Monthly Archives: January 2018
“5 Ways Election Interference Could (And Probably Will) Worsen In 2018 And Beyond”
NYC: “2 Donors Plead Guilty, but the Mayor Is Not Charged. Why?”
Interesting New York Times report on Mayor De Blasio. Something stinks.
“In our post-television age, a new opening for campaign finance reform”
David Schultz oped in The Hill.
“Why Can You Buy a Government But You Can’t Pay for Sex?”
Ron Fein oped for Newsweek.
“Floridians should scrap these retrograde, racist voting laws”
Washington Post editorial:
NO STATE comes close to disenfranchising its citizens at the rate Florida does. By doing so, the state extends the iniquities of Jim Crow into the modern era to the detriment of minority and, for the most… Continue reading
“Voting in 2018 and Beyond” Symposium at Hastings January 26
[Bumping to the top.]
I’m very much looking forward to participating in this event (click here to RSVP):
“Pennsylvania GOP take gerrymandering case to US high court”
“After ‘chaos’ of 2017 , Virginia General Assembly looks to overhaul election laws”
Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Recounts, ballot problems and a televised tiebreaker made Virginia’s 2017 election cycle a wilder ride than normal, but the General Assembly will take a slow and steady approach to figuring out legislative fixes.
Republican leaders from the House… Continue reading
“Russians got tens of thousands of Americans to RSVP for their phony political events on Facebook”
WaPo:
Russian operatives used Facebook to publicize 129 phony event announcements during the 2016 presidential campaign, drawing the attention of nearly 340,000 users — many of whom said they were planning to attend — according to a company document released… Continue reading
“Secret donors come back to boost former-Koch group”
Robert Maguire for Open Secrets:
A secretive political group that is little more than a mailbox full of money in a Des Moines UPS Store raised more than $29.4 million in 2016, most of which was funneled into ads… Continue reading
“Alabama bill would end special elections for U.S. Senate”
Reuters:
The Republican-led Alabama House of Representatives has passed a bill to end special elections for the U.S. Senate, just more than a month after such a vote resulted in the state electing its first Democratic senator in a quarter-century.
Pennsylvania Republican Legislators File Longshot Bid with the Supreme Court to Get It To Delay Redistricting Ordered by PA Supreme Court to Cure Partisan Gerrrymandering
Here’s the filing.
Here’s why it is a long shot.
First question is whether Justice Alito (responsible for emergency petitions coming from the 3rd Circuit) will order a response.
“Kris Kobach’s Office Leaks Last 4 Social Security Digits of Nearly Every Kansas Lawmaker and Thousands of State Employees, Including Kris Kobach”
Gizmodo:
This is started to just get sad.
Prior to receiving notice from Gizmodo this morning, Kris Kobach’s office was leaking sensitive information belonging to thousands of state employees, including himself and nearly every member of the Kansas state legislature.… Continue reading