The Never-Decided Texas Redistricting Case Gets a New Briefing Order
I don’t know if this has set a record, but this is unconscionable.
New order.
Monthly Archives: April 2016
“Why Voters Are Removed From The Rolls, Explained”
Pam Fessler reports for NPR.
“What is shadow lobbying? How influence peddlers shape policy in the dark”
AZ: “Past Election Data Predicted High Independent Voter Turnout In March Election”
KJZZ:
On March 22, when Maricopa County voters had to wait in line for hours to vote in the presidential preference election at just 60 voting centers, Maricopa County Recorder’s Office staff said they were surprised by the number… Continue reading
There’s a Third Redistricting Lawsuit Pending in AZ
“Newly Discovered Internal Documents Reveal Group’s Lies to IRS, FEC”
CREW with the rare smoking gun showing the charade of campaign organizations pretending they are “social welfare groups.”
Image of the Day
I voted stickers on Susan B. Anthony’s gravestone.
“Campaign Finance’s Creeping Deregulation”
I have written this guest post as part of a celebration of the 5th anniversary of RegBlog. It begins:
Over the last five years, the rules regulating money in federal elections have become increasingly loosened, not as the result of… Continue reading
“Why Hillary Clinton’s lavish Hollywood fundraiser was smart politics”
Jack Collens at The Monkey Cage.
“Broadcast Networks Ignored Democracy Awakening, Democracy Spring Protests”
What if you scheduled a major set of events about the most troubling aspects of our democracy and few outside those already active on the issue even knew?
Lyle Denniston Preview of Gov McDonnell #SCOTUS Argument April 27
Here at SCOTUSBlog.
“DOJ Discounts FEC ‘Routine Deadlocks'”
Bloomberg BNA:
Federal prosecutors discounted the legal effects of “routine partisan deadlocks” at the Federal Election Commission in a new court filing in the Department of Justice’s long-running criminal case against former aides to the 2012 Ron Paul presidential campaign… Continue reading
“The Battle Over ‘One Person, One Vote,’ Has Just Begun”
Carl Klarner and Dan Smith write for TAP about the aftermath of Evenwel.
“Voting, Spending, and the Right to Participate”
Rob Yablon has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Northwestern University Law Review). Here is the abstract:
While the law governing the electoral process has changed dramatically in the past decade, one thing has stayed the same: Courts and commentators… Continue reading