Arizona was back in the news last week with Governor Jan Brewer’s highly controversial move removing the chairwoman of the state’s “independent” redistricting committee. Seeing the process now corrupted by an ideologically aligned governor and legislature, what can the voters in Arizona to make the process more independent and more immune from partisan influence?
In a succinct and persuasive paper entitled “If I can shop and bank online, why can’t I vote online?” David Jefferson
On Tuesday, Mississippi voters will decide whether to amend their state constitution to define a person as “every human being
The proliferation of super PACs and their organizational push for 501(c)(4) support has generated debate about disclosure. Last week, however,
Fueled by the lingering (and largely erroneous) perception of a liberal judiciary, Republican presidential candidates are calling for new legislation
When 96-year-old Dorothy Cooper was born, women were legally barred from voting. With the passage of Tennessee’s new voter identification
The emergence of super PACs enables electioneers to aggregate lots of capital from few donors. Some worry that the capital
Stephen Colbert has increased the visibility of super PACs with Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow. And if Colbert’s goal is
Today, D.C. District Court Judge John Bates dismissed a facial challenge to the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting
Many fear that lobbyists corrupt our government. For those concerned, a new study by LegiStorm will prove alarming. According to
According to the Roberts Court, the only form of “corruption” that the Government has a legitimate interest in seeking to prevent through campaign finance regulation is quid pro quo corruption, i.e. the trading of cash for votes. By limiting the “corruption” interest in this way, the Roberts Court has thus been able to argue that any threat of undue influence can be satisfactorily addressed through caps on individual donations to candidates. As a result, the “corruption” interest appeared to have lost most, if not all, of its critical force after Citizens United.
