Audrey Perry Martin, Author at Legally Political

29 Jun

Newly Released 2016 Election Administration and Voting Survey Provides Snapshot of Nation’s Voter Turnout Registration Trends Voting Systems

Silver Spring, Md. – The U.S. Election Assistance Commission today released the 2016 Election Administration and Voting Survey (EAVS), the most comprehensive nationwide data about election administration in the United States.Source: Newly Released 2016 Election Administration and Voting Survey Provides Snapshot of Nation's Voter Turnout Registration Trends Voting Systems...

21:42 / Election Law / vblog / Audrey Perry Martin

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29 Jun

Three Dangers of the Pence-Kobach Faux Commission Call for State Voter Roll Information

This morning I blogged about the Pence-Kobach commission’s call for voter data, and how that raised privacy and other concerns. We we now have seen the letter (via Bryan Lowry), and it raises three immediateconcerns.Source: Three Dangers of the Pence-Kobach Faux Commission Call for State Voter Roll Information...

21:42 / Election Law / vblog / Audrey Perry Martin

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29 Jun

Shadow Lobbyists on the Rise?

Trump promised to drain the swamp, and by the numbers, he has done just that. 448 individuals who lobbied in the third quarter of 2016 did not report activity during the next two quarters.Source: Shadow Lobbyists on the Rise?...

21:42 / lobbying / vblog / Audrey Perry Martin

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29 Jun

CA Secretary of State Won’t Supply Voter Data Requested by Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity

SACRAMENTO – California Secretary of State Alex Padilla today released the statement below in response to a letter from Kris Kobach, Vice Chair of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity.Source: Secretary of State Alex Padilla Responds to Presidential Election Commission Request for Personal Data of California Voters...

21:42 / election integrity / vblog / Audrey Perry Martin

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29 Jun

Trump election panel asks all 50 states for voter roll data

The vice chairman of President Trump’s commission on election integrity sent a letter to all 50 states Wednesday requesting information on their voter rolls.Source: Trump election panel asks all 50 states for voter roll data...

21:42 / election administration / vblog / Audrey Perry Martin

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27 Jun

Koch network ramps up political spending while trying to push Trump team

Vice President Mike Pence met with Charles Koch the day before a Koch network summit. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.Source: Koch network ramps up political spending while trying to push Trump team...

05:24 / Campaign Finance / vblog / Audrey Perry Martin

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26 Jun

Too soon for county vote centers

Conducting fair and free elections is the cornerstone of what makes this country great. That’s why I support the recent unanimous decision by the Orange County Board of Supervisors to put the brakes on a proposal attempting to create vote centers in limited areas of the county.Source: Too soon for county vote centers...

06:12 / election integrity / vblog / Audrey Perry Martin

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26 Jun

Political Road Map: California’s big change in voting rules is off to a rocky start for 2018

Perhaps no part of California has thought more about the future of voting than Orange County. And yet when it comes to a sweeping change to state elections, the county has decided to take a pass.Source: Political Road Map: California's big change in voting rules is off to a rocky start for 2018...

04:59 / California / vblog / Audrey Perry Martin

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26 Jun

Analysis indicates partisan gerrymandering has benefited GOP

The 2016 presidential contest was awash with charges that the fix was in: Republican Donald Trump repeatedly claimed that the election was rigged against him, while Democrats have accused the Russians of stacking the odds in Trump's favor.Source: Analysis indicates partisan gerrymandering has benefited GOP...

04:59 / Gerrymandering / vblog / Audrey Perry Martin

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24 Jun

California Democrats have no sense of shame

Democratic lawmakers, who run our state Capitol in concert with Gov. Jerry Brown, are abusing their supermajority status. But we’ve heard not a peep from Fresno area residents.Source: California Democrats have no sense of shame...

00:42 / California / vblog / Audrey Perry Martin

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