Monthly Archives: August 2016
New Trump TV Commercial Suggests Hillary Clinton Rigging Elections
The new commercial begins with the words: “In Hillary Clinton’s America, the system stays rigged against Americans.” This part of the commercial features two pictures, the first a polling place with the words “vote here” and the second with a… Continue reading
“North Carolina GOP Out to Limit Crucial Early Voting Period”
Zack Roth for NBC News.
“Supreme Court is About to Get a Good Look at How North Carolina Messes with Its Voting Rules”
Cristian Farias for HuffPo.
“Smoking Gun Memo Could Bolster Voting Rights Case Against North Carolina”
Must-read Tierney Sneed for TPM:
North Carolina’s Republican Party has had an interesting response to a recent appeals court ruling that said a number of voting restrictions passed by the state’s GOP legislature were enacted with the intent to discriminate… Continue reading
APSA Short Course on State Constitutional Conventions
This looks interesting. Jim Snider writes about a short course he’s organized, “A Political Primer on the Periodic State Constitutional Convention Referendum,” which will take place from 2 pm to 6 pm on Wednesday, August 31, in Room 202B at… Continue reading
“FEC opening door to Internet regulation – again?”
FOX News:
Democrats on the nation’s top campaign finance regulator may be opening the door once again to regulating political content on the Internet, Republicans warn – despite claims to the contrary a year ago.
Federal Election Commissioner Lee… Continue reading
“Woodhouse’s gaffe exposes real aim of NC voting law”
News & Observer Editorial:
Well, you have to give him this: Dallas Woodhouse, executive director of the North Carolina Republican Party, didn’t try to be clever or subtle when he sent an email to GOP members of county boards of… Continue reading
“Early voting to start in September”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Voters in the state’s liberal strongholds will be able to start early voting a month before what would have been allowed under a law that was recently struck down.
Voters in Milwaukee and Madison may also be able… Continue reading
“A Checklist Manifesto for Election Day: How to Prevent Mistakes at the Polls”
The final version of Josh Douglas’s article, which I first blogged about here, is now available in the Florida State University Law Review.
“Our view: McCrory should drop election-law appeal”
Winston Salem-Journal editorial:
Gov. Pat McCrory has every right to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision regarding the legislature’s discriminatory election law, as he did Monday, But he should drop his unwise… Continue reading
“How One Family’s Deep Pockets Helped Reshape Donald Trump’s Campaign”
Must-read Nick Confessore on how one plutocratic family has great influence over even a purported billionaire.
“Trump advisers waged covert influence campaign”
AP:
A firm run by Donald Trump’s campaign chairman directly orchestrated a covert Washington lobbying operation on behalf of Ukraine’s ruling political party, attempting to sway American public opinion in favor of the country’s pro-Russian government, emails obtained by The… Continue reading
“Hackers targeted Trump campaign, Republican Party groups: sources”
Reuters:
The tools and techniques used to hack Republican targets resemble those employed in attacks on Democratic Party organizations, including the DNC and Clinton’s campaign organization, two sources said. That has led U.S. officials to reach a preliminary assessment… Continue reading