Phil. Inquirer:
Pedro Cortes, Pennsylvania’s secretary of state, abruptly resigned from office Wednesday, three weeks after his agency came under criticism for a glitch that may have allowed thousands of ineligible immigrants statewide to vote.
Cortes’ departure was announced in… Continue reading
“The adoption of the 15th Amendment … constitutes the most important event that has occurred, since the nation came into life.”
Ulysses S. Grant, as quoted in Ron Chernow’s new biography.
Announcement via email:
Recently the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center hosted three webinars in the span of two days focused on Usability and RCV. Links to the recordings are now available, along with responses to the tremendous number of questions… Continue reading
NYT.
One of the questions Facebook did not answer:
12.Your advertiser website lists “success stories” of political campaigns that have used Facebook advertising to increase turnout and win elections. Knowing that Facebook could be used to influence election results, why… Continue reading
LAT:
Nielsen, who served as Kelly’s deputy at Homeland Security before following him to the White House, has experience in disaster response and started a consulting firm that gave her extensive expertise in cybersecurity, a top priority for the department.… Continue reading
Gannett:
The judge overseeing U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez’s federal corruption trial raised serious doubts Wednesday whether a legal theory that prosecutors have relied on to prove their case is still allowed in the wake of a 2016 U.S. Supreme Court… Continue reading
Following up on this post, HuffPost reports:
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will continue to honor the blue slip rule ― an arcane but hugely consequential Senate tradition that lets lawmakers block a president’s judicial nominees from their… Continue reading
Ciara Torres Spelliscy:
As much as fun as it is to beat up on Facebook, the problem lies far deeper than any social media platform, no matter how ubiquitous. Simply put, 20th century law is being used to regulate 21st … Continue reading
McClatchy:
A group of former Obama Administration lawyers on Wednesday moved for a temporary injunction against President Donald Trump’s voting fraud commission, saying the committee caused an “immediate blow to the proper functioning of our democracy” when it requested voter… Continue reading
Announcement via email:
On November 8, the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation is holding a day-long conference on “Gerrymandering, Redistricting, and American Democracy”. As the Supreme Court considers the most important case on political gerrymandering in a generation,… Continue reading