“S O S! Voter ID dominates the race for New Mexico’s chief election official”
The Santa Fe Reporter contains this article.
Monthly Archives: September 2016
“The rise of GOP mega-donor Rebekah Mercer”
WaPo reports:
Mercer exemplifies a new breed of activist donors that has risen since the Supreme Court kicked off a flood of big money into elections in 2010. As one of the most influential figures in Trump’s orbit, she… Continue reading
“Judge issues extraordinary dissent in voting rights case”
Josh Gerstein for Politico.
Donald Trump Gave at Least $15,000 in Undisclosed Money to Help WI Republicans
A nugget buried in the must-read Guardian John Doe story:
good example of the way things worked was the donation made by Donald Trump. On 3 April 2012, two months before the governor faced the electorate, Walker flew to New… Continue reading
If a Presidential Nominee Or President Elect Withdraws or Dies
In response to lots of media requests on improbable election scenarios, I’ve laid out in today’s Washington Post/Monkey Cage, here, the existing legal framework and gaps for the four crucial contexts in which a presidential nominee or “President-elect” might… Continue reading
Wow. Wow. Wow: Guardian Publishes WI “John Doe” Documents, Showing WI Republicans Panicked over Losing State Supreme Court Control
This is this week’s must read. And it is bound to get attention as the Supreme Court of the US considers whether to take up John Doe case.
I wish I had time to go through the 1500 pages of… Continue reading
“Kobach, Johnson exchange blows in voter law debate”
Fortunately, this is not meant literally.
Two from Michael Gilbert
Aggregate Limits in the States
Forthcoming in Democracy by the People: Reforming Campaign Finance in America (Timothy K. Kuhner and Eugene D. Mazo eds., Cambridge University Press, 2017)
Abstract:
This chapter, written for an edited volume on campaign finance, examines… Continue reading
“Courts uphold trimming of Ohioans’ voting rights”
Darrel Rowland for the Columbus Dispatch:
In a pair of court decisions that could help Donald Trump, Ohioans’ voting rights were pared back Tuesday for the 2016 presidential election.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review an appeals court panel’s… Continue reading
3rd Circuit Denies En Banc Appeal in Sen. Menendez Case
Another OH Voting Rights Loss: Divided 6th Cir. Mostly Rejects Order Easing Absentee/Provisional Balloting
Over an impassioned dissent recounting the disparate racial effects of its decision, a 6th Circuit panel has voted 2-1 to mostly reject a district court order rejecting some Ohio voting rules which make it harder for voters voting absentee… Continue reading
Texas, Opposing Motion by DOJ and Others, Says It is Doing Good Enough Job on Voter ID Softening Education
Breaking and Analysis: Supreme Court Rejects Democrats’ Emergency Motion in Ohio “Golden Week” Case
There were no noted dissents to this order.
This is no surprise. I expected at most two votes for the Democrats’ position here.
Why was this such a weak case? As I explained when the 6th Circuit reversed the… Continue reading
Deplorable Dept: “Bevin Says Clinton Election Might Require Shedding Blood”
Political Wire has the video.
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) says patriots might have to shed blood to “reclaim” America if Hillary Clinton is elected:
Whose blood will be shed? It may be that of those in this room.… Continue reading