The Maine legislature is on the brink of passing the NPV Interstate Compact. A recent poll indicates that about 70% of voters in Maine support the idea.
Charlie Cooper
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Analysis of disturbing implications of SCOTUS ruling on 14.3
By ruling that Congress must pass an enabling statute to activate section 3 of the 14th Amendment, the Court has ignored the plain language of the Constitution and relegated the provision to lower status than other Constitutional Amendments.
Charlie Cooper
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Study shows racial turnout gap widens since the end of pre-clearance
The Brennan Center sponsored a study which found that the racial turnout gap "has consistently grown since 2012 and is growing most quickly in parts of the country that were previously covered under Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which was suspended by the Supreme Court in its 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder."
The authors state that "our primary models indicate that the white–Black turnout gap in these [covered] regions was about 5 percentage points greater than it would have been if the Voting Rights Act were still in full force, and the white–nonwhite gap was about 4 points higher."
Charlie Cooper
Wyoming House votes on money in politics
In Wyoming, "a majority of state House members voted for Joint House Resolution 0002, calling on Congress to propose a constitutional amendment to ensure transparency in election spending and allow states to regulate corporate, union and other political contributions." Unfortunately, the measure required a two-thirds majority to advance; however, the organizing work done among Republicans in Wyoming is encouraging.
Charlie Cooper
Sunday, February 18, 2024
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