Beth Garrett has posted Democracy in the Wake of the California Recall on SSRN. It is part of the upcoming election law symposium at Penn Law School. Here is the abstract: The recall of Governor Gray Davis and simultaneous election… Continue reading

The parties have filed their simultaneous reply briefs in the important voting rights case, Metts v. Murphy, being heard en banc by the First Circuit. I have posted them here and here. I posted the first round of en… Continue reading

Roll Call offers this report (paid subscription required), which begins: “Hoping to expand its base of contributors in the new campaign fundraising era, Senate Democrats have launched a Web site designed to tap into the growing community of Internet-savvy contributors… Continue reading

The Washington Post offers this report, which begins: “” The Justice Department has formally refused a demand from Texas Democrats to release a lengthy internal memo about a Republican redistricting plan that experts believe could produce a GOP gain… Continue reading

John Samples offers this oped on FOXNews.com.… Continue reading

A.P. offers this report. UPDATE: See also this Roll Call report (paid subscription required) and this report in The Hill.

See this New York Times article just posted to the newspaper’s website, which begins: “A new $22 million system to allow soldiers and other Americans overseas to vote via the Internet is inherently insecure and should be abandoned, according to… Continue reading

You can find the table of contents for the issue here. Look next for a special symposium issue of ELJ published soon on the Supreme Court’s recent decision in McConnell v. Federal Election Commission.

NY Lawyer offers this report on election lawyer turned New Jersey Assembly member William Baroni.

Alec Ewald passes along this link to a service that charges $9.95 to assist voters in registering to vote. Alec notes that this website was the subject of a Marketplace story yesterday that noted that other organizations assist with voter… Continue reading

The Federalist Society’s Free Speech and Election Law Practice Group will host a Conference on Election Law with a panel on Provisional Ballots and another on Electioneering after McCain- Feingold. 10:00 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. Panel on Provisional Ballots Following… Continue reading

See here for information on ordering a video recording of a January 7 campaign finance panel organized by the Center for Responsive Politics.

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

You will notice that I have rearranged some of the material on the right hand side of the blog. I (1) added links to (or at least the titles of) some forthcoming articles and working papers; (2) deleted the pre-McConnell… Continue reading