Monthly Archives: March 2019
Nevada Democrats Will Allow People to Participate Virtually in Presidential Primary Caucus, Increasing Opportunities for Participation
“Get-out-the-vote groups urge Texas to allow Election-Day registration”
The Houston Chronicle reports.
Video of Symposium: “Barriers at the Ballot Box: Protecting or Limiting the Core of the American Identity?”
“Democratic super PAC launches $50 million effort to weaken Trump with core supporters”
“Cindy Yang helped Chinese tech stars get $50K photos with Trump. Who paid?”
Miami Herald:
So who paid Trump Victory for their photos?Yang isn’t saying — but she and three associates with an Asian-American political group donated a total of $135,500 to Trump Victory in the weeks leading up to the event.… Continue reading
“Redistricting Edge Saved GOP From Deeper Midterm Losses”
AP:
The AP’s analysis indicates that Republicans won about 16 more U.S. House seats than would have been expected based on their average share of the vote in congressional districts across the country. In state House elections, Republicans’ structural… Continue reading
Mulroy: “Adopting proportional representation would unskew US elections”
“Trump could be left off some states’ ballots in 2020 if these bills become law”
“Democracy, Federalism, and the Guarantee Clause”
Carolyn Shapiro has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Arizona Law Review. Here is the abstract:
The Guarantee Clause of the Constitution promises that “[t]he United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican form of… Continue reading
Today’s Must-Read: Jacob Levy at Niskanen on Republicans’ Fear of Democracy
Jacob Levy:
A favorite reply to the complaint about the Electoral College outcomes is to note that campaign strategies are endogenous to the electoral rules, and that it is impossible to infer what would have happened if both campaigns had… Continue reading
“Gillum to launch Florida voter-registration campaign to trip up Trump”
“Florida Republicans move to limit felon voting rights despite constitutional amendment”
“Beware of Scam PACs in This Crowded Presidential Field”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy blogs.