Monthly Archives: July 2015
“Democrats Pick An Attack Against Scott Walker: Voter ID”
“FEC Draft Rejects Issue-Based Contribution”
Bloomberg BNA:
The Federal Election Commission is set to deny a request from Democracy Rules Inc., a nonprofit organization that wants to collect online contributions from people favoring various issue positions and provide contributions to candidates favoring those positions.… Continue reading
A New “Council of Review” to Stop Corruption and Ferret Out Rent Seeking?
Bruce Owen, Umping the Political Game.
This is a variation on the new conservative calls to rehabilitate Lochner. That is, use substantive due process to have the courts deregulate and shrink government.
“McAuliffe plans Aug. 17 special session to redraw congressional map”
News from Va.
Speaker of the House William J. Howell, R-Stafford, and Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment Jr., R-James City, called the move premature and said the case should play out in court first.
“As we have said before,… Continue reading
“Revenge of Citizens United; Concerns are mounting that huge checks in the GOP primary will hurt the party’s chances of taking the White House”
Politico:
Concerns are mounting among top donors and party elites that an influx of huge checks into the GOP primary will hurt the party’s chances of retaking the White House. Long-shot candidates propped up by super PACs and other… Continue reading
“CCP: Increased Campaign Freedom Leads To More Choices In GOP Presidential Primary”
“Wealthy donors seize steering wheel in 2016 races”
Fredreka Schouten for USA Today:
Money from wealthy political patrons is gushing into the 2016 presidential contest, racing past the fundraising of Republican candidates themselves as donors seek new ways to influence who wins the party’s nomination.
One example: Allies… Continue reading
“North Carolina’s Voting Law Goes on Trial”
NYT editorial:
The trial over North Carolina’s law may be the biggest test yet of the remaining strength of the Voting Rights Act. Already, the court has heard from citizens who voted for years without difficulty, but whose votes were… Continue reading
“Groups backed by secret donors take the lead in shaping 2016 elections”
Matea Gold for WaPo:
These tax-exempt groups — which can keep their donors secret even as they sponsor hard-hitting ads — are being increasingly embraced by campaign operatives looking for new ways to influence the political environment.
While such “social… Continue reading
“Emails: NC board member involved in disputed voting plan”
Big AP story showing partisan intent by election officials in shutting down student voting in North Carolina:
A Republican member of the North Carolina elections board worked closely with local officials in their effort to eliminate a heavily Democratic voting… Continue reading
FactChecker Rejects NC GOP Claim that Unions Paid Moral Monday Voter ID Protesters
“Brennan Center, Co-Plaintiffs File Lawsuit to Close NY’s ‘LLC Loophole'”
Release:
Today the Brennan Center and Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP, on behalf of several former and current State legislators and other plaintiffs, filed suit against the New York State Board of Elections (BOE) to close the… Continue reading
“Why North Carolina Is the New Selma”
Ari Berman dispatch for The Nation on the North Carolina voting trial [corrected].