Following up on this post, the comments of Jean-Pierre Kingsley, the well-respected former head of Elections Canada are especially noteworthy:
The robocall scandal is becoming so serious, says former chief electoral officer Jean-Pierre Kingsley, that some Tory MPs could… Continue reading
NYT: “New Hampshire’s attorney general is threatening legal action against some of the nation’s most prominent polling firms, invoking a state law against spreading negative information through poll questions in a way that could limit public opinion surveys in… Continue reading
Rob Richie and Paul Gronke have written this Roll Call oped, which begins: “Once Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman dropped out of the Republican presidential nomination contest, their South Carolina and Florida backers… Continue reading
Chris Elmendorf and David Scheicher has written this draft posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This paper examines what law can do to enable an electorate comprised of mostly ignorant voters to obtain meaningful representation and to hold elected… Continue reading
Courts have divided on the constitutionality of various laws punishing false campaign speech. The “Campaigns” chapter of the Election Law casebook discusses these cases—I will soon be at work on revising it for the next edition.
So I was… Continue reading
The Palm Beach Post: “What Scott Walker is doing with the public unions in Wisconsin is critically important. He’s an impressive guy and he’s very courageous,” Koch says after a benefit dinner of salmon and white wine. “If the… Continue reading
SCOTUSBlog:
In other words, the opinion strongly suggests that review is going to be granted and that if the state has a real chance at prevailing in the U.S. Supreme Court, it is not going to be at the… Continue reading
LA Times: “Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca admitted Friday that he broke state law by making a political endorsement while in uniform. Baca’s acknowledgment of the violation came after inquiries from The Times about a campaign video on… Continue reading
Politico reports:
The ad is a slight variation of one that Restore Our Future has been running heavily in multiple states since December, and the Gingrich campaign did not respond when asked why they were launching the official challenge… Continue reading