Monthly Archives: May 2017
On Judicial Nominations, Senate Republicans Seem Ready “to Give the Pink Slip to the Blue Slip”
Carl Hulse in the NYT on what I think is inevitable: Republican Senators ending the ability (via the “blue slip”) of Senators to block home state judicial nominees from consideration by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
It is just a matter… Continue reading
“In Wisconsin, ID law proved insurmountable for many voters”
AP:
When Sean Reynolds went to his polling place at a local ice skating rink on Election Day, he showed his valid driver’s license. The problem? It wasn’t issued in Wisconsin.
Reynolds, 30, was taken aback. He had moved to… Continue reading
Dallas: “Tabulation Delay and New Allegations About Ballot Fraud”
NBCDFW:
Dallas County Election Supervisor Toni Pippins-Poole said officials also saw a flood of mail-in ballots requested by the same person who signed the return envelope as assisting the person who cast the votes.
“That was a red flag for… Continue reading
“U.S. Census director resigns amid turmoil over funding of 2020 count”
WaPo:
The director of the U.S. Census Bureau is resigning, leaving the agency leaderless at a time when it faces a crisis over funding for the 2020 decennial count of the U.S. population and beyond.
John H. Thompson, who has… Continue reading
Some Words of Caution About New Study Finding Voter ID Cost Clinton WI and the Election
Today Ari Berman has an article in The Nation called Wisconsin’s Voter-ID Law Suppressed 200,000 Votes in 2016 (Trump Won by 22,748).
The story relies on a new study from Democrat-aligned Priorities USA finding a great decline in turnout,… Continue reading
“Voting Rights Groups Sue California for Voter Suppression”
Press release:
Voting rights groups filed a federal lawsuit today against California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) for its failure to offer federally mandated voter registration opportunities to millions of Californians.
The lawsuit—filed on behalf of the League of Women… Continue reading
Politico Creates Unofficial White House Visitors Log
“When CEOs Visit the White House, Their Companies Profit”
Politico:
Precisely how do private companies benefit from access to federal officials? Surprisingly, beyond anecdotal stories, it has been difficult to know; there had been no irrefutable data on how firms’ access to the White House translates into private gains—until… Continue reading
Bauer Thinks Trump Religious Liberty EO May Have Implications for Churches in Politics
WI Partisan Gerrymandering Plaintiffs File #SCOTUS Motion to Affirm
With Paul Smith (now of the Campaign Legal Center) as Counsel of Record.
“Karen Handel said it should ‘boil your blood’ that registration is temporarily reopened in Georgia’s sixth district.”
“The Voting Rights Act May Be Coming Back From the Dead”
Pema Levy for Mother Jones.
“President Trump seizes on election rules to push his agenda in new ways”
Fredreka Schouten for USA Today:
President Trump has headlined four big rallies in the first months of his presidency to tout his agenda and savage his foes. A new $1.5 million television ad campaign promotes his accomplishments and attacks the… Continue reading