Monthly Archives: September 2015

“Judge: No Cumulative Voting in City Elections”

September 24, 2015, 7:43 amalternative voting systems, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

SCV News: A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has ruled that cumulative voting cannot be used in the 2016 Santa Clarita City Council election. Cumulative voting – where people could choose to cast up to 3 votes for their… Continue reading

“Does America Really Have a Problem with Ghost Voters?”

September 24, 2015, 7:42 amNVRA (motor voter), voter registrationRick Hasen

VICE: Earlier this year, the Public Interest Legal Foundation, a nonprofit law firm founded to “fight lawlessness in American elections,” issued a report with what, on the surface, looked like alarming statistics: according to US census data, in… Continue reading

Read Texas’s Brief on Merits in #SCOTUS Evenwel One Person, One Vote Case

September 24, 2015, 7:41 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Here, via Ballot Access News.

Looking Forward to Previewing “Plutocrats United” at October 8 OSU Event

September 24, 2015, 7:34 amcampaign finance, Plutocrats United, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

RSVP here for my Democracy Studies lecture at Ohio State. And you can pre-order Plutocrats United with a 28% discount at Amazon.

“Did Trump Violate FEC Rules With Lawsuit Threat?”

September 24, 2015, 7:27 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

The Daily Beast reports.

“The Election Law Primer for Corporations, Sixth Edition”

September 24, 2015, 7:25 amcampaign finance, lobbyingRick Hasen

The new edition just published of Jan Baran’s book that should be on your bookshelf.

Federal Court Appoints UCI’s Bernie Grofman to Draw VA Congressional Districts

September 24, 2015, 7:24 amredistrictingRick Hasen

See here.

“Voter registration at the center of partisan voting war”

September 23, 2015, 10:06 pmNVRA (motor voter), The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

Zach Roth reports for MSNBC.

“Student Leaders in Elections: A Case Study in Poll Worker Recruitment”

September 23, 2015, 10:04 pmvotingRick Hasen

Chicago Lawyers’ Committee: The Student Leaders in Elections report examines the program of the same name, run by the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, to identify effective strategies and document the program’s impact. The Student Leaders in Elections Program… Continue reading

“Government Corruption Is and Remains the Fundamental Danger of Individual-Candidate Super PACs”

September 23, 2015, 10:00 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Fred Wertheimer writes.

“Bernie Sanders Would Be The Big Winner In New Public-Funding Model”

September 23, 2015, 9:59 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Peter Overby reports for NPR.

“Presidential super PACs push campaign limits”

September 23, 2015, 9:58 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Fredreka Schouten for USA Today: The rules on what amounts to coordination, however, are so narrowly defined that super PACs are increasingly acting as shadow campaigns — deploying staff to early voting states, financing feel-good biographical ads to introduce the… Continue reading

“GOP-led Montgomery County election board shifts early-voting sites”

September 23, 2015, 9:56 pmelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WaPo: The Republican majority on the Montgomery County Board of Elections, led by an appointee of Gov. Larry Hogan (R), voted Monday to shift two heavily used early-voting sites to less populous locations, prompting Democratic charges of voter suppression.… Continue reading

“Promoting good governance and fighting corruption: The example of natural resource management”

September 23, 2015, 9:54 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Brookings event with Norm Eisen and others on Sept 29: Today’s global marketplace provides fertile ground for commerce, but also presents corruption risks which can be dangerous and costly. In 2014, the World Economic Forum estimated that the cost of… Continue reading