Democrats use of dark money in 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/29/us/politics/democrats-dark-money-donors.html

 

Charlie Cooper

 

CNN: Faulty ballots and frustration: Texans confront 'nightmare' effects of new election law as early voting kicks off

CNN: Faulty ballots and frustration: Texans confront 'nightmare' effects of new election law as early voting kicks off.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/14/politics/texas-primary-early-voting/index.html 

How Manchin used politics to protect his family coal company - POLITICO

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/08/manchin-family-coal-company-00003218 

Charlie Cooper

AA Council nixes charter amendment for public campaign finance

https://www.marylandmatters.org/2022/02/08/anne-arundel-county-public-campaign-finance-effort-rejected-howard-county-fixes-technicality/

 

The party-line vote was 4 in favor and 3 opposed, but the charter amendment needed 5 votes. Funding was the purported sticking point for Republican opponents.

 

[If it would cost $7,000,000 over a 4-year period, that would be $3.00 per resident per year.]

 

Charlie Cooper

 

public opinion poll on national popular vote

https://news.fiu.edu/2022/a-majority-of-us-voters-favor-a-national-popular-vote-but-what-would-it-really-mean

 

Shows that many in the public are unaware that the advantage for small states is currently a big advantage for Republican presidential candidates.

 

Charlie Cooper

 

Analyzing voter suppression and election subversion impacts

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/02/04/opinion/republicans-are-making-it-harder-vote-how-much-will-it-matter/?s_campaign=ideas:newsletter

 

A mix of reports of political science research and speculation.

 

Charlie Cooper

 

Opinion | What is gerrymandering? Here are examples and how to fix them. - Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2022/gerrymandering-examples-north-carolina-illinois-alabama-texas-how-to-fix/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F35eaa74%2F61f96a5d9d2fda14d7172da2%2F596bf11fae7e8a44e7e24152%2F54%2F72%2F61f96a5d9d2fda14d7172da2 

Good overview with current examples.

Charlie Cooper