A.P. offers this report. Those following the “WE LEAD” issue before the Commission will be interested to learn that the commission voted 5-0 to approve their proposed bundling plan. UPDATE: A knowledgeable reader sends along the following observations about… Continue reading

This Los Angeles Times article confirms that there is no judicial confirmation crisis, despite loud Republican protests about selective Democratic filibusters of appellate court nominees that the Democrats have painted as ideologically extreme. The article notes that the vacancy rate… Continue reading

Today is exactly two months since the September 6 Supreme Court oral argument in the McCain-Feingold BCRA case. Back then, I predicted that the most likely time for the Court to issue its decision and opinions would be mid-October through… Continue reading

This conference will take place November 14th in Gewirz Hall, 120 F Street (corner of 2nd and F Street N.W.), Washington D.C. from 1:00 to 5:30pm This conference is sponsored by Johnny Barnes, Executive Director of the Washington, D.C. chapter… Continue reading

NJ.com offers this article on whether a Northampton City Council member may be punished for failing to disclose his election committee’s names on campaign mailers. The local prosecutor suggests that the disclosure requirement is unconstitutional. In fact, that is probably… Continue reading

Roll Call offers this story (paid subscription required), which includes the following: “Senate Republicans said that their so-called

The New York Times offers this report on the presidential public financing system. See also this Washington Post report and this Roll Call report (paid registration required).

Though the book has been available for a few weeks, NYU Press officially released my book, The Supreme Court and Election Law: Judging Equality from Baker v. Carr to Bush v. Gore, this week. They also have posted the … Continue reading

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer offers Ballot Question: At-large Elections Appear to be Staying.

See this Washington Post report out of Virginia, which begins: “Widespread problems with new touch-screen voting machines delayed election results in Fairfax County Tuesday night and led to a legal challenge by Republican officials.”

Byron York offers this oped in The Hill, focused on the campaign finance activities of George Soros.

See this New York Times report.

The New York Times offers this report. Perhaps the most interesting aspect is that Dean apparently will abide by a decision on whether to opt out of the public financing system made by those who will vote on the… Continue reading

In many places, today is Election Day. In Los Angeles County, elections are being conducted using the new (and temporary, until touch screens are available) Inka-vote system. That systems looks like the punch card system, except voters mark their ballots… Continue reading