: “Also, the family respectfully asks that you not vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016. R.I.P. Grandaddy.”
More here, via David Wiseanant, WBTV. The comments to this Twitter post crack a lot of jokes about how the dead grandfather… Continue reading
NYT Editorial Relies on Morgan Kousser Voting Rights Data to Criticize #SCOTUS
Editorial:
The chief justice’s destructive cure for this was to throw out the formulaCongress devised in 1965 that required all or parts of 16 states with long histories of overt racial discrimination in voting, most in the South,… Continue reading
“Election dispute highlights broader issue; Chula Vista’s case showed differences in counting of provisional ballots”
Greg Moran writes for UT San Diego.
“America’s lobbying addiction”
Philip Wallach review:
Lee Drutman’s new book, The Business of America is Lobbying, is mandatory reading for two groups of people: masochists and those of us who care about the future of self-government in America. After reading Drutman’s… Continue reading
California Court Upholds Conviction of Person for Twitter Incitement [Corrected] Against Ex-Wife #NCIS Actresss
People v. Shivers (Appellate Division of LA Superior Court):
The circumstantial evidence was sufficient to permit a reasonable trier of fact to conclude defendant acted with intent to incite or produce unlawful action by a third party who read… Continue reading
Virginia Voting Machine Problems are Hardly New
Brad Blog‘s been on this machine for years.
“The South Carolina Way of Incumbency Protection”
Ashley Landess WSJ oped:
Yet now lawmakers are proposing a new definition of “electioneering communication” that would include virtually any statement referencing a candidate for office made within 60 days of a general election or within 30 days of… Continue reading
“Clinton Team to Hit the Road in Search of Small Donors”
“Hillary Clinton Supports Amendment To Get Hidden Money Out Of Politics”
Peter Overby reports for NPR. My earlier Slate piece criticizing Clinton on this is here.
RNC Official Says There’s “About One Percent” Voter Fraud
TPM. I’d be quite surprised if it is that high. And I’d also love to see the data to make such a claim.
“How ‘Negative Partisanship’ Has Transformed American Politics”
Jonathan Chiat:
Emory political scientists Alan Abramowitz and Steven Webster have a new paper, not yet available online, exploring the nature of the new polarization. The paper is filled with interesting findings, but the major one is an attempt… Continue reading