A preview of the points of redistricting flux in 2020
With some fascinating data on the fastest
shrinking, and fastest
growing, place in every state.
Monthly Archives: July 2019
“2020 Redistricting: An Early Look”
Kyle Kondik reviews partisan
control of the process for Rasmussen.
I’ve got a summary of who’s in charge of what, with the partisan
control as of today, right here for Congress
and here for state
legislatures.
California’s citizens redistricting commission
The
application process is underway, until August 9, with stats (including the
mix of gender, region, ethnicity, and political affiliation) updated regularly here. As of last week, 5000 people have applied for
14 slots.
“Wisconsin bill to end partisan gerrymandering picks up Republican support”
The bill to respond to partisan gerrymandering in the state gets some bipartisan
support after Rucho.
And Miles Rapoport reviews some
of the efforts underway elsewhere.
“William Barr’s donations to Senate Republicans spiked just before they confirmed him as attorney general”
Interesting.
And according to the story, unusual:
Neither Jeff Sessions, Loretta Lynch, nor Eric Holder—the three prior attorneys general—made payments to either party committees or senators ahead of confirmation hearings and votes. Holder gave $250 to the Democratic Senatorial… Continue reading
“Court documents show close contact between Cohen and Trump during hush-money arrangements”
Unsealed copies of the Cohen search warrant materials were
released today based on the close of the campaign finance investigation. Here’s the cover letter. Zoe Tillman’s got links
to the docs.
Phone
records in the documents show Cohen… Continue reading
Charles and Fuentes-Rohwer on Rucho
“Miami-Dade State Attorney Preparing Plan To Restore Voting Rights, Even If Money Is Owed”
A spotlight
on Miami, following up on the more general effort I’d flagged by prosecutors to
fight back against the Florida legislature’s fines-and-fees limitations on the
Amendment 4 initiative restoring the vote to those with convictions.
“Over-claiming knowledge predicts anti-establishment voting”
The study, in Social
Psychological and Personality Science, examines voter behavior on an EU treaty.
“Voting by Phone Is Easy. But Is It Secure?”
Stateline
focuses on a lot of questions about the plans for Iowa and Nevada caucuses.
“House votes to hold Barr and Ross in criminal contempt of Congress”
“Two SCOTUS Vets Denounce Roberts’s Census Ruling as ‘One-Off’ and ‘Bizarre’”
Michael
Carvin and Kannon Shanmugam, with a bonus appearance by Miguel Estrada.
I hope Mr. Carvin’s right that the Census ruling won’t really affect cases outside of this particular context. But I hope that’s because agencies won’t continue to… Continue reading
“Alarm sounds over census cybersecurity concerns”
The
fallout from yesterday’s hearing.
Microsoft and election security
NBC
reports on two Microsoft announcements, summarized in this
blog post.
The headline is that Microsoft is giving away free, open
source ElectionGuard software to election machine suppliers. According to the site, it apparently “enables”
voting using a touchscreen… Continue reading