For a limited time, two articles from the current issue of Election Law Journal are available for free download.  Both are part of a special issue on absentee and early voting, entitled “Time Shifting the Vote: The Quiet Revolution… Continue reading

The new issue of Election Law Journal is now out.  The featured topic is “Time Shifting the Vote: The Quiet Revolution in American Elections,” a series of articles on absentee and early voting.  The contributors are Mike Alvarez, Thad … Continue reading

The new issue of Election Law Journal, the first under new co-editors Paul Gronke and Dan Tokaji, is now available. You can view the table of contents and, if you’re an electronic subscriber, get links to articles here. The… Continue reading

We are pleased to announce a call for papers on election law and administration in India or other South Asian countries. The papers will be considered for publication in a special issue of the Election Law Journal, to be published… Continue reading

This one from Wisconsin. As in Farrakhan v. Gregoire, the main argument is that the state’s felony disenfranchisement law violates Section 2 of the VRA. But unlike Farrakhan and the other federal circuit court cases to have addressed the… Continue reading

A nonprofit called Long Distance Voter (LDV) has written this open letter to the RNC, complaining about an RNC mailer that included an LDV registration form. The forms are public and available for anyone to distribute. So what’s the problem?… Continue reading

Paul Stenbjorn, Director Information Services for the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics, has written this response to the hacking of its digital vote by mail test.

Not to be missed: Michael McDonald has released his estimates of the Voting-Age and Voting Eligible Population for 2010. See this post on Huffpost/Pollster, as well as this page on the US Elections Project website with a state-by-state VAP and… Continue reading

In Politico’s Arena, Rick Hasen weighs in on Senator Feingold’s statement that he doesn’t want help from the DSCC.

The Center for Competitive Politics has issued this memo, responding to the Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21’s complaint against Crossroad GPS and Think Progress’ allegation of foreign funding for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s political activities, both noted… Continue reading

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has two job postings, here and here, for computer security experts to work on HAVA voting systems issues, including the development of security standards.

Tax Prof Blog has this post (with links) on the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration’s announcement of an investigation into “whether Obama Administration officials illegally accessed and disclosed confidential taxpayer information involving Koch Industries, a prominent critic of the… Continue reading

The NYT has this report, discussing a few of the 155 measures on the ballots of 36 states.

Politico reports here.