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Showing posts with label election law. Show all posts
Showing posts with label election law. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 9, 2024

From the Washington Post: New voting laws in swing states could shape 2024 election

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Catching up with state legislatures and the modifications they continue to make to their election laws. - Click here for the article . Votin...
Monday, November 7, 2016

From ProPublica: Clay Pigeons: How Lobbyists Secretly Woo Top Election Officials - Secretaries of state, who oversee ballot measures on topics from gun control to the minimum wage, are increasingly courted by interest groups and industries with billions of dollars at stake.

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If elections are indeed rigged, this might be why. - Click here for the article . Big-money corporate lobbying has reached into one of the...
Wednesday, October 19, 2016

From the Washington Post: Can you rig a U.S. presidential election? Experts say it’s basically impossible.

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This is topical. Expect much more on the subject. - Click here for the article . What would rigging an election actually entail? Rigging...

From the Texas Tribune: Odd Texas voting law on interpreters scuttled before November election

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More voting rights conflict between Texas and the U.S. And more adjustments to election law in Texas. - Click here for the article . Malli...
Sunday, April 10, 2016

From Ballotpedia: Ballot access requirements for political parties in Texas

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For more detail on how to create a party in Texas - the state recognizes only four. - Click here for the post . The Texas Secretary of Sta...
Thursday, February 25, 2016

From the Texas Tribune: Analysis: The Winner-Take-Some Texas Primaries

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- Click here for the article . Every presidential candidate wants to win in Texas, but the state’s major parties will also be rewarding s...
Monday, February 1, 2016

For more on state election law . . .

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We spend more time with these later in the semester, but they are applicable today for two reasons. First, the presidential campaign begins ...

From Bloomberg: RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE The Secret Science of Winning the Iowa Caucuses

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In order to participate effectively in the Iowa Caucuses, one has to know what to do. Here's a look at how people learn what that is. ...
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

A look at a literacy test

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We looked at the decision in Shelby v Holder in 2305 recently and noted that one of the criteria used to determine whether a state was to ha...
Monday, October 19, 2015

Election Dates 2015 and 2016

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From the Texas Secretary of State's webpage: - Important 2015 Election Dates . - Important 2016 Election Dates . And for good measure: -...
Saturday, October 3, 2015

Some highlights from the training.

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9am - intro by county commissioner el Franco Lee 9:05am - assistant county attorney Douglas Rae offers his help and catches is up on th...
Thursday, March 26, 2015

The Supreme Court refuses to hear a challenge to Wisconsin's Voter ID Law

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The case is Frank v. Walker. - Click here for ScotusBlog's info on the case . - Commentary from Election Law Blog .
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Electoral Rules Matter

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Here's a warning that despite the early success of the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, the hard part will be surviving the initial ele...