Election Law Archives

FL Voters Decide Nov. 5th Whether to Keep Their Small Donor Matching Program, or Turn Funding of Campaigns Over to Special Interests

June 12, 2024June 12, 2024

Amendment 6, a repeal of Florida’s public funding of elections option, faces voters on November 5th. Such small donor matching systems help candidates outside the political machine structure to compete, and can help limit special interest influence.

North Carolina Senate Uses Anti-Masking Bill as Vehicle for Masking Dark-Money Political Donors

June 10, 2024June 10, 2024

Without a committee hearing, North Carolina Senate Republicans slipped a dark money amendment into an already controversial anti-mask bill. The amendment allows contributors to wash campaign donations through national political groups, making it harder to trace the source.

Colorado Governor Signs Election Administration Bill with Amendment Neutralizing an Open Primary and RCV Initiative; Promises Future Action

June 9, 2024June 9, 2024

Colorado’s governor signed a bill June 6th implementing several election administration changes which local election officials supported. But a late amendment may have neutralized an open primary and ranked choice voting initiative before the voters in November.

Why Was Joe Biden’s Appearance on the Ohio Ballot in Question? Partisan Politics, and Another Attempt to Derail Citizen Ballot Initiatives.

June 6, 2024June 6, 2024

Ohio has an Aug. 7th deadline for November’s candidate certification. Problem is, Joe Biden wasn’t going to be nominated until the Democratic convention beginning Aug. 19th. What’s an Ohio legislature to do? Try and stop citizen ballot initiatives, of course.

After Raising the Bar to Prove Racial Gerrymandering in South Carolina Case, the U.S. Supreme Court Reopens a 2022 Arkansas Redistricting Case

June 4, 2024July 22, 2024

Is the U.S. Supreme Court aiming to take yet another chop at the 1965 Voting Rights Act? An Arkansas redistricting case has been sent back to a lower court after last week’s new rules making it harder to prove racial gerrymandering.

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Category: Election Law

FL Voters Decide Nov. 5th Whether to Keep Their Small Donor Matching Program, or Turn Funding of Campaigns Over to Special Interests

North Carolina Senate Uses Anti-Masking Bill as Vehicle for Masking Dark-Money Political Donors

Colorado Governor Signs Election Administration Bill with Amendment Neutralizing an Open Primary and RCV Initiative; Promises Future Action

Why Was Joe Biden’s Appearance on the Ohio Ballot in Question? Partisan Politics, and Another Attempt to Derail Citizen Ballot Initiatives.

After Raising the Bar to Prove Racial Gerrymandering in South Carolina Case, the U.S. Supreme Court Reopens a 2022 Arkansas Redistricting Case