Monthly Archives: February 2016
“South Carolina Voters Are Getting Misleading Instructions About Voter ID”
Think Progress reports. “Only in the fine print at the bottom does the poster concede that people without ID can still vote, and their ballots will be counted.”
Derek Muller Tracks the Natural Born Citizen Litigation
So you (or I) don’t have to.
“Are Alabama election laws blocking third parties from the ballot?”
“End Citizens United: Reform Group or Cash Cow?”
TAP:
In March of last year, a new organization with the arguably misleading name of End Citizens United began bombarding progressive donors with high-pressure fundraising emails tailor made to exploit grassroots passions over the toxic influence of corporate and… Continue reading
“Want to vote in this state? You have to have a passport or dig up a birth certificate.”
Must-read Sari Horwitz in WaPo on what’s the matter with Kansas (hint: It’s Kris Kobach.)
“Automatic Registration Is The Latest Chapter In Fight Over Voting Rights”
Pam Fessler reports for NPR.
As #SCOTUS Dithers, NC Scrambles on Court-Ordered Redistricting Map
WRAL:
The elections date measure calls for a June 7 election, unless the U.S. Supreme Court steps in to stay the lower court order that demanded the new maps.
So until March 15, candidates running under the maps drawn… Continue reading
“Scalia’s Death Offers Best Chance in a Generation to Reshape Supreme Court”
Excellent NYT article by Adam Liptak:
At-risk precedents run from campaign finance to commerce, from race to religion, and they include some signature Scalia projects, such as the Second Amendment,” said Lee Epstein, a law professor and political scientist at… Continue reading
“A federal judge has refused to suspend Alabama’s photo voter identification requirement in upcoming elections”
“New Yorkers seek court order to keep Ted Cruz off the ballot in state Republican presidential primaries because he was born in Canada”
“Judges rule out up-or-down vote for state Supreme Court”
Charlotte Observer:
A three-judge panel has decided a new option for choosing members of the North Carolina Supreme Court is unconstitutional.
Lawyers were alerted Thursday to the judges’ ruling striking down the 2015 law creating “retention elections.” The Superior Court… Continue reading
Hearing Monday Before Judge Leon in EAC Citizenship Form Lawsuit
“NBC10 Investigators Uncover Allegations of Voter Fraud in Harrisburg”
Not really voter fraud but LEGISLATOR voting fraud. Ghost voting.
John Oliver featured that in his recent excellent Last Week Tonight segment.