Forbes.com offers this report.

Peter Wagner, an Open Society Institute Soros Justice Fellow, has begun a website, prisonersofthecensus.org, working to quantify the redistricting impact from the Census Bureau counting urban and minority prisoners as residents of predominantly white rural towns. As part of… Continue reading

Roll Call offers this report (paid registration required). Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the article is the fact that Senator McCain has come out against fundraising by 527s intended to influence the outcome of federal elections: While McCain said… Continue reading

See this report in the Dayton Daily News. Presumably the Ohio law at issue is designed to prevent misleading speech. Is it constitutional? Bill Marshall presented a very interesting paper at the Penn symposium this weekend on the constitutionality of… Continue reading

The Los Angeles Times offered this report on February 6 regarding the decision of the Federal Election Commission to postpone consideration of an advisory opinion on the raising of money by so-called 527 organizations. See also this A.P. report from… Continue reading

The Star-Ledger (New Jersey) offers this report.

The Washington Post offered this report on Friday.

Aaron Goode offers this column in the Yale Daily News.

Dawn Turner Trice’s Chicago Tribune column with this title is here. See also this A.P. story. You can find links to my earlier coverage on the constitutionality of this “Stand By Your Ad” provision of McCain-Feingold here.

Dan Walters Sacramento Bee column with this title is here.

Dan Tokaji of Ohio State has begun the Equal Vote blog, dedicated to civil rights and voting technology issues, particularly issues related to electronic voting. I know Dan from his days at the ACLU in Southern California. He is… Continue reading

Because I’ll be at the Penn law review symposium on the law of democracy (not to mention having having breakfast with my blogging role model), blogging will be light to non-existent through the weekend.

Roll Call offers this report (paid subscription required), which begins: “Election reform leaders in Congress are calling President Bush

Flooded with comments on the draft advisory opinion on today’s FEC agenda, the FEC has decided to postpone a decision pending further review. (information via Moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com. ) Marty Lederman’s comments here explain what is at stake for many… Continue reading