28
Feb
28
Feb
Supreme Court Considers Voter Fashion Sense
When is a hat a hat? The Supreme Court is considering whether hats and t-shirts constitute political speech in voting polling stations. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)Source: Supreme Court Considers Voter Fashion Sense...
28
Feb
Lawsuit: 100,000 noncitizens registered to vote in Pennsylvania
More than 100,000 noncitizens are registered to vote in Pennsylvania alone, according to testimony submitted Monday in a lawsuit demanding the state come clean about the extent of its problems.Source: Lawsuit: 100,000 noncitizens registered to vote in Pennsylvania...
27
Feb
Electoral Integrity In Campaign Finance Law
Cross-posted at NYU Journal of Legislation & Public Policy. American campaign finance law is at a crossroads.Source: Electoral Integrity In Campaign Finance Law...
27
Feb
Rideout v. Gardner
Vote buying, a practice carried over from England’s early experiments with democracy, was widespread in United States elections until the modern era.1×1. See Richard L. Hasen, Vote Buying, 88 Calif. L. Rev. 1323, 1327 (2000).Source: Rideout v. Gardner...
27
Feb
Free Speech vs. Freedom From Intimidation
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Minnesota Voters Alliance v.Source: Free Speech vs. Freedom From Intimidation...
24
Feb
Pennsylvania Redistricting – Impeach PA Supreme Court Justices for Violating the PA Constitution?
Late last month, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a ruling that congressional redistricting maps drawn after the 2010 census and in use for the last 3 election cycles (2012, 2014, and 2016) violated the Pennsylvania Constitution.Source: Pennsylvania Redistricting - Impeach PA Supreme Court Justices for Violating the PA Constitution?...
21
Feb
Facebook will verify the location of US election ad buyers by mailing them postcards
Facebook’s global director of policy programs says it will start sending postcards by snail mail to verify buyers of ads related to United States elections.Source: Facebook will verify the location of US election ad buyers by mailing them postcards...
20
Feb
How Democrats use ‘dark money’ — and win elections
Care about freedom of the press? Support independent investigative journalism.Source: How Democrats use ‘dark money’ — and win elections...
20
Feb
Pennsylvania Supreme Court draws ‘much more competitive’ district map to overturn Republican gerrymander
According to PlanScore’s basic model, the remedial plan adopted today by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is impressively symmetric—both in absolute terms and compared to its predecessor. Its likely efficiency gap is -2% (versus its predecessor’s -10%), its likely partisan bias is -4% (versus -12%), and its likely mean-median difference is -3% (versus -4%). In my view, this is the single most important fact...