“How a Challenge to Legislative Redistricting Backfired”
Garrett Epps on Evenwel for The Atlantic.
Monthly Archives: April 2016
“Americans for Prosperity launches $1 million campaign touting U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson”
WaPo:
The conservative advocacy group Americans for Prosperity is rolling out a three-week, $1.1-million campaign in support of U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), part of an early effort by the Koch-backed group to build a firewall around Senate Republicans….
The… Continue reading
“The DOJ Is Investigating Arizona’s Election Mess”
HuffPo:
The federal government is investigating Arizona’s most populous county after its dramatic decrease in voting sites led to long lines during the state’s primary last month.
Elizabeth Bartholomew, communications manager for the the Recorder’s Office in Maricopa County,… Continue reading
Evenwel Roundups
“Fewer Voting Civil Rights Lawsuits Being Filed”
TRAC Reports:
The latest available data from the federal courts show that during February 2016 the government reported 15 new voting civil rights filings. According to the case-by-case information analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), this number… Continue reading
“Federalism and the Electoral College: The Development of the General Ticket Method for Selecting Presidential Electors”
Robert Ross for Publius:
This article contributes to our understanding of the development of the federal aspect of the Electoral College by analyzing how and why states adopted the general ticket method currently used by all but two states. I… Continue reading
“West Virginia becomes a pioneer in voter registration”
Observer-Reporter:
And yet, last week, West Virginia found some common ground with Oregon and California – it followed in the footsteps of those two states by approving a measure that would automatically register its citizens to vote once they… Continue reading
“Republicans and Voter Suppression”
“Supreme Court Rejects Challenge on ‘One Person One Vote’”
Adam Liptak for the NYT:
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Monday that states may count all residents, whether or not they are eligible to vote, in drawing election districts. The decision was a major statement on the meaning of… Continue reading
“Supreme Court Upholds ‘One Person, One’ Vote Principle”
Nina Totenberg reports for NPR’s All Things Considered.
“Supreme Court rejects voting-district challenge that would have weakened Los Angeles’s clout”
David Savage reports for the LAT.
“Control of state courts becomes a top political battleground”
“Supreme Court Says States May Continue To Use Total Population In Deciding Districts”
Chris Geidner writes for BuzzFeed.
“Citizens United and the Foreign Question”
NYT letters to the editor on FEC Commissioner Weintraub’s NYT oped.