For those of you who did not have enough of the pre-McConnell debates between Ohio State law professor Edward Foley and Democratic election lawyer Robert Bauer on the constitutionality of certain provisions of McCain-Feingold, there’s more. The new debate started… Continue reading

Barnes and Noble now has my book back in stock (and is selling it at a 20% discount off the list price). Amazon.com still shows it as unavailable but I understand that this will be changing soon. You can find… Continue reading

The Hill offers this report. And on the same topic as this post, The Hill offers In Michigan, Dems Bring Booth to Voters.

See this report in USA Today. See also Electronic-Voting Critics Get Unusual Support from Labor in the Oakland Tribune.

Pam Karlan has posted to SSRN Convictions and Doubts: Retribution, Representation, and the Dispute Over Felon Disenfranchisement. Here is the abstract: The tenor of the debate over felon disenfranchisement has taken a remarkable turn. After a generation of essentially… Continue reading

Marc Cooper has written this column on campaign finance, which originally appeared in the L.A. Weekly.

Today’s issue features House Trio to offer D.C. Voting Rights Bill in 2004, G.O.P. Texas Makeover Well Underway, and Bauer Updates Book on Soft-Money Rules. Paid subscription required to access these articles.

See this Los Angeles Times article on a Carson, California election contest, which begins: “On election day last March, Julie Raber, then a candidate for the Carson City Council, was so grateful to poll workers that she donned her Sunday… Continue reading

Nan Aron has this letter to the editor in the Washington Post.

The New York Times featured this lengthy editorial and promises of more to come on issues relating to the “mechanics of democracy” including voter technology, voter participation, and competitive elections.

As this blog has covered, one of the big issues facing the FEC (and probably soon thereafter, the courts) is the extent to which so-called “527 organizations” may be regulated under the FECA. One of the key questions will be… Continue reading

Tomorrow’s New York Times “Week in Review” will feature this short item. Anyone wanting more information on the legal and policy issues surrounding internet voting (besides questions of fraud and security) may wish to consult Volume 34, Number 3… Continue reading

Larry Solum’s Legal Theory Blog is the place to go for analysis of the constitutionality and the normative policy issues surrounding the recess appointment of Judge Pickering to the appellate court. His most recent post is here, linking to… Continue reading

“Beldar” (Bill Dyer) of the Beldar Blog collects news stories about the Texas redistricting suit and offers some detailed analysis of what it means for the pending Supreme Court redistricting case of Vieth v. Jubelirer here. He writes: I… Continue reading