America now has one of the “worst election processes
in the world” because of an influx of cashhere.
Mexico is the model for campaign financing of elections.
“Failed Walker Recall costs Wisconsin taxpayers $13.5 million dollars”
“Failed Walker Recall costs Wisconsin taxpayers $13.5 million dollars”
Justice Alito says media report inaccuracies on decisions, including Citizens United
The AP reports: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A.
Alito Jr. expressed frustration Friday at what he said were inaccuracies
in the media about the court and its decisions, saying it’s difficult
to sit by when opinions are misinterpreted.
‘‘Sometimes it’s inadvertent, and sometimes opinions are spun, just Alito cited the Citizens United ruling, which freed corporations and ‘‘Campaign finance is very complicated, so it’s easy to get it wrong, And sometimes they get it wrong purposefully and intentionally to create hysteria.
like everything else. … They’re reduced to a slogan that you put on a
bumper sticker, and that’s very frustrating,’’ he told an audience of students
labor unions of most limits on political spending, saying it involved a
complex area of elections law and applicationsd
and sometimes people get it wrong inadvertently,’’ he said.
Justice Alito says media report inaccuracies on decisions, including Citizens United
The AP reports: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A.
Alito Jr. expressed frustration Friday at what he said were inaccuracies
in the media about the court and its decisions, saying it’s difficult
to sit by when opinions are misinterpreted.
‘‘Sometimes it’s inadvertent, and sometimes opinions are spun, just Alito cited the Citizens United ruling, which freed corporations and ‘‘Campaign finance is very complicated, so it’s easy to get it wrong, And sometimes they get it wrong purposefully and intentionally to create hysteria.
like everything else. … They’re reduced to a slogan that you put on a
bumper sticker, and that’s very frustrating,’’ he told an audience of students
labor unions of most limits on political spending, saying it involved a
complex area of elections law and applicationsd
and sometimes people get it wrong inadvertently,’’ he said.
“Early Voting: Why Justice dropped its challenge of Florida plan”
Florida’s plan to bar voting the Sunday before Election Day, when some churches mount a ‘souls to the polls” initiative, was approved, provided 5 counties provide early voting for 96 hours over 8 days. Link to story
“Early Voting: Why Justice dropped its challenge of Florida plan”
Florida’s plan to bar voting the Sunday before Election Day, when some churches mount a ‘souls to the polls” initiative, was approved, provided 5 counties provide early voting for 96 hours over 8 days. Link to story
DOJ ok’s Mississippi redistricting, elicting response from white Dem: “Welcome to a new decade of racial polarization”
Republicans were handed the keys to redistricting for the first time since Reconstruction. The result? Republicans increases the number of Black representatives in both chambers. Instead of dysfunction and reliance on a federal court to redraw the lines as previous legislatures, DOJ approved both the Mississippi state Senate and state House redistricting plans put forward by the Republicans without any objection. And, according to this article, there are some very unhappy white Democrats with harsh words towards DOJ as they apparently expected the Voting Rights Act to protect their power.
Dorsey Carson, a Democrat who ran unsuccessfully against Denny in 2011,
sent a letter to the Justice Department on Sept. 5, asking it to reject
the redistricting plans. Carson said rural and black voting power would
be weakened in several House and Senate districts. He posted a sarcastic
criticism to Facebook on Friday: “The most racially segregated
Legislative map in Mississippi history has been approved by DOJ: welcome
to a new decade of racial polarization!”
DOJ ok’s Mississippi redistricting, elicting response from white Dem: “Welcome to a new decade of racial polarization”
Republicans were handed the keys to redistricting for the first time since Reconstruction. The result? Republicans increases the number of Black representatives in both chambers. Instead of dysfunction and reliance on a federal court to redraw the lines as previous legislatures, DOJ approved both the Mississippi state Senate and state House redistricting plans put forward by the Republicans without any objection. And, according to this article, there are some very unhappy white Democrats with harsh words towards DOJ as they apparently expected the Voting Rights Act to protect their power.
Dorsey Carson, a Democrat who ran unsuccessfully against Denny in 2011,
sent a letter to the Justice Department on Sept. 5, asking it to reject
the redistricting plans. Carson said rural and black voting power would
be weakened in several House and Senate districts. He posted a sarcastic
criticism to Facebook on Friday: “The most racially segregated
Legislative map in Mississippi history has been approved by DOJ: welcome
to a new decade of racial polarization!”
“From Gore to Kennedy, Democrats Have Their Own Shady Voter ID Past”
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