“Texas companies growing part of political transparency trend”
The San Antonio Express News reports.
Monthly Archives: January 2016
“Virginia’s former governor faces prison over politics”
George Will column on the McDonnell cert petition.
“Waller County, Texas Reverses Course on Decision to Close Polling Locations in African-American Community After Pressure from CLC, Voting Rights Institute, and the Community”
“Voting in America: How Campaign Finance and Election Laws Threaten Democracy”
Looking forward to participating in this event at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia:
VOTING IN AMERICA: HOW CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND ELECTION LAWS THREATEN DEMOCRACY
Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 12 p.m.
Admission: Free
Leading election law scholars Edward B. … Continue reading
“Voting Laws Are Still Up In The Air In These States; And fights over voting restrictions could continue until Election Day.”
Samantha Lachman writes for HuffPo.
“Supporters Seek to Persuade Democrats to ‘Ditch and Switch’ for Donald Trump”
NYT:
At a campaign event for Donald J. Trump in Mississippi last weekend, Lynette Hardaway and Rochelle Richardson — two African-American YouTube stars who go by the names Diamond and Silk — rallied the roaring crowd with a plea.… Continue reading
“Donald Trump Is Also an Outlier in Political Science”
Lynn Vavreck at NYT’s The Upshot:
Donald Trump has confounded politicians, pundits and political scientists as he runs a most unconventional — and so far successful — campaign to win the Republican presidential nomination. Here’s the way we think these… Continue reading
“How Democratic are Ballot Initiatives?”
“How Current Campaign Finance Laws Are Shaping The 2016 Presidential Race”
I’ll be on the Diane Rehm show tomorrow with a terrific panel:
Thursday, Jan 07 2016 • 10 a.m. (ET)
How Current Campaign Finance Laws Are Shaping The 2016 Presidential Race
Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie is among those speaking… Continue reading
“Measuring the integrity of elections”
Boston Globe talks with Pippa Norris.
“Corporate Political Spending: Policies and Practices, Accountability, and Disclosure (Second Edition)”
New report from The Conference Board (free registration required to access):
For corporations that choose to become involved in the political process, there should be a foundation of core principles, policies, and processes to help ensure a good governance structure… Continue reading
“Cash-Rich Super PACs Prolong Flagging Presidential Campaigns”
Ed Blum Statement to ELB on Guardian Article: No Regrets about Shelby County
Yesterday I linked to an article in The Guardian in which the architect of the lawsuits to bring down Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act appeared to express some second thoughts about how things have worked out since the… Continue reading