Monthly Archives: July 2018
“A day after judge blasts state, counties act fast to hold early voting on campus”
“Trump to hold National Security Council meeting on election security Friday”
WaPo:
President Trump will convene a meeting Friday of the National Security Council on election security, a session that could include a discussion of possible Russian interference in November’s midterm elections, according to a White House official.
“The Risks Companies Face When Their Political Spending and Core Values Conflict”
Freed and Sandstrom for the Institute for Public Relations.
“Trump, Election Hacking, and the Georgia Governor’s Race”
This item appears at the New Yorker.
New Controversy in Wisconsin Over Legislator’s Tweet Calling Voter ID Opponents the “True Racists”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
State Rep. Tom Weatherston said Wednesday his aide had acknowledged posting what Weatherston has dubbed a “racist tweet” under the lawmaker’s name and he is reviewing whether to discipline him.
The Caledonia Republican said his aide, Keith Best,… Continue reading
Iowa State Court Temporarily Enjoins Voting Restrictions and Rules as Violation of the State Constitution
Read the order granting a preliminary injunction and a related order. The orders relate to signature matching requirements for absentee ballots, the time to cast such ballots, and voter id requirements.
“Emails suggest Republicans gerrymandered Michigan to weaken ‘Dem garbage’”
The Bridge:
Emails have emerged in a federal lawsuit that suggest Republicans gerrymandered congressional districts in Michigan in 2011 to maintain an advantage over Democrats, despite years of claims the lines are drawn without political bias.
The lawsuit references private… Continue reading
Is the Trump Tape Evidence of a Campaign Finance Violation?
Jenny Diamond Cheng: The Twenty-Sixth Amendment Lives! Federal District Court Strikes Down Florida Rule as Discriminatory against College Student Voters
The following is a guest post from Jenny Diamond Cheng of Vanderbilt Law:
As Rick noted, the Northern District of Florida in League of Women Voters v. Detzner recently found the State of Florida to have violated the… Continue reading
“Frustrated by Gridlock, House Members Propose Rules Overhaul”
NYT:
Trying to ease gridlock in Congress, a bipartisan group of frustrated House members is coming forward with a rules overhaul intended to give rank-and-file lawmakers more say.
The proposal, to be formally unveiled Wednesday by the House Problem Solvers… Continue reading
West Virginia: “Manchin, Morrisey Split on Blankenship’s Challenge to ‘Sore Loser’ Election Law”
Maine SOS Matt Dunlap to Do Webinar on Maine’s Experience with Ranked Choice Voting
Details for Aug. 2 event. Maybe Dunlap will also answer questions about his lawsuit against Trump’s voter “fraud” commission.
“Money, politics and Justice Anthony Kennedy: Revisiting Citizens United”
Michael Morley at The Conversation.