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8 Mar 2024, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
HR1 aimed to plug the reform holes with a comprehensive array of policies such as adopting automatic and same-day registration, expanding access though vote-by-mail and early voting opportunities, limiting on removals from voter rolls, requiring states independent redistricting commissions to carry out congressional redistricting, etc.). [read post]
6 Mar 2024, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Until very recently, it was nonpartisan redistricting commissions that had been most effective in forestalling gerrymandering. [read post]
16 Feb 2024, 11:27 am by John Elwood
Washington’s bipartisan redistricting commission redrew the state’s 49 legislative districts, including Legislative District 15, a semi-rural district east of Yakima, and the map was enacted into law. [read post]
Several Missouri citizens previously challenged the map, drawn by a court-appointed redistricting commission, for failing to preserve communities of interest. [read post]
2 Feb 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Under Quebec’s Election Act, only citizens, not legal entities such as companies or unions, can give to political parties. [read post]
12 Jan 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
But foreign companies with domestic subsidiaries can contribute as long as the donations are made by a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. [read post]
3 Nov 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Supreme Court struggled to agree on how to determine when public officials can block critics from their private social media accounts, reviewing two cases that will have broad implications for citizen interactions with politicians online. [read post]
29 Sep 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Rupert Murdoch to Step Down as Chairman of Fox Corporation and Fox News Billings Gazette – David Bauder (Associated Press) | Published: 9/21/2023 Rupert Murdoch, the 92-year-old Australian media magnate whose creation of Fox News made him a force in American politics, is stepping down as leader of both Fox’s parent company and his News Corp. media holdings. [read post]
27 Sep 2023, 9:07 am by Shea Denning
G.S. 7A-375(a)(5) is amended to remove the requirement that citizen-members of the Commission not be members of the State Bar. [read post]
15 Sep 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Supreme Court’s decision in the 2010 Citizens United case transformed the world of politics. [read post]
25 Aug 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Lawmakers in 33 states have introduced bills this year that would prohibit the Chinese government, some China-based businesses, and many Chinese citizens from buying agricultural land or property near military bases. [read post]
14 Aug 2023, 12:29 pm by Ned Foley
Cleveland.com reports on the effort to adopt in Ohio a citizens redistricting commission (like the kind in Arizona, California, or Michigan), rather than the failed political-insiders commission that Ohio adopted in the previous effort at redistricting reform in the state. [read post]
28 Jul 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Many Redistricting Redos Pending, but ’24 Election Outlook Unclear MSN – Michael Macagnone and Mary Ellen McIntire (Roll Call) | Published: 7/25/2023 There is a series of courtroom redistricting battles playing out in about a dozen states. [read post]
18 Jul 2023, 2:37 pm by Dan Tokaji
The result is a process that empowers… Continue reading The post League of Women Voters/Common Cause Report on California Citizens Redistricting Commission appeared first on Election Law Blog. [read post]
14 Jul 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Public Citizen filed a petition to the FEC seeking regulations regarding deliberately misleading campaign communications generated through artificial intelligence. [read post]
7 Jul 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Michigan – Redistricting Commission Member’s New Job Raises Ethics Questions WKAR – Rick Pluta | Published: 7/2/2023 The Michigan Independen [read post]
15 Mar 2023, 4:45 am by Seán Binder
The North Carolina redistricting case is simultaneously before the U.S. [read post]
2 Feb 2023, 9:37 pm by Jim Sedor
Redistricting Lawsuits Could Shape the 2024 Battle for House Control MSN – Daniel Altimari (Roll Call) | Published: 1/30/2023 The reconfiguration of political districts after the 2020 census resulted in a flood of legal challenges, some of which remain unresolved. [read post]