Monthly Archives: February 2016

The Fight to Vote: New Book by Michael Waldman of the Brennan Center

February 23, 2016, 5:30 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

This looks timely and important: Michael Waldman, author of The Second Amendment: A Biography and President of the Brennan Center for Justice, is a leading law scholar and public policy activist. In his new book, THE FIGHT TO VOTE (Simon… Continue reading

Video Interview with GoverningWorks on Plutocrats United

February 23, 2016, 5:27 pmcampaign finance, Plutocrats United, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Watch.

“Judge won’t block proof-of-citizenship for new voters”

February 23, 2016, 5:21 pmelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Josh Gerstein: A federal judge has turned down a request to block a federal official’s move allowing three states to enforce proof-of-citizenship requirements for people attempting to register as voters. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon declined to issue… Continue reading

4th Circuit Rejects Equal Protection Challenge to PAC Requirements

February 23, 2016, 11:31 amcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

STOP REID v. FEC.

“Mending the Legislative Process”

February 23, 2016, 11:31 amstatutory interpretationRick Hasen

Interesting new symposium issue in The Theory and Practice of Legislation. You can read Ittai Bar Siman Tov’s substantive introduction to the symposium at this free-access link. Looks great!

“Former GOP spokeswoman is first appointee to new ethics commission”

February 23, 2016, 10:57 amcampaign finance, election administrationRick Hasen

News from Wisconsin on what’s replacing the irreplaceable GAB.

“Trial begins on lawsuit challenging Virginia voter ID law”

February 23, 2016, 7:58 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Richmond Times-Dispatch: A 69-year-old black woman who grew up in a small, segregated city wept on the witness stand Monday as she testified about the trouble she had voting in 2014 because she could not comply with Virginia’s voter… Continue reading

“Univision Aims to Make Hispanic Voting Bloc Even More Formidable”

February 23, 2016, 7:55 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

NYT: The company, including its top-rated Spanish-language network and many subsidiaries, is making an ambitious nationwide effort aimed at registering about three million new Latino voters this year, roughly the same number who have come of voting age since… Continue reading