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Monthly Archives: January 2016
“Unlikely Advocates Push To Give 16-Year-Olds A Vote — And A Voice”
“The GOP debates have become like Super Bowl parties for top donors”
Matea Gold at Wapo on what is literally plutocrats united.
“Partisanship Barges In on John Lewis’s Dream”
Fascinating John Harwood NYT interview with Rep. Lewis on what I’ve called the “race or party” question.
“New Paper: How to Protect Election Integrity Without Disenfranchising Voters”
Brennan Center:
Election Integrity: A Pro Voter Agenda Is Latest in “New Ideas for a New Democracy” Series
As America heads into another presidential election year in the midst of pitched battles over the right to vote, the Brennan… Continue reading
“Editorial: Jolly’s smart shot at campaign finance reform”
Tampa Bay Times:
U.S. Rep. David Jolly has a big idea in a little four-page bill. The Indian Shores Republican wants to ban federal officeholders from directly seeking campaign contributions. It’s a long shot in an election-year Congress whose members… Continue reading
“How Big Money Works in the Shadows”
Here is the Chicago Tribune version of my Sunday Outlook WaPo piece.
“New Demos Report Details How Automatic Voter Registration Could Register 27 Million of America’s Missing Voters”
Release:
America faces a crisis of low political participation. The current voter registration system unnecessarily burden tens of millions of potential voters–particularly people of color, young people, and people with low incomes, such that one out of four potential voters–51… Continue reading
“Plutocrats United: The Impact of Citizens United Isn’t Simply About Corruption… It’s About Political Equality”
I spoke with IVN about my new book.
Breaking: #SCOTUS Won’t Hear Case on Government Contractor Campaign Contributions Ban
The Court denied cert. today in a case in which the D.C. Circuit en banc had unanimously upheld federal law banning direct campaign contributions to candidates by federal contractors. (I had missed that in today’s orders because the name changed… Continue reading
“Why the GOP Primary Could Be Even Crazier Than You Think”
Ben Ginsberg writes for Politico.
I interviewed Ben about all of this for the ELB Podcast:
#9 Ben Ginsberg.
Jan 22 Plutocrats United Event in DC, with Trevor Potter POSTPONED Due to Weather
[Note that this event has been postponed]
NYC: “Plutocrats United: A Book Talk with Professor Richard Hasen”
[Updated and bumped to the top for Thursday’s event]
My book tour event in New York, on January 21 (full book tour info):
The Brennan Center for Justice presents:
Plutocrats United
A Book Talk with Professor Richard Hasen… Continue reading
“Nurses‘ union head claims ’massive misstep’ by Clinton”
Politico:
RoseAnn DeMoro, head of the 185,000 member Oakland-based National Nurses United — the nation’s largest female-dominated union — says Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has made a “massive misstep” by characterizing the union’s support of her Democratic challenger Bernie… Continue reading