Monthly Archives: June 2019
“The Myth of Special Elections The common wisdom is that their typically low turnout means they don’t reflect the views of the wider electorate. But as a look at recall votes shows, that’s not necessarily so.”
Joshua Spivak for Governing.
Registration Opens Today for UCI Law 9th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review (July 8)
Hope to see many of you there (and the event will be live webcast. Registration opens today. Details:
9th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review
Monday, July 8 at 10:30am to 12:00pm
Irvine Barclay Theatre & Cheng Hall 4242 Campus Drive,… Continue reading
“In need of cash, Democratic presidential hopefuls turn to wealthy donors”
WaPo:
Across the Democratic field, candidates are embracing the big donors they distanced themselves from early on — a sign of increasing doubt that the small, online donations the campaigns have been chasing will be sufficient to sustain… Continue reading
“A Partisan Grab, in Six Steps Will the Supreme Court act as a Republican branch?”
David Leonhardt for NYT Opinion.
Top 10 “Interest Group” Contributors to Congress for 2018 Elections
Lots of interesting and perhaps surprising information at the OpenSecrets.org site on the occupation of the “groups” that gave the largest contributions in the 2018 congressional election cycle. A couple points that stood out to me:
Those who list their… Continue reading
How Appealing Rounds Up Census Litigation Developments
Here.
“Partisan control determines how states act on voting rights”
AP:
New York is among a small number of states where Democrats made big gains in last year’s election and have used that power to pass laws to make it easier to register and to vote. They have introduced early… Continue reading
Texas: “San Antonio leaders, residents outraged after former mayor Lila Cockrell isn’t allowed to vote”
MySA:
Outrage over Texas’ voter ID law was reignited in San Antonio on Thursday after the city’s 97-year-old former mayor was turned away from a polling site for lack of identification.Lila Cockrell was one of more than 12,000 people… Continue reading
Kentucky: “Bevin still investigating Steve Beshear as election looms. Will it change the campaign?”
Lexington Herald-Leader reports.
Texas: “Failed secretary of state nominee David Whitley back on Gov. Greg Abbott’s payroll”
The Dallas Morning News reports.
“The Supreme Court is deciding a gerrymandering case. Here’s the social science that the justices need to know.”
Chris Warshaw for Monkey Cage:
There are several ways to measure partisan advantage in a districting plan, including the efficiency gap, partisan symmetry, declination and the mean-median difference. These metrics all capture distortions in the vote-seat relationship.… Continue reading