Monthly Archives: June 2018
“Ex-Trump Voter Fraud Commissioner Defends Misleading Reports In Court”
Tierney Sneed for TPM:
Former Trump voter fraud commissioner J. Christian Adams was in a federal court in Virginia Friday to defend reports his group released in 2016 and 2017 alleging that thousands of non-citizens were illegally registered to vote… Continue reading
ACS Webinar: “Hurry Up and Wait: What’s Next with Redistricting?”
Announcement via email:
Hurry Up and Wait: What’s Next with Redistricting?
Join ACS on June 26 at 4:30pm Eastern for a webinar featuring Paul Smith of the Campaign Legal Center and Michael Li of the Brennan Center for Justice discussing… Continue reading
Will the Texas Redistricting Case, Likely to Be Decided By Supreme Court Next Week, End with Another Whimper Rather than a Bang?
I had thought that the partisan gerrymandering cases were going to end with a whimper rather than a bang, and that’s exactly what happened.
With thoughts that Justice Thomas or Alito likely have the opinion in the Texas… Continue reading
North Carolina Passes Retroactive “Sore Loser” Law Removing Constitution Party Members from the Ballot; Lawsuit is Coming
This is some brazen stuff:
We will be issuing a press release shortly on @NCSBE decision to remove 3 of our candidates form the ballot after they legally filed. Expect legal action to be taken accordingly. #ncpol
— ConstitutionPartyNC (@ConstituPartyNC)… Continue reading
The FEC’s “Superpower”
Ellen Weintraub:
With a bolt out of the blue last Friday, a panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals bestowed a superpower upon the Federal Election Commission. Unfortunately, it is the power to kill any FEC enforcement matter, wholly… Continue reading
Lee Goodman: “I did not approve or authorize the envelope or its identification of me as [FEC] ‘Chairman.'”
In an earlier post, I linked to a story and posted a picture of an endorsement letter in a South Dakota AG’s race where former FEC Commissioner Lee Goodman is identified as the “Chairman” of the FEC.
Former Commissioner Goodman… Continue reading
“Democrats Plan New Effort to Target Minority Voters”
NYT:
The Democratic National Committee is undertaking an expansive, multimillion dollar strategic plan to motivate voters who typically sit out midterm elections, with a particular focus on engaging nonwhite communities through new investments in local organizing and a six-figure advertising… Continue reading
“Ranked-Choice Voting Fans Hope Maine’s Experiment Pays Off”
AP:
Maine‘s first crack at ranked-choice voting went off without a hitch, and backers of the voting method are hopeful the results will motivate other states to give it a try.
The state finished its first ranked-choice process Wednesday… Continue reading
“National Enquirer sent stories about Trump to his attorney Michael Cohen before publication, people familiar with the practice say”
WaPo:
During the presidential campaign, National Enquirer executives sent digital copies of the tabloid’s articles and cover images related to Donald Trump and his political opponents to Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen in advance of publication, according to three people with… Continue reading
“Wilbur Ross Contradicts Trump Administration Rationale For 2020 Census Citizenship Question”
Sam Levine for HuffPo:
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross contradicted the Trump administration’s justification for adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census, revealing for the first time Thursday that he began to consider the adding the question even before… Continue reading
Beating a Dead Horse Dep’t: “Top Pa. Republicans appeal gerrymandering case to U.S. Supreme Court”
“If voter ID comes to NC, Apple and Amazon shouldn’t”
Rev. Barber and Rashad Robinson oped in The News & Observer:
Apple and Amazon have a clear choice: they can stand by their stated values or they can stay the course of enabling the N.C. General Assembly as they re-enact… Continue reading
Lee Goodman, No Longer on the FEC, Sending a Campaign Mailer with Envelope Identifying Him as “Chairman Federal Election Commission”
Oh my.
Not good.
UPDATE:
See the follow up post, Lee Goodman: “I did not approve or authorize the envelope or its identification of me as [FEC] ‘Chairman.’”
