For more than four decades, when Republicans needed strategic advice drawing political boundaries, the party turned to a small cadre of expert cartographers, trained in the rare art of redistricting. At the heart of that group was Tom Hofeller.Source: Pioneer of modern redistricting dies at 75...
Call 2018 the “Year of Deplatforming.” The internet was once celebrated for allowing fresh new voices to escape the control of gatekeepers. But this year, the internet giants decided to slam the gates on a number of people and ideas they don’t like.Source: When Digital Platforms Become Censors...
Lauren Baer, a former Obama administration foreign policy adviser, has been buoyed by a string of endorsements from Democratic Party officials and national House leaders in her first-time bid for Congress.Source: Despite year-of-the-woman buzz, female candidates lag behind men in drawing in campaign cash...
THE BIG IDEA: In June, D.C. voters made a surprising but decisive choice. By a 12-point margin, the District approved raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour for restaurant workers and others who earn tips.Source: The Daily 202: By overturning ballot initiatives, more lawmakers are rejecting the will of their voters...
In 2014, the California Legislature made a big deal of calling for a constitutional convention to overturn the Citizens United ruling, which allows unlimited corporate and union spending in campaigns.Source: Will California Democrats be hypocrites on campaign donations?...
A commission charged with enforcing California’s campaign violations in an election year has spent its time publicly bickering, altering the agency’s power structure and adjusting its own pay.Source: It’s an election year, and California’s campaign watchdogs are busy fighting among themselves...
Josh Lafair, 17, says he doesn't remember when he first heard about gerrymandering. Growing up with older twin sublings in one of the six funky-looking congressional districts that make up his hometown of Austin, Texas, it was a frequent topic of conversation around the dinner table, he says.Source: H.S. student invents game on evils of gerrymandering. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays....
Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh are set to begin Sept. 4, Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) announced on Friday.Source: Kavanaugh confirmation hearings set for Sept. 4...
To subscribe to the monthly C&E email newsletter and event announcements click here. As lawmakers across the country move to regulate online advertising at the state level, strategists are increasingly concerned about the impact such laws will have on digital advertising campaigns.Source: As States Move to Regulate Digital Ads, Consultants Warn of Unintended Consequences...
Earlier this week I wrote a piece for the New York Times where I proposed a centuries-old framework for resolving our endless series of online free speech controversies.Source: A First Amendment Peace Plan for the Twitter Wars...
