Monthly Archives: March 2016
“Voting Did Not Go Smoothly Last Night”
“Conference on Money and the First Amendment”
Looking forward to participating in this event at the University of Colorado, Boulder in April.
Jim Bopp Files Brief Supporting Gov. McDonnell at Supreme Court
Here.
“Alabama’s New Fight for Voting Rights”
Spencer Woodman for Vice:
The recent proliferation of new restrictions has inflected the celebrations in Selma this week with worries of a resurgent era of voter suppression—concerns that have taken on new urgency ahead of the first presidential election since… Continue reading
“Elections director keeps bill details from Democrats”
Arizona Republic:
Elections Director Eric Spencer, the author of the controversial overhaul of Arizona’s campaign-finance laws, apparently doesn’t like pushback.
He had told Senate Democrats he would share a major amendment to Senate Bill 1516 with them before it came… Continue reading
“Donald Trump may need a lot of rich backers after all”
“How Trump Could Be Blocked at a Contested Republican Convention”
“PR Firms Sue NY on New Lobbying Rule”
Release:
The Center for Competitive Politics (CCP), America’s largest nonprofit working to promote and defend First Amendment rights to free political speech, assembly, and petition announced that five public relations firms filed a lawsuit in federal court today seeking to… Continue reading
“Reconstituting the Buckley Framework: A Response to “The Appearance and Reality of Quid Pro Quo Corruption””
Michael Morley:
Professor Christopher Robinson and his co-authors’ recent draft, “The Appearance and Reality of Quid Pro Quo Corruption: An Empirical Analysis,” discusses their empirical studies which reveal, among other things, that mock grand jurors are exceedingly willing to… Continue reading
“Sanders lawsuit: Ohio official changed law to block 17-year-olds from voting”
CNN:
Bernie Sanders’ campaign on Tuesday sued Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, accusing the Republican of quietly changing a law in an effort to block 17-year-olds from voting in the state’s presidential primary next week.
Husted, however, insisted… Continue reading
Lawyer from Judicial Watch Makes Appearance for EAC Commissioner McCormick in EAC Citizenship Case
Sure to raise the temperature.
“New report finds that campaign finance failed to meet international standards in two-thirds of all elections last year”
From the Electoral Integrity Project. These are based on observer perceptions but I have a hard time understanding what “failed” means in this context.