“Kobach’s House of Cards”
Eliza Newlin Carney for TAP.
Monthly Archives: September 2017
Lyle Denniston on SCOTUS Decision Not to Rush Maryland Partisan Gerrymandering Case
Lyle:
The Maryland case has some of its own vulnerabilities, and those might have played some role in the Supreme Court’s decision to sidetrack it for the time being. The Benisek case has yet to go to a trial, reaching… Continue reading
“Facebook still doesn’t know the extent of Russian ad buys in election”
CNN:
How extensive was Russia’s use of Facebook to meddle with the presidential election? Even Facebook doesn’t know.
One week after it told the country that it had sold $100,000 worth of ads to a Russian troll farm during… Continue reading
Lessig Begins New Effort to Challenge State Winner-Take-All Electoral College Rules in Court
Post:
Today, the non-profit that I founded, EqualCitizens.US, announced it would crowdfund support for two lawsuits to challenge the way votes are allocated in the Electoral College. All but two states allocate their vote according to a winner-take-all system,… Continue reading
“Don’t trust a Constitutional Convention? Then you don’t trust the people”
“Native American Voting Rights Coalition Documents Voter Suppression”
Today’s Must-Read from Charles Stewart: “Who Should Vote? Secretary Dunlap Hits the Nail on the Head”
Charles:
One of the big stories to come out of Tuesday’s hearing of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity (PACEI) is about the divisions that have begun to show among commissioners over how alarmed we should be about stories… Continue reading
“Study: US government its own worst enemy”
AP:
A new analysis by the Harvard Business School outlines why U.S. voters are so frustrated with their political leaders — there is a lack of genuine competition between Republicans and Democrats to deliver actual results on major policies such… Continue reading
Trump DOJ Argues that Remedy to Cure Any Voting Rights Violation in U.S. Territories is to Strip Voting Rights from More People
Pacific Daily News:
The Trump administration is arguing in federal court that, if one U.S. territory doesn’t have the same rights as the others, then all of them should be stripped of those rights, according to a group pursuing lawsuits… Continue reading
“Trump FEC Pick’s Twitter Goes Dark After Users Spot Anti-Protestant Links”
TPM:
The Twitter account for President Trump’s new pick for the Federal Election Commission was reportedly made private Tuesday evening after other Twitter users began noticing some of the nominee’s past sharing of anti-Protestant posts.
The White House announced late… Continue reading
Sen. McConnell Wants to Kill Blue Slips for Federal Appellate Court Nominees
NYT:
Though the Senate has virtually eliminated the ability of the minority party to block appointments to the bench from the Supreme Court on down, individual senators can still thwart nominees from their home states by refusing to sign off… Continue reading
“Dunlap blasts head of election integrity commission over N.H. voter fraud assertion”
Maine’s secretary of state wakes up:
A day after admonishing the vice chairman of President Trump’s election integrity commission for making unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud in New Hampshire, Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap said it is becoming clear… Continue reading
“Trump ethics watchdog moves to allow anonymous gifts to legal defense funds”
Politico:
The U.S. Office of Government Ethics has quietly reversed its own internal policy prohibiting anonymous donations from lobbyists to White House staffers who have legal defense funds.
The little-noticed change could help President Donald Trump’s aides raise the money… Continue reading
“Democrats on Voter Fraud Panel Join Those Criticizing It”
Michael Wines for the NYT.