Manchin rakes in campaign cash

https://readsludge.com/2022/01/30/manchin-raked-in-record-q4-donations-while-killing-build-back-better-act/

Fossil fuels and finance. 

Poltico/Morning Consult poll on voting issues

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2022/01/12/our-exclusive-new-poll-on-voting-rights-495693

 

Freedom to Vote Act, which will be brought up this week in the Senate? Many of its core provisions receive majority support:

— Expanding access to early voting: 65% support, 23% oppose
— Prohibiting partisan gerrymandering: 64% support, 19% oppose
— Making it illegal to prevent someone from registering to vote: 62% support, 24% oppose
— Making Election Day a federal holiday: 61% support, 26% oppose
— Expanding same-day voter registration: 56% support, 30% oppose
— Expanding access to voting by mail: 55% support, 35% oppose
— Allowing Americans with prior criminal convictions to vote: 54% support, 32% oppose
— Expanding automatic voter registration: 51% support, 33% oppose

Finally — and these numbers are more surprising — our poll found an even split when voters were asked whether the Senate should require a majority or a supermajority to pass legislation:

We asked: As you may know, the Senate has 100 members representing the 50 states. Which of the following comes closest to your opinion, even if neither is exactly right?

— Bills in the Senate should be required to have at least 51/100 votes to pass: 40%
— Bills in the Senate should be required to have at least 60/100 votes to pass: 41%
— Don’t know/ No opinion: 19%

 

 

Charlie Cooper

 

 

Man charged with funneling UAE $ to Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign

https://theintercept.com/2022/01/16/uae-2016-election-trump-clinton-george-nader/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter

 

Charlie Cooper

Good review of the history of voting rights legislation in U.S. since 1820

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/13/voting-rights-partisan-history-527036

 

Charlie Cooper

New House elections bill is not exactly the same as FTVA and JLA

https://www.democracydocket.com/news/the-new-voting-rights-bill-is-the-law-we-need-right-now/?emci=b4d0458b-9274-ec11-94f6-c896650d4442&emdi=20fd8751-9b74-ec11-94f6-c896650d4442&ceid=6010517

 

Marc Elias, chief elections lawyer for the Democratic Party gives an overview of new provisions in the House bill that passed today, 1/13/22.

 

Charlie Cooper

Constitutionalist Lawrence Lessig on barriers to reforming Electoral Count Act

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/01/gorsuch-sabotage-congress-2024-election-reform.html

 

Lessig lays out a noxious theory of total power for state legislatures in electing a president. The problem is that some Supreme Court justices may agree. Congress must debate these issues carefully before proceeding on ECA

 

Charlie Cooper

Explanation of GOP and Dem gerrymandering strategies re: House of Representatives

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/10/no-republicans-arent-hammering-democrats-redistricting-theyre-doing-something-worse/

 

Charlie Cooper