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• Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Two new polls blur the picture in Massachusetts

  
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  Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here . Leading Off : • MA-Sen : Well, weve certainly reached a state of proper confusion. Since Wednesday night, two more polls of the Massachusetts Senate special election have emerged, and they each ...
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• More questions in NC redistricting case

  
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  The three-judge panel hearing a lawsuit challenging North Carolinas redistricting on the grounds that it dilutes the African-American vote called the attorneys together this week to discuss a few remaining questions, indicating a decision could be near. read more
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• So where does redistricting stand?

  
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  From Texas Redistricting : The Texas Legislature is in the final stretch of its regular session (sine die on May 27), and, at this point, in the calendar, if anything gets done, it looks like it will have to start on the Senate side. Although a couple of redistricting bills – along with some proposals ...
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• VOICES: Reign of Error -- a sonnet concerning North Carolina

  
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  Observations on the current state of North Carolina politics, in verse. read more
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• Redistricting now

  
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  Any person whos paying attention understands that the Republican super-majority in Raleigh is unjust, immoral, and probably illegal. As is the Republican-dominated Congressional delegation. How can it be otherwise? More than half of North Carolina voters cast their ballots for Democrats and we still ended up with 9 ...
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• Monday News Roundup

  
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  Lobbying “ Why Lobbying Is Now Increasingly In The Shadows ” by Peter Overby on NPR.org . “ Quarterly Lobbying Reports Show Yet Another Decline ” by Russ Choma in OpenSecrets.org . Kansas: “ 74% of lobbyist spending on Kansas lawmakers unaccounted for ” by Dion Lefler and Brent Wistrom in the Kansas ...
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• OpenGov Voices: Lack of Transparency and Citizen Disenfranchisement

  
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  Disclaimer: The opinions expressed by the guest blogger and those providing comments are theirs alone and do not reflect the opinions of the Sunlight Foundation or any employee thereof. Sunlight Foundation is not responsible for the accuracy of any of the information within the guest blog. Dan Moulthrop is a ...
  2 weeks ago

• House of Un-Representatives

  
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  This Republican House is almost like a parallel government, sitting in for some fantasy nation created in talk-radio land.
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• Small Talk and Sandwiches

  
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  About ten minutes before State Representative Christian Mitchell’s first open house last Saturday, a tall man walks in with a large tray of sandwiches. Read more →
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• Early Voting Begins for Pasadena Elections

  
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  Today marked the start of early voting for May elections. Although there aren’t any within the Houston city limits, there is the  first post-redistricting City Council election in Pasadena. In Pasadena, Hispanic voters now face a great opportunity to win more seats in new drawn districts after the Census showed ...
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• Again, The Alaska Supreme Court Tells Redistricting Board They Meant What They Said

  
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  I havent written about the latest Supreme Court decision on the Alaska Redistricting Board because I didnt have a copy of the order.  I couldnt find it on the Supreme Court website and requested a copy over the weekend. I got one today.  It says pretty much what I expected from the ADN articles (one and two .)  ...
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• Thursday News Roundup

  
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  Lobbying “ The Shadow Lobbyist ” opinion piece by Tom Edsall in The New York Times . Georgia: “ New ethics law’s Jan. 1 start creates uncertainty for lobbyists, legislators ” by Aaron Gould Sheinin in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . North Carolina: “ NC elections board supports investigation on ...
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• Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Montanas Baucus will retire, but Schweitzer may run instead

  
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  Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here . Leading Off : • MT-Sen : On Tuesday, Sen. Max Baucus surprised the political world by announcing that he would retire at the end of this term rather than seek re-election. (Baucuss decision was ...
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• Redistricting remains a partisan issue

  
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  We’re not surprised by this , right? Alternate Plan C236 by Rep. Yvonne Davis Amarillo Sen. Kel Seliger offered a redistricting bill to the Senate State Affairs Committee that would formally adopt interim maps drawn by a federal court in San Antonio last year. The maps for Congressional, state Senate and ...
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• “fraud, misrepresentation or misconduct”

  
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  By Jeff Simpson That is what a 3 judge panel accused the Wisconsin republicans of engaging in, when looking into missing records in the Wisconsin redistricting case.   It is appe aring that AFTER they were ordered to turn over all files to the democrats, someone logged into the taxpayer owned computers and deleted ...
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• The Beloit Daily News Shills for MacIver

  
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  By Jeff Simpson We broug ht you recently the good news that a judge ruled for the people of WI against the far right wing propaganda organization that calls itself MacIv er.   The MacIver institute tried to get Senator Jon Erpenbach to turn over 26,000 emails he received from his Constituents, which he did.  ...
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• The Lawless Republican Controlled Legislature. Can anything Stop Them?

  
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  Im not going to say much here, because all of this is just getting ridiculous. We did learn a few things from the Republican takeover of our state; destroying evidence is okay with conservative voters and talk show hosts, and it keeps politicians out of prison. No harm done. jsonline : As Democrats were seeking ...
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• We’re headed for chaos! A ‘firearm’ situation as messed up as redistricting

  
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  The mere mention of firearms these days brings a blackened mood over the Statehouse, such as in this century-old postcard Our state legislature is really a stubborn lot! Just one day after the Illinois House of Representatives rejected a bill that would have permitted for a “concealed carry” law that ...
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• Senate committee to take up interim maps bill

  
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  From Texas Redistricting : The Texas Senate’s state affairs committee has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 18, at 2 p.m. (or upon adjournment) to consider SB 1524 – State Sen. Kel Seliger’s bill to adopt the court-drawn interim maps as permanent. As drafted, the bill would apply to all three ...
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• Wednesday Government Relations News

  
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  Lobbying “ McCain roasts lobbyist at awards dinner ” by Kevin Bogardus in The Hill . “ OFA files lobbying registration in New York ” by Reid J. Epstein in Politico . Florida: “ House advances ethics bill to ban ‘revolving door’ lobbying ” by Aaron Deslatte in the Orlando Sentinel . North ...
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