Monthly Archives: June 2015
“Here’s Jeb Bush’s paperwork to run for president, at long last”
WaPo reports.
It’s amazing. I guess it takes helping your Super PAC try to raise $100 million for your campaign and making literally dozens of campaign appearances, including in early caucus and primary states, to help someone who is not… Continue reading
“CCP Study Shows IRS ‘almost universally hostile towards nonprofits’ for decades”
CCP:
The Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) today released a report by Allison R. Hayward, an election law attorney in California, entitled “Eternal Inconsistency,” on the history of how the IRS has, according to the report, “been almost universally… Continue reading
“Don’t Be Silly – THE PCEA WORKED: A Rejoinder to Some Critics of Hasen’s Slate Piece”
Doug Chapin:
My major disagreement with the two critiques is the apparent assumption that the outcome of next year’s presidential election will matter in the ongoing fights over election policy.
First of all, the federal government has little if… Continue reading
“Mr. First Amendment”
Ron Collins on CJ Roberts. cf Williams-Yulee.
WaPo SCOTUS Reporter Bob Barnes on the Court Notes Surprise of the Chief’s Williams-Yulee Opinion
Barnes:
What’s been the biggest surprise for you so far this term?
Two things:
The interaction among the justices during the lethal injection oral arguments was as tendentious as I’ve ever seen. There was such infighting that Roberts granted… Continue reading
“Clinton off-base on Ohio voting rule”
Columbus Dispatch editorial:
All presidential politics aside, Gov. John Kasich is more than justified in calling Hillary Clinton’s complaints about Ohio voting laws “demagoguery” and “silliness.”
Like many Democrats, Clinton continues to hammer Ohio for a modest scaling-back of early-absentee-voting… Continue reading
News from Ohio: “Senate moving to approve online voter registration”
Columbus Dispatch:
Senate Republican leaders want to see online voter registration pass by the end of June.
Ohio currently allows voters to update their registrations online, but full online registration is not available. The Senate Government Oversight and Reform… Continue reading
“The IRS can still silence political dissent: Column”
Allison Hayward oped for USA Today:
Two years ago, Lois Lerner of the IRS revealed that it unfairly targeted and delayed Tea Party applications for tax exemption. While the IRS has apologized and promised reform, the agency has not fixed… Continue reading
“Corporations Open Up About Political Spending”
NYT Economic Scene column by Eduardo Porter.
Think Progress Responds to GAB Spokesperson on WI Voter ID Story
Now following up on GAB Responds to Think Progress on WI Voter ID Funding Question, Think Progress sends along the following response:
Last Wednesday, as part of our ongoing coverage of voting rights across the country, our reporter attended… Continue reading
“It’s Nothing Personal: The Decline of the Incumbency Advantage in US House Elections”
New Gary Jacobson in the Journal of Politics. Here is the abstract:
With little fanfare, the electoral advantage enjoyed by US representatives has fallen over the past several elections to levels not seen since the 1950s. The incumbency advantage has… Continue reading
Kobach Given “Persecuting” Power over Elections in Kansas
Delicious typo:
Usually, people say it’s a photo that’s worth a thousand words.
But in Kansas politics, everything is upside down these days. So it was the accompanying flawed caption, not the photo of Gov. Sam Brownback signing a… Continue reading
“Super PAC backing Jeb Bush unlikely to hit $100 million by end of June”
WaPo on the latest failure of the shock and awe approach to the Republican nomination.