“Battleground states still fighting over voting laws, potential Election Day confusion”
Sari Horwitz for WaPo.
Monthly Archives: October 2016
“Here’s what we know so far about voter fraud and the 2016 elections”
“Chief Justice Roberts ‘Had It in for the Voting Rights Act;’ Now the lower courts are pushing back.”
Important Stephanie Mencimer piece in Mother Jones.
Ohio Homeless Advocates File Emergency #SCOTUS Petition on OH Absentee/Provisional Voting Rules
You can find the petition here. From the petition:
The Sixth Circuit’s decision left in place only the prohibition on requiring full and accurate completion of two fields (address and birthdate) on the absentee ID envelope. It disregarded the identical… Continue reading
“Justin Timberlake’s voting selfie may have broken the law”
“Email shows Clinton campaign walking a fine line on fundraising”
Michael Isikoff for Yahoo.
Despite the headline, there does not appear to be anything close to the legal line here. In other words, the Clinton campaign was exploiting all the permissible avenues for raising money in a horrible legal system… Continue reading
“In Defense of Lowering the Voting Age (Draft)”
Josh Douglas for the U. Pa. L. Rev Online. See also this piece in the SF Examiner.
“FSFP Releases Two New Research Reports on Super PACs and Foreign Money in U.S. Corporations”
FSSP:
I. Quantifying Foreign Institutional Block Ownership at Publicly Traded
U.S. Corporations
By: John C. Coates IV, Ronald A. Fein, Kevin Crenny, and L. Vivian Dong
Since the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision invalidated restrictions on corporate political spending, … Continue reading
“Total cost of 2016 election could reach $6.6 billion, CRP predicts”
Open Secrets:
Is 2016 the Year of the Billionaire when it comes to financing the election?…
Candidates and news outlets have decried the outsized influence of a small number of donors throughout the election season. Here’s a startling statistic: The… Continue reading
“Trump Loyalists Planned Voter Intimidation Using Fake ID Badges, Fake Exit Polling — Until HuffPost Asked Them About It”
The bizarre Roger Stone “exit poll” story gets weirder, via HuffPo.
Justice Breyer Not Too Worried About 8-Justice Supreme Court Handling Presidential Election Dispute
Glad he can be so sanguine. I’m not (except for the fact that the election does not appear to be close right now).
Mitch McConnell: The Biggest Coward in American Politics
Despicable and dangerous:
But McConnell never mentioned Trump, and he declined to discuss the GOP nominee with a reporter after the event. Asked if he agreed with Trump that the election is “rigged,” McConnell laughed and walked away.
McConnell’s… Continue reading