“Can Two Play the Voter-Turnout Game”
Tim Herdt contrasts Republican-favored voter id laws with CA Democrats’ attempts to move ballot measure elections in the state to general elections only.
Category Archives: political parties
The End of Campaign Finance Law: Part II
Yesterday, in my first post of this series on my forthcoming article The End of Campaign Finance Law, 98 Va. L. Rev. (2012), I argued that Citizens United’s importance rests less on its direct impact on corporate electioneering than… Continue reading
My 2000 Columbia Law Review Article on Parties and the Initiative Process Now on SSRN
“How closed primaries further polarize our politics”
Mark Siegel has written this WaPo oped.
Berman-Sherman Meets Top-Two
This is my congressional district (assuming the lines from the Commission stand) and this should be a lot of fun to observe.
“Political Parties See Uptick in Money This Year”
AP reports.
“The Funding of Political Parties: Where Now?”
Routledge has published this comparative volume, edited by Ewing, Rowbottom, and Tham. I have a chapter on the U.S. (though it was written for London conference before C.U.)
Here is the description:
This book explores the problems associated with… Continue reading
“Democrats propose measures to rein in California initiative process”
The LA Times offers this front-page report.
Back in 2000, I wrote this piece for the Columbia Law Review discussing the complex relationship of political parties to the initiative process, especially in California. More recently, Chris Elmendorf and Ethan… Continue reading
Challengers Appealing to Ninth Circuit in CA Top-Two Case
That didn’t take long.
Top-Two Primary Coming to Arizona?
“New primary system could shake up California politics”
Christopher Cadelgado has written this column for the San Diego Union-Tribune.
“Washington State Files Brief in 9th Circuit in Top-Two Case”
Richard Winger reports and links.
Yes, the Country is Still Polarized
A few years ago, I asked Gary Jacobson for permission to reprint a chart measuring party polarization by using the president’s approval rating by those in the president’s party minus the president’s approval rating by those in the other party. … Continue reading
“Why Party Democrats Need Popular Democracy and Popular Democrats Need Parties”
Ethan Leib and Chris Elmendorf have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming California Law Review). Here is the abstract:
Too often popular political power – whether it is in the form of direct democracy or other more innovative forays in… Continue reading