Monthly Archives: September 2015
“Olivia Reynolds found guilty of 24 counts of voter fraud”
“Explaining the Blue Shift in Election Canvassing”
Ned Foley and Charles Stewart APSA paper:
We conduct statistical analysis of a phenomenon recently identified by Foley (2013), the rise in the number of votes counted after Election Day (“overtime votes”) and the growing tendency of these votes… Continue reading
“Closing Arguments: Should 2 justices have recused themselves in John Doe case?”
A debate in the Wisconsin Law Journal.
“CNN Charging 40 Times Its Usual Price for Spots in Republican Debate”
Advertising Age says it is all about Trump.
“Texas Two-Steps All Over Voting Rights; It says it can make voting as difficult as it wants to, and any law that says otherwise is unconstitutional.”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
In 1965, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act, one of the most important pieces of legislation in U.S. history. It contained key protections for minority voters, especially blacks, who had been… Continue reading
NPR with a Great Explainer and Graphics on Iran Deal Vote
Here:
Here’s how it works. Instead of voting on whether to approve the Iran deal, Congress votes on whether to disapprove.
If they disapprove, the president can veto their disapproval. And under the normal rules, it would take two-thirds… Continue reading
Will @Lessig Reach His Fundraising Goal?
He’s at $734K, and says he needs to reach $1 million by Labor Day in order to run for president.
Will he reach it? Will he nonetheless run if he falls a bit short?
(You can hear my ELB… Continue reading
“Court Cases Leave States Stuck in Redistricting Limbo”
Ron Collins Features Excerpts from ELB Podcast Interview with Floyd Abrams in His FAN
At Concurring Opinions (scroll down):
Rick Hasen Interviews Floyd Abrams: Selected Excerpts
UCI Law Professor Rick Hasen has done it again — he has made the Election Law Blog even more appealing. By way of yet more value added,… Continue reading
“Corporations playing politics with ballot measures”
“GAB head told former employee to tone down comments”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
The head of the state’s elections agency largely defended a former employee Tuesday for how he discussed an investigation into Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign in emails. However, Kevin Kennedy acknowledged he had talked to the employee numerous times… Continue reading
“Redistricting deadline comes and goes in Virginia”
ABC:
Back in June a federal court ruled that Virginia’s third congressional district had been illegally packed with black voters to make surrounding districts safer for Republican incumbents, ordering the lines be redrawn by September 1.
“The Virginia General… Continue reading
“Redistricting case: Plaintiffs must provide map proposals”
The latest on the remand in the Alabama “racial gerrymandering” case:
Federal judges last week ordered black legislators challenging Alabama’s legislative maps to come up with their own boundary lines.
The three-judge panel Friday told the Legislative Black Caucus and… Continue reading