Monthly Archives: March 2016
“K Street money set looks to contain Trump damage”
Politico:
After tearing through Michigan and Mississippi Tuesday night, Donald Trump extolled the virtues of a Republican majority on Capitol Hill. It’s important “that our senators and that our congressmen get reelected,” he said.
GOP donors agree. But instead of… Continue reading
“Soros and Other Liberal Donors to Fund Bid to Spur Latino Voters”
NYT:
The billionaire George Soros and other liberal donors will bankroll a new $15 million campaign to mobilize Latinos and other immigrants this fall, hoping to channel outrage at the political rhetoric of Donald J. Trump and other Republicans… Continue reading
“Ducey signs bill to make ballot harvesting a felony”
Arizona Capitol Times:
Saying it will maintain election integrity, Gov. Doug Ducey on Wednesday signed legislation to make felons out of those who collect the ballots of others to bring them to the polls.
HB2023, which takes effect later… Continue reading
More Coverage of the Texas Voter ID Decision to Go En Banc
“Why do we vote on Tuesdays? And why do states pay for primaries?”
Former AL SOS Jim Bennett Al.com column.
“Campaign civility under preferential and plurality voting”
Todd Donovan, Caroline Tolbert, and Kellen Gracey have written this article for Electoral Studies. Here is the abstract:
We present reasons to expect that campaigns are less negative under preferential voting. We then examine if preferential voting systems affect how… Continue reading
ELB Podcast Episode 10. Janai Nelson: Minority Voting Rights in 2016
What has happened to African-American voting rights after the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder? Can the Voting Rights Act still protect minority voting rights in states such as Alabama and Texas? What are the prospects that… Continue reading
Beth Garrett NYT Obitiuary
Breaking: 5th Circuit to Hear Texas Voter ID Case En Banc, And This Could Be Final Court to Hear Case
It is not clear what internal deliberations were taking place at the 5th Circuit which took the Court more than 5 months to issue this order, but the full 5th Circuit will consider Veasey v. Abbott en banc by the … Continue reading
“The Supreme Court’s Blind Spot: Understanding How Democracies Function”
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has written this oped in the NLJ:
One need look no further than the Supreme Court’s disastrous decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and the constellation of cases that followed. These decisions have allowed the… Continue reading
Quote of the Day: “Man-Hating Lesbians” Edition
“I intend to expose the feminist movement as largely composed of angry, militant, man-hating lesbians who abhor the traditional family”
—Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley, writing in 1992 as a college student.
“GOP superlawyer on contested convention rule: ‘In fact, that’s not a rule'”
Politico:
A Republican presidential candidate doesn’t have to accrue a majority of delegates in eight states to be considered for the nomination during a contested convention in July, former Republican National Committee lawyer Ben Ginsberg — the party’s preeminent election… Continue reading
“Clerk: Some Genesee voters turned away from polls”
Detroit News:
Voters in Flint and several other Genesee County communities were improperly turned away from the polls Tuesday after their local precincts ran out of Democratic primary ballots, according to the county clerk.
“They called our office and… Continue reading