Who is to blame for Arizona voting snafus?

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/08/28/election-day-voting-secretary-state-calls-extended-poll-hours-voting-locations/1124910002/

 

Contractor (Insight Enterprises) and the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office are pointing at each other.

 

Charlie Cooper

 

 

 

Vendor fails to set up voting machines in Arizona's Maricopa County

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/28/politics/arizona-extended-voting-issues/index.html

 

The board of supervisors refused to name the vendor or extend voting hours after 62 polling places did not open on time.

 

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Re: Federal District Court find NC congressional districts to be unconstitutionally partisan

That is pretty blatant and disgusting! Of course, living in Maryland it's tough to throw stones.

Unfortunately I can't read the NYT article without subscribing.

Sheila

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Yes, it will be daunting, and they may need to postpone their actual election until the end of the year.  There's a good article in the NY Times about it: Federal Court Throws Out North Carolina's Congressional Districts, Again. The arrogance of the Republicans was astonishing, according to that article:

 

"I propose that we draw the maps to give a partisan advantage to 10 Republicans and three Democrats, because I do not believe it's possible to draw a map with 11 Republicans and two Democrats," David R. Lewis, a North Carolina state representative who helped lead the remapping, said in 2016.

 

Marty

 

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Wow. Good news for democracy, although the idea of trying to redistrict before November seems daunting.

 

Sheila

On Aug 28, 2018, at 10:02 AM, Charlie Cooper <charlie.coop47@gmail.com> wrote:

 

https://electionlawblog.org/?p=100857

 

"If this opinion stands (and given the current 4-4 split on the Supreme Court, any emergency action could well fail, leaving the lower court opinion in place), the court may well order new districts be drawn in time for the 2018 elections."

 

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RE: Federal District Court find NC congressional districts to be unconstitutionally partisan

Yes, it will be daunting, and they may need to postpone their actual election until the end of the year.  There's a good article in the NY Times about it: Federal Court Throws Out North Carolina's Congressional Districts, Again. The arrogance of the Republicans was astonishing, according to that article:

 

"I propose that we draw the maps to give a partisan advantage to 10 Republicans and three Democrats, because I do not believe it's possible to draw a map with 11 Republicans and two Democrats," David R. Lewis, a North Carolina state representative who helped lead the remapping, said in 2016.

 

Marty

 

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Wow. Good news for democracy, although the idea of trying to redistrict before November seems daunting.

 

Sheila

On Aug 28, 2018, at 10:02 AM, Charlie Cooper <charlie.coop47@gmail.com> wrote:

 

https://electionlawblog.org/?p=100857

 

"If this opinion stands (and given the current 4-4 split on the Supreme Court, any emergency action could well fail, leaving the lower court opinion in place), the court may well order new districts be drawn in time for the 2018 elections."

 

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Re: Federal District Court find NC congressional districts to be unconstitutionally partisan

Wow. Good news for democracy, although the idea of trying to redistrict before November seems daunting.

Sheila

On Aug 28, 2018, at 10:02 AM, Charlie Cooper <charlie.coop47@gmail.com> wrote:

https://electionlawblog.org/?p=100857

 

"If this opinion stands (and given the current 4-4 split on the Supreme Court, any emergency action could well fail, leaving the lower court opinion in place), the court may well order new districts be drawn in time for the 2018 elections."

 

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RE: Federal District Court find NC congressional districts to be unconstitutionally partisan

And if these new districts are used in the 2018 election, that in itself could swing the House Democratic.

 

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https://electionlawblog.org/?p=100857

 

"If this opinion stands (and given the current 4-4 split on the Supreme Court, any emergency action could well fail, leaving the lower court opinion in place), the court may well order new districts be drawn in time for the 2018 elections."

 

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Federal District Court find NC congressional districts to be unconstitutionally partisan

https://electionlawblog.org/?p=100857

 

“If this opinion stands (and given the current 4-4 split on the Supreme Court, any emergency action could well fail, leaving the lower court opinion in place), the court may well order new districts be drawn in time for the 2018 elections.”

 

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https://lobelog.com/did-sheldon-adelson-just-capture-the-gop/#more-45756

Billionaire beneficiaries of tax cut are giving to help Republicans keep Congressional control

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/us/politics/tax-cuts-republicans-donors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

 

Both parties employ Super PACs. “The arms-length distance between such organizations and the politicians they back can be very short.”

 

Charlie Cooper

 

 

Money in politics is a rising issue in mid-term election

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/12/us/money-politics-dean-phillips.html?WT.nav=top-news&action=click&clickSource=story-heading&hp&module=first-column-region&pgtype=Homepage&region=top-news

 

Some candidates are rejecting PAC money. The number of small donors is way up compared to 2014 as is the amount from small donors.

 

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Conservatives call for constitutional intervention last seen 230 years ago | US news | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/11/conservatives-call-for-constitutional-convention-alec

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Poll finds intense support for 3 reform issues

http://takeback.org/poll-results-announced-intense-support-for-3-reform-issues/

 

“Separately, iCitizen ran a poll of 2,131 demographically balanced Americans and determined that the strongest and most intense support for a campaign finance reform was an Article V Convention to enable campaign finance reform. It was not only supported by 68.1 percent of all voters but was chosen as the first choice by 39.6 percent of all voters to nudge out a 28th Amendment such as FixIt America (34.7 percent) as a first choice. Both finished well ahead of only 19.8 percent that chose an option that would leave Citizens United in place.”

 

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