“Majority Leverage Against Minority Rule”
Food for thought from Joey Fishkin.
Monthly Archives: October 2018
“Small Donors Fuel a Big Democratic Lead in 2018 Fund-Raising”
NYT:
An army of Democrats giving money over the internet has lifted the party’s House candidates to a strong financial advantage over Republicans in the final weeks of the 2018 midterm election, with Democrats in the most competitive House races… Continue reading
“The legislature made unconstitutional changes to the NC elections board, judges rule”
News and Observer:
The government board that oversees elections in North Carolina is unconstitutional, a panel of judges ruled on Tuesday — just weeks before Election Day in the 2018 midterms, and only a day before the start of early… Continue reading
“Donors to dark-money groups mostly hidden despite court ruling”
Politico:
A series of court orders in September appeared poised to force so-called dark-money groups — which raise and spend unlimited sums from anonymous donors — to reveal some of their funders for the first time.
But a month later,… Continue reading
“How the Gutting of the Voting Rights Act Led to Hundreds of Closed Polls”
“This Statewide Elected Office Has Drawn Unusual Interest From Democrats”
TIME on Secretary of State races.
True the Vote Complains About Too Many Voter Registrations Flooding Texas Election Offices
Virginia Remedies
Over the summer, on remand from the Supreme Court, a district court in Virginia struck down eleven House of Delegates districts on racial gerrymandering grounds. The court also gave the Virginia General Assembly until October 30 to pass a remedial… Continue reading
“Civil rights groups may seek emergency relief in Georgia voter registration brawl”
ABC News:
A coalition of civil rights groups may seek emergency relief to block Georgia’s controversial “exact match” voter registration rules in time for next month’s midterm elections, Bryan Sells, an attorney for the coalition, told ABC News on… Continue reading
Top Recent Downloads in Election Law on SSRN
Here:
Recent Top Papers (60 days)
As of: 16 Aug 2018 – 15 Oct 2018
Rank
Paper
Downloads
1.
Commissioner Gail Heriot Statement and Rebuttal in the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights’ An Assessment of Minority Voting Rights Access … Continue reading
“Trump tops $100 million in fundraising for his own reelection”
WaPo:
President Trump has topped $100 million in fundraising for his 2020 reelection bid — an enormous haul for a president barely two years into his first term, according to new Federal Election Commission filings.
Trump pulled in $18.1 million… Continue reading
“High rate of absentee ballots thrown out in Gwinnett”
AJC:
Nearly one in 10 vote-by-mail ballots have been rejected by Gwinnett County election officials, alarming voting rights groups.
Gwinnett is throwing out far more absentee ballots than any other county in Georgia, according to records from the Secretary of… Continue reading
Speaking Oct. 22 at USC at ACS Event with Ann Ravel, Abby Wood, and Derek Muller on Money in Politics [Corrected Date]
Looking forward to this:
The USC Student Chapter of ACS will be hosting a panel to discuss the current state of money in politics, campaign finance law, and their implications on the 2018 midterm elections. We will explore how SuperPACS… Continue reading
Participating Nov. 30 at University of Chicago Symposium on Eric Posner/Glen Weyl Book, “Radical Markets”
Announcement:
Symposium on “Radical Markets”
11/30
Friday, November 30, 2018 @ 9:00am — 5:00pm
Room V
1111 East 60th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Open to the public
The Coase-Sandor Institute for Law and Economics at the University of Chicago is… Continue reading
