Monthly Archives: September 2019
Brian Newby, Controversial Executive Director of EAC, is OUT Followed Deadlocked, Party-Line Vote
Politico Pro:
The embattled executive director of the Election Assistance Commission, whose tenure has been marked by internal turmoil, will not serve another term, two people told POLITICO.EAC commissioners voted over the weekend of Sept. 7-8 not to reappoint Brian… Continue reading
“Check-in computers stolen in Atlanta hold statewide voter data”
AJC:
Two computers that are used to check in voters were stolen from a west Atlanta precinct hours before polls opened Tuesday for a city school board election.Officials replaced the computers before voters arrived, and the election wasn’t disrupted, according… Continue reading
“The Cybersecurity 202: Democrats launch ‘full court press’ on election security”
WaPo:
Democrats are pressing hard this week in what could be their final chance to pass legislation aimed at protecting the 2020 contest against Russian hackers.Senate Democrats have failed for months to force Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to… Continue reading
“In post-Greitens Missouri, new campaign fundraising rules going into effect”
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
The Proposed North Carolina Remedy
Earlier today, the North Carolina legislature approved remedial maps to replace the state house and state senate plans that were recently struck down as partisan gerrymanders. PlanScore assessed the remedial maps, and here are the results. For the state house,… Continue reading
“Do I need a REAL ID to vote?”
“NC Senate passes new political maps. Democrats are divided in their support.”
News and Observer:
Raleigh Sen. Dan Blue, the top Democrat, vouched for the maps as well as Hise. Blue, a former N.C. Speaker of the House, has been involved in numerous redistricting efforts in past decades in North Carolina and… Continue reading
“New Report Highlights Arizona as a Model for Redistricting Reform Nationwide”
Ash Center:
Today, the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, a research center at Harvard Kennedy School released “The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission: One State’s Model for Gerrymandering Reform,” a new report detailing the lessons learned from… Continue reading
“Checkers Explains Corruption”
New documentary video series from Ciara Torres-Spelliscy.
“Canada Does Elections Right”
That’s the title of an op-ed today in the NY Times, by David Shribram of McGill University, with the subtitle: “The campaign for prime minister just started. And it’s almost over.”
The piece points out many ways in which Canadian… Continue reading
“Colorado becomes first state to ban barcodes for counting votes over security concerns”
“Supreme Court Says Judges Are Above Politics. It May Hear a Case Testing That View.”
Adam Liptak NYT Sidebar:
The court will decide whether to hear the case, Carney v. Adams, No. 19-309, sometime this fall.Delaware’s Constitution says that judges affiliated with any one political party can make up no more than a “bare… Continue reading
“Warren releases plan to tackle Washington corruption”
WaPo:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren released a new plan Monday to tackle corruption in Washington, part of the Democratic presidential candidate’s ongoing promises to enact “big structural change” if elected.Warren’s wide-ranging new proposal seeks to dramatically limit the influence of federal… Continue reading