Ballot Access News has this report on the court of appeals decision in Nader v Maryland State Board of Elections, which “struck down a Maryland law that says signatures must be segregated by county, and that if someone from the… Continue reading

The AP has this story on New York State’s continuing struggle to comply with the Help America Vote Act.

A City Council election in Bath, WV is tied after the counting of provisional ballots, according to this report.

Bob Bauer has these thoughts in response to Linda Greenhouse’s “Precedents Begin to Fall for Roberts Court” in today’s NY Times. (There’s no opinion in WRTL today, by the way.)

The AP has this report on the North Carolina Senate’s 33-15 vote in favor of a bill that would allow registration and immediate voting in the 2 1/2 weeks before an election at designated “one-stop” voting sites. See here for… Continue reading

The Sun-Sentinel offers this report and the Palm Beach Post this one, on Palm Beach County commissioners reluctance to comply with a new state law outlawing paperless voting systems. The county estimates that the switch from touchscreen to optical-scan… Continue reading

Balkinization now has the fifth and final installment in Heather Gerken’s “Setting the Agenda” series. Here’s an excerpt: … I’ll close by saying a bit about the underlying assumptions behind the proposals I have described and explaining why I think… Continue reading

You can now find statements and video from yesterday’s hearing on S. 1285 here on the Senate Rules and Administration Committee site. Nick Nyhart, who testified at the hearing, offers his thoughts on the hearing here on the Huffington Post.… Continue reading

Gerry Hebert offers these thoughts on Hans von Spakovsky’s testimony before the Senate Rules Committee last week. A snippet: “His answers for the most part consisted of a three prong defense: I don’t recall; I was not making the decisions,… Continue reading

The event will take place on August 6, 2007 in Boston. See here for more details, including the program schedule.

Heather Gerken’s latest post in her “Setting the Agenda” series may be found here. This one’s on “Creating a Virtuous Cycle Through Shaming.”

Senators Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have asked the Justice Department to investigate the alleged “caging” of predominantly African American voters in Jacksonville, Florida by the RNC in 2004. The AP has this report, and the text of… Continue reading

The AP has this report on a case to be considered by the Missouri Supreme Court Thursday, including Republican allegations that Democratic Attorney General Jay Nixon has a conflict of interest given his plans to challenge Republican Governor Matt Blunt… Continue reading

The AP has this report and the Arizona Republic this one, on an Arizona bill (H.B. 2690) that would reportedly make “sweeping changes” to the state’s public finance system, including increased funding levels for participating candidates, looser reporting requirements,… Continue reading