Monthly Archives: September 2016

“Federal Judge Says Texas Election Officials Need to Follow Voter ID Court Order”

September 19, 2016, 4:07 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

KUT: A federal judge sided again today with plaintiffs in the long legal battle over Texas’ voter ID law. This time, the U.S. Department of Justice joined the group of Texas voters challenging the state’s law, arguing Texas election officials… Continue reading

Breaking: Court Holds FEC Applied Wrong Test to See If Koch-Allied Groups are Breaking Law by Not Registering as Political Committees

September 19, 2016, 10:13 amcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

Major win for CREW here. The court’s opinion granting CREW summary judgment explains that the three (Republican) FEC Commissioners used the wrong test to decide if AAN and AJS (501(c)(4)s that don’t disclose their donors) violated the law by… Continue reading

“Evenwel v. Abbott: Recent Developments at SCOTUS and Implications for Redistricting”

September 19, 2016, 9:18 amredistricting, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Upcoming CLE program with Jessica Ring Amunson.

“Pro-painkiller echo chamber shaped policy amid drug epidemic”

September 19, 2016, 7:54 amcampaign finance, lobbyingRick Hasen

CPI: An investigation by the Center for Public Integrity and The Associated Pressreveals that similar feedback loops of information and influence play out regularly in the nation’s capital, fueled by money and talking points from the Pain Care… Continue reading

Tweet of the Day

September 19, 2016, 7:50 amelection administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Elections are right around the corner, be prepared with your Voter ID: https://t.co/Tv5H1t5PbE — Governor Walker (@GovWalker) September 18, 2016

“Texas’s controversial voter ID law can’t stop mail-in ballot fraud”

September 19, 2016, 7:34 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

News21/WaPo reports.

“Clinton is losing some millennial voters to third-party contenders”

September 19, 2016, 7:32 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Weigel: But a wide range of polls have found Clinton losing votes to Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein. A new CBS-YouGov poll of Ohio showed Clinton winning voters under 30 by 32 points.… Continue reading

“Scott Walker Leaks Could Force Supreme Court to Confront Dark Money”

September 19, 2016, 7:27 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

Justin Miller for TAP.

“Is The Supreme Court Ever Actually Going To Be An Election Issue?”

September 19, 2016, 7:22 amSupreme CourtRick Hasen

Important Chris Geidner for BuzzFeed. Last Sepember, I wrote: Why The Most Urgent Civil Rights Cause Of Our Time Is The Supreme Court Itself

“Is Congress working as it should? Depends on who you are.”

September 19, 2016, 7:19 amlobbyingRick Hasen

Frank Baumgartner and Lee Drutman for Vox.

“The Campaign Finance Farce; Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker showed how easy it is to game the system.”

September 19, 2016, 7:16 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

Dan Weiner and Brent Ferguson: The appeal of a pass-through entity like the Wisconsin Club for Growth is obvious. Whereas Walker’s campaign committee was subject to contribution limits and disclosure rules, the group could raise unlimited contributions and keep… Continue reading

“DHS Statement On Voluntary Cybersecurity Assistance Available To Election Officials”

September 19, 2016, 7:08 amelection administrationRick Hasen

A ChapinBlog.

“Trump shatters GOP records with small donors”

September 19, 2016, 7:05 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Politico: Donald Trump has unleashed an unprecedented deluge of small-dollar donations for the GOP, and one that Republican Party elders have dreamed about finding for much of the last decade as they’ve watched a succession of Democrats — Barack Obama,… Continue reading