Politico reports that a Federal judge issued an opinion in the Republican National Committee consent decree case yesterday. In a ruling that extended the restrictions for at least another eight years, but also slightly narrowed the consent decree containing them, U.S. District Court Judge Dickinson Debevoise of Newark asserted that “voter intimidation presents an ongoing […]
Category: Voting
Redistricting the nation in 2010
Redistricting is the topic of the interesting website at Redistrictingthenation.com. Legislators have long used redistricting as an opportunity to select their constituents, rather than empowering voters to elect their representatives. The redistricting following the 2010 Census is an opportunity to change how the process is conducted. Armed with knowledge and the right tools, the public […]
Should you vote?
The Times‘ Randy Cohen examines voting today. Responding to our country’s typically low turnouts, some groups strive to get people to vote, not for anyone in particular, but as an expression of civic virtue (vote for the candidate of your choice, but vote). Should we support nonpartisan efforts to get people to fulfill this putative […]