Monthly Archives: August 2016
Breaking: WI Files Emergency Stay in Second Voting Case
Although WI tried to spin yesterday’s loss as a win, now they’ve gone to the 7th Circuit with this emergency motion. The state wants 7 election rollbacks the trial court found illegal to be reinstated before the election, and… Continue reading
“Obama facing pressure to rip up his lobbyist rules”
Politico:
Nixing the order could be seen as an acknowledgment that he failed to uphold one of the major pledges of his 2008 campaign, or that the change he brought to Washington wasn’t built to last. But punting the issue… Continue reading
“Donald Trump claims the election might be ‘rigged.’ Here’s how voting really works”
Why the North Carolina Redistricting Case is More Consequential than the North Carolina “Right to Vote” Case
Federal courts have now issued two major decisions invalidating North Carolina’s laws regulating the political process — yesterday’s decision on racial redistricting and last week’s decision on the state’s package of changes regarding access to the ballot box. While the… Continue reading
“The Election Won’t Be Rigged. But It Could Be Hacked.”
Zeynep Tufekci for NYT opinion:
Since 1996, Georgia has voted for the Republican candidate in presidential elections, but this year a batch of recent polls have painted a tight race — with some polls even indicating that the Democratic nominee,… Continue reading
“FEC Commissioner, Citing the Intercept, Calls for Ban on Foreign Money in Politics”
“From Corporate Lawyer to Corporate Critic: Ciara Torres-Spelliscy Dissects Citizens United”
District Court in Other WI Case Mostly Denies WI Request for Stay of Ruling
Order does loosen up timeframe for softening of WI’s voter ID law through new DMV procedures:
IT IS ORDERED that defendants’ motion to stay the court’s permanent injunction pending appeal, Dkt. 241, is DENIED in substantial part. As explained above,… Continue reading
“Judge Orders Texas to Spend at Least $2.5 Million to Not Enforce Its Voter ID Law”
Cristian Farias for HuffPo.
A Tale of Two Emergency Voting Petitions: WI and NC
The ACLU plaintiffs got their en banc petition in the 7th Circuit filed in one day.
The state of North Carolina has waited 13 days so far (and counting) before filing an emergency voting petition in the Supreme Court, this… Continue reading
Breaking: WI Voter ID Plaintiffs File Emergency 7th Circuit En Banc Petition for ID Softening
Via Josh Gerstein comes this petition, filed very quickly by the Voting Rights plaintiffs in the Wisconsin voter id case. It asks the full 7th Circuit to reverse the stay of the affidavit softening order by the trial court… Continue reading
“GOP donors, fearful of Trump-fueled electoral rout, direct big money down-ballot”
WaPo:
Some of the country’s wealthiest Republican donors are targeting Senate and House races around the country, hoping a financial firewall will protect the party’s congressional majorities on Nov. 8. Their investments — helping fuel a record haul by super… Continue reading