A Florida appellate court yesterday issued this brief opinion denying a petition for certiorari filed by Christine Jennings. Her petition sought review of a trial court order denying discovery, including access to source code of the ES&S electronic voting machines… Continue reading

The AP has this report on a proposed state constitutional amendment that would establish a nine-person redistricting comission.

The U.S. Senate’s Rules and Administration Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow at 10 am ET on the proposed “Fair Elections Now Act” (S. 1285), sponsored by Senators Durbin and Spector. BNA has this report (subscription required), which… Continue reading

Ned Foley offers this comment on the Election Law @ Moritz site, proposing a new system for resolving election contests.

Bob Bauer has this post, commenting on Heather Gerken’s proposals to harness politican’s self-interest to serve the interests of voters.

Heather Gerken has posted Part III in her series on election reform scholarship, this one entitled “Providing Citizens Better Cues.”

Gov. Bill Richardson offers this op-ed in today’s The Hill, supporting the bill sponsored by Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) to require a “verifiable paper-ballot system.” Meanwhile, Computerworld reports here on the division over the Holt Bill among electronic voting skeptics.… Continue reading

The NY Times has this report on states grappling with the question of when, if ever, people with mental impairments should be disqualified from voting. This issue was addressed at a March symposium hosted by the ABA’s Commission on Law… Continue reading

Ellen Katz has this essay, forthcoming in the Ohio State Law Journal. From the abstract: Losers in partisan districting battles have long challenged the resulting districting plans under seemingly unrelated legal doctrines. They have filed lawsuits alleging malapportionment, racial… Continue reading

Timothy Canova of Chapman University’s School of Law has this article in the Nexus Journal. From the abstract: The Constitution protects the rights of Americans to participate in politics through assembly and membership in private interest groups. Yet the Founders… Continue reading

McClatchy News offers this story on allegations that Hans von Spakovsky blocked lawsuits to protect minority voting rights while at DOJ. The Houston Chronicle this one focusing on DOJ’s preclearance of the 2003 Texas redistricting. Meanwhile, Eliza Carney of the… Continue reading

The election administration issue of 2004 is back in the news in Texas and Tennessee. The Beaumont Enterprise has this report on the allegedly erroneous rejection of provisional ballots in a Jefferson County, TX election. Meanwhile, in Sweetwater, TN, a… Continue reading

The Charlotte Observer reports here on a controversy surrounding a same-day registration bill in North Carolina. The bill had already been passed by the state house and was slated to be considered by the state senate on June 6, when… Continue reading

The Journal News has this report on the propects for incoming Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s proposal to overhaul the way that campaigns are financed in New York