“Romney’s road to nomination paved by dedicated delegate counter”
WaPo offers this profile of Katie Biber Chen. See also this brief GQ profile in which I am quoted on the importance of Biber’s work for Romney.
Category Archives: election law biz
Sad News: The NAACP LDF’s John Payton Has Passed Away
A leading lawyer in the civil rights and voting rights world.
California Appellate Court Approves Trial Court’s Cutting Way Down of Gibson’s Attorney’s Fees in Suit under California Voting Rights Act
See here.
“Center for Competitive Politics Names David Keating as its New President”
Congratulations, David!
Bopp Endorses Romney
See here.
“Stephen M. Hoersting brings campaign & litigation leadership to DB Capitol Strategies”
See the announcement here. Good luck!
Blogs and Social Media at AALS Event
This panel on which I will participate will be held on Jan. 5 from 1:30 to 2:45 pm in Madison A, mezzanine level.
Very Nice Profile of Bob Stern in the Bakersfield Californian
“A Watchdog for Conservative Ideals”
NYT reports on the Goldwater Institute, which has been active in Arizona campaign finance battles.
Congratulations to Josh Douglas
Josh is one of the winners of the SEALS paper competition for 2011-12, for his draft paper, Procedural Fairness in Election Contests.
Slow Blogging Through New Year’s Day/AALS Panels
With grading, family travel and holidays, expect less frequent updates from me through New Year’s. Updates to the listserv also will be intermittent. For those of you in DC attending the AALS annual conference, I’ll be speaking on January 5… Continue reading
“APPRECIATION: Texas’ Ann McGeehan elects to seek new challenges”
Doug Chapin blogs.
Norm Eisen Confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic
The former White House ethics czar had a recess appointment which was soon to expire. He had been blocked by Senator Grassley, but it looks like he got an assist from the National Review and was confirmed 70-16. (h/t Eric … Continue reading
We’re Back, Baby!
This is the first Supreme Court term since 2003 (when I began blogging) in which there was no election law case on the Supreme Court’s docket. (For reasons on the decline of the Court’s election law docket, see here.) … Continue reading