The New York Times today features this extensive article on the politics of changing the voting machinery for New York elections.

Thanks to Larry Solum of the Legal Theory blog, for featuring my new book, The Supreme Court and Election Law: Judging Equality from Baker v. Carr to Bush v. Gore, as the selection for this week’s Legal Theory … Continue reading

The Washington Post offers this report.

Electionline.org offers this report.

Back on August 13, 2003, Howard A. Levine and Roy A. Schotland wrote an oped in the New York Law Journal suggesting that the Second Circuit abstain from deciding the Spargo case, involving the constitutionality of an aspect of New… Continue reading

The New York Times today features this article on a provision of the BCRA that raises individual contribution limits for federal candidates running against self-financed opponents. Although this provision was challenged in the lower court, the lower court judges held… Continue reading

Paul Gronke offers this Los Angeles Times oped.

The Sacramento Bee offers this report on a PPIC study of voter attitudes toward the recall and the process. Most interesting to me was this about potential recall reform: “Voters had contradictory sentiments about the process. While they liked the… Continue reading

The Los Angeles Times offers this report.

See here.

From Alison Hayward: “The Committee on House Administration of the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a hearing tomorrow, Oct. 16, 2003, on FEC enforcement practices and procedures. I understand it will begin at 3:00 pm in 1310 Longworth HOB.… Continue reading

Ed Still of the Votelaw blog has posted the Democrats’ initial pleading in the Texas re-redistricting case.

Electionline.org has posted this letter from Senator Christopher Dodd on adequate funding for voting reform under the Help America Vote Act.

The Wall Street Journal offers this report. (Thanks to Steven Sholk for sending this along.) See also this Washington Post report