Monthly Archives: May 2019
Connecticut: “Senate Republicans urged by conservative base to oppose early voting”
Hartford Courant:
A group of key conservatives is urging Senate Republicans to oppose an early voting measure, which the House overwhelmingly approved on a bipartisan basis earlier this year to bring Connecticut into line with most other states.Thirty-nine states… Continue reading
“Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Will Sign Controversial Felons’ Voting Measure”
CBS Miami:
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday he will sign a controversial measure that would require repayment of financial obligations before felons’ voting rights are restored.“I’ll sign it,” DeSantis said while at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine… Continue reading
“FBI to meet with Florida delegation to discuss Russian hacking”
Politico:
The FBI will hold a classified briefing with members of the Florida congressional delegation next week about suspected Russian hacking during the 2016 elections.The FBI is scheduled to meet with House members May 16. The agency will sit down… Continue reading
“In Michigan & Ohio, Justice Delayed Could Mean Justice Denied; Is There A Better Way?”
Mike Parsons:
In the past two weeks, federal district courts have struck down partisan gerrymanders in both Michigan and Ohio. As a matter of legal doctrine, these decisions are important. As Nick Stephanopoulos states, they reveal an emerging … Continue reading
“Trump slammed opponents for being in ‘cahoots’ with super PACs. Now, he’s endorsed a group supporting him.”
Michelle Ye He Lee for WaPo.
Michigan Will Allow “Ballot Selfies”
Release:
Joel Crookston and Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson submitted a stipulated order to dismiss to Judge Janet T. Neff of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan today, asking her to recognize settlement… Continue reading
“Data Disprove the ‘Voter Suppression’ Myth; Democrats scapegoat photo-ID laws for losses in states where minority turnout rose in 2018.”
“Trump Campaign Denounces ‘Dishonest’ Fund-Raising That Uses President’s Name and Picture”
NYT:
President Trump’s re-election campaign on Tuesday denounced “dishonest fund-raising groups” that use the president’s image to solicit money that several people close to Mr. Trump said was directed at a group run by David Bossie, one of his… Continue reading
“Alison Lundergan Grimes contests Kentucky law removing power over elections board”
AP:
Kentucky’s secretary of state has challenged a new state law removing her power over the State Board of Elections. Alison Lundergan Grimes claims the action by Republican lawmakers amounts to an unconstitutional infringement of her executive authority.Grimes,… Continue reading
“Georgia high court hears appeal in election challenge”
AP:
Georgia’s highest court is mulling whether to reverse a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the outcome of November’s race for lieutenant governor in a case that focuses attention on the state’s outdated voting machines.The lawsuit says… Continue reading
Few Dominoes Left
One recurring argument in the ongoing debate over partisan
gerrymandering suits is that, if they can be brought, they will inundate the
federal courts. Wisconsin advanced this floodgates claim in Whitford, asserting
that courts would have to engage in “unprecedented… Continue reading
“Prosecutor: Proof of election fraud in US House race in Va.”
AP:
A special prosecutor in Virginia said Monday that he’s presented two indictments of election fraud against someone who worked on a failed re-election campaign for a Republican congressman last year.Special prosecutor Donald Caldwell said his investigation into Scott… Continue reading
“Prosecutors drop voter fraud charges in Canton case. Man had spent a month in jail.”
The Clarion Ledger reports.