The Times examines the circumstances of its reporting on ACORN, Heather Heidelbaugh, and Anita Moncrief shortly before the election. Representative James Sensenbrenner, the Wisconsin Republican who called Heidelbaugh to testify, told me that he thinks the Obama campaign and Acorn clearly broke the law and that if The Times had published the story, it could […]
Category: Voting
Voting Rights and the Courts
Adam Cohen raises some questions about how the Supreme Court will decide an important voting rights case here. The case — widely considered this term’s most watched — is a challenge to the heart of the Voting Rights Act, its Section 5. The court may be on the brink of ruling that Congress did not […]
Modernized Automatic Voter Registration?
An interesting new report from U.S. PIRG, “Saving Dollars, Saving Democracy,” was released today and is posted on their website. According to their research examining 100 counties, PIRG looked at what they say is the millions of taxpayer dollars wasted and election officials’ effort spent, in their view, on time-consuming and costly registration process. The report […]