“The Voting Rights Agenda Must Include Felon Reenfranchisement”
Nancy Leong for Take Care.
Monthly Archives: July 2017
“Former Ohio official who accidentally released Social Security numbers is on Trump’s voter fraud panel”
LAT on Ken Blackwell.
“Klobuchar, Reed, Senators Demand that Presidential Advisory Commission Rescind Request for State Election Officials’ Voter Roll Data”
NY: “Redistricting panel with diminished role lives on with $1.5 million budget”
Times Union:
“It’s a place for patronage and to allow the respective houses to stay on top of demographic changes,” Dadey said. “They can know which seats to protect or where there are new opportunities.”
Indeed, the minority parties have… Continue reading
“At Private Dinners, Pence Quietly Courts Big Donors and Corporate Executives”
Ken Vogel (now for the NYT):
Vice President Mike Pence has been courting scores of the country’s most influential donors, corporate executives and conservative political leaders over the past several months in a series of private gatherings and one-on-one conversations.… Continue reading
Did Trump Jr.’s Meeting With Russian Lawyer After Being Promised Damaging Information on Clinton Violate Federal Law Against Soliciting Foreign Contributions?
NYT:
President Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., was promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton before agreeing to meet with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign, according to three advisers to the White House briefed on the meeting… Continue reading
Interview with Me on NPR’s Weekend Edition about Pence-Kobach, “What States Can And Can’t Do With Voter Data”
“How Trump, Russia and purging voters is shaping the race for Ohio’s next elections chief”
Ohio.com:
Two of the three candidates to succeed Ohio’s current secretary of state support his decision not to release sensitive voter information to President Donald Trump’s Commission on Election Integrity. And the third, who would not comment for this story,… Continue reading
“NC lawmakers: More than 65% of districts could change to correct racial gerrymanders”
News & Observer:
North Carolina lawmakers say they might have to change 116 of the state’s 170 state legislative districts to correct the illegal racially gerrymandered districts used to elect General Assembly members for the past six years.
The private… Continue reading
“Iowa woman pleads guilty for trying to vote twice for Trump”
The Hill:
A woman in Des Moines, Iowa has pleaded guilty to an election misconduct charge for trying to vote twice for President Trump in the 2016 presidential election, according to court documents.
Terri Lynn Rote, 57, pled guilty to… Continue reading
Today’s Must-Read: Reihan Salam and Rob Richie on How to Make Congress More Bipartisan Through Ranked Choice Voting
Great NYT oped:
Next term the Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Wisconsin’s election maps that could lead to a precedent-setting ruling against partisan gerrymandering — the problematic process whereby incumbents draw legislative boundaries to help their fellow partisans.… Continue reading
Voters Worried Their Registration Information Be Disclosed to Pence-Kobach
In Colorado, Florida, and more.
Let’s hope these voters re-register when they can be assured of more privacy of their information.
Trump’s Lawyers Again Arguing Against Taking Seriously What He Said as a Candidate, This Time About Sexual Harassment
First it was that anti-Muslim statements were irrelevant to the travel ban.
Now, it is that Trump statements about Trump sexual harassment accusers cannot be defamatory because they were made in a campaign:
During the campaign, Trump said the… Continue reading
“Law on Foreign Campaign Money Narrow, FEC Analysis Says”
Bloomberg BNA:
The Federal Election Commission may be severely constrained in what it can or will do to combat foreign influence in U.S. elections, a new analysis posted on the agency’s website suggests.
The commissioners have recently grappled with… Continue reading