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...
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
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...
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...
20
Feb
Former Republican Steve Poizner will test California’s independent streak
The Republican brand has been so severely damaged and diminished in California that, barring a dramatic reversal of fortune in the polls, the party will not have a candidate on the ballot for governor or U.S. senator in the November election.Source: Former Republican Steve Poizner will test California’s independent streak...
20
Feb
Utah Bill, Giving Parties Right to Confine Primary Ballot Only to Candidates with Support at a Party Meeting, Loses
On February 8, the Utah House defeated HB 68 by 34-37. It would have given parties the right to exclude anyone from running in their primaries who did not show substantial support at a party meeting.Source: Utah Bill, Giving Parties Right to Confine Primary Ballot Only to Candidates with Support at a Party Meeting, Loses...
20
Feb
The Campaign Finance Loophole That Could Make the Next Russian Attack Perfectly Legal
The Mueller indictment of 13 Russian nationals for interfering with the 2016 U.S.presidential election offers a remarkably detailed account of a complex plot to sow discord and influence the presidential contest in favor of Donald Trump.Source: The Campaign Finance Loophole That Could Make the Next Russian Attack Perfectly Legal...