The First Circuit has decided Perez-Guzman v. Gracia. The opinion strikes down a provision of Puerto Rico law requiring that each person signing a petition endorsing a new political party wishing access to the ballot must do so with… Continue reading

The San Francisco Chronicle offers this report. If I can find a link to Henry Brady’s study (which I have not seen), I will pass it along.

Mickey Kaus writes here: The Schwartzman Test: A man named George B. Schwartzman finished a suprising ninth in the California recall race with 10.945 votes, right behind Gary Coleman. It’s not hard to figure out why. Blogger Matt Wall… Continue reading

See this Contra Costa Times report.

See this Sacramento Bee report.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette offers this report.

A.P. offers this report.

The Anchorage Daily News offers this report, which begins: “A Superior Court judge has thrown out a state law requiring separate primary ballots for each of Alaska’s political parties. Judge Mark Rindner said the 2001 law that bars parties… Continue reading

The Indianapolis Star offers this report, which begins: ” Democrats won nearly every provision of their lawsuit over Marion County

John Coleman has written this CATO Institute briefing paper. Here’s the summary: Critics of American politics often say that spending on electoral campaigns harms our democracy. They charge that the money goes for cynical, negative, and misleading advertisements that… Continue reading

The Wall Street Journal offers this report. Thanks to Steven Sholk for the pointer.

Already there is talk of a recall of Gov-elect Schwarzenegger. I have received a number of questions about this possibility over the last few days. It seems like an absurd political strategy to me, but there seems no impediment to… Continue reading

FEC Commissioner Brad Smith published “Campaign Finance Reform: Searching for Corruption in All the Wrong Places,” 2002-2003 Cato Supreme Court Review 187. Steven Sholk published “A Guide to New York Corporate Political Action Committees” in the October 2003 issue of… Continue reading

The San Jose Mercury News offers this report. See also this Sacramento Bee report and this Los Angeles Times report.