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Cap Times Backs Common Cause Wisconsin’s Effort to Highlight Candidate Views on Redistricting
The Capital Times published an editorial today supporting Common Cause Wisconsin’s call for candidates to make their views known on redistricting reform. Of the 99 Assembly races that will be decided in November, 52 candidates will run without major party opposition as a result of gerrymandering.
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An entirely different landscape
Since the Supreme Court, in Shelby Co. v. Holder, eviscerated Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, a statute that for decades protected against discrimination at polling places in a number of historically-discriminating jurisdictions, states across the country – some previously covered by the act, others not – have been, in quick succession, passing and implementing legislation making it harder for many, including people of color once protected by the VRA, to cast their ballots in elections.
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Florida Legislature’s Proposed Congressional Map Again Fails Minority Voters
Common Cause Florida Chair Peter Butzin criticized the Florida State Legislature’s proposed congressional map in Reuters yesterday for its continued packing of minority voters to limit their influence on surrounding districts.
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Yahoo Joins in Exodus, Ends ALEC Membership and Cuts Ties to ALEC
Yahoo issues statement cutting ties to ALEC
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Common Cause Stays Engaged as Florida Legislature Redraws Congressional Lines
Common Cause and the League of Women Voters of Florida jointly wrote two letters to the leadership of the Florida Legislature last week during the special session called to redraw the state’s congressional districts. Judge Terry Lewis ruled that current districts violate new state constitutional provisions forbidding partisanship to be a factor in the redrawing of lines and ordered the Legislature to draw a new map by August 15.
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New ALEC Chair Received Thousands In Corporate-Financed Junkets
A Texas legislator chosen to head ALEC has ties to energy interests and the Koch bfothers
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Obama Affirms Support for Open Internet
President Obama underscored his support for open Internet protections this week.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Creates More Confusion With Voter ID Ruling
State and federal courts are at odds over the constitutionality of a Wisconsin voter ID law
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Republican Group Launders Secret Cash, But Was It Illegal?
Citizens United invited corporations, unions and other groups to find ways to circumvent longstanding limits on their political spending; a bombshell report today in Politico exposes just how skillfully they’ve answered the challenge.
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What We’re Reading, Week Ending Aug. 1
Major news stories of the week
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Luxury Hotel Is Setting As Lobbyists, Lawmakers Convene In Private to Write Laws
Lobbyists and state legislators in the American Legislative Exchange Council have converged on Dallas this week to coordinate their efforts to pass business-friendly bills in statehouses across America.
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Poll Shows Strong Support for Constitutional Amendment Reining in Big Money
A poll released today underscores the public's revulsion at the power of big money in politics and its support for campaign finance reform
