Monthly Archives: May 2016
“Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center Challenge Failure of FEC to Adopt Regulations to Implement Restricted Political Party Accounts”
“The Week in Politics: Dems’ Voting Guy Gets Busy, Mayors Ousted and More”
Alan Greenblatt for Governing:
Just how much demand there can be for a good campaign lawyer was on dramatic display this week. Marc Elias has been the go-to attorney for high-profile Democrats for years. But he’s had a particularly eventful… Continue reading
Penn Law Review Special Issue on Campaign Finance
Introduction:
On the forty-year anniversary of Buckley v. Valeo, and in the midst of a presidential election campaign, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online is pleased to present this Special Issue on Campaign Finance, in collaboration with Demos.… Continue reading
OH SOS Husted Issues Statement on Why State is Appealing Ruling Restoring “Golden Week” Voting
Statement and Notice of Appeal (via Chris Geidner).
Few Voters See Supreme Court Nominations as One of Two Most Important Issues Coming Into Presidential Election
New YouGov poll. Republicans slightly more likely to see this as major issue:
See also this earlier poll I linked to of California voter attitudes.
Fascinating New Poll on Voting Rights Finds Support for Proof of Citizenship, Preventing Fraud, But Partisan Divide
[Update: See the HuffPo story on the poll.]
Among the YouGov results:
Do you think people should or should not have to show proof of citizenship in order to register to vote?
They should have to show proof… Continue reading
“Carl P. Leubsdorf: Texas’ draconian voter ID law retreads LBJ’s civil rights victory”
“Eight Lessons We’ve Learned About Money in Politics This Election”
“Verifying Democracy: Developments in Voter ID and Citizenship Verification Practices”
Great CLE program coming up from the ABA.
“Judge issues stay reinstating campaign contribution limits from political parties”
Surprise in Montana.
Wonder whether there was a flood of very big contributions in the interim. I bet that was the point for this election.
“Lobbyists Are Behind the Rise in Corporate Profits”
James Bessen in the Harvard Business Review.
“How California Is Solving Its Voting Rights Problem”
Spencer Woodman for VICE:
Similar battles over voting rights and election fairness have been taking place around California, where rapidly shifting demographics have threatened to upend traditional centers of power in recent decades. As growing minority populations fight for a… Continue reading