A.P. has now picked up on the issue, with this story of the rumor denial by the woman named in some British tabloids. UPDATE: The BBC reports on the New York Times and Washington Post decisions so far to ignore… Continue reading

I missed blogging this report from last week.

In response to my post here, several readers have written to explain that Oregon allows payments to signature gatherers but prevents payments per signature. Apparently, the belief is that per signature payment led to fraud and forgery. See this … Continue reading

See here.

Prompted by this post with news out of Ohio last week, the Election Law listserv had a brief discussion on the constitutionality and potential desirability of regulating false or misleading campaign speech. (See Dan Lowenstein’s initial post here.) In… Continue reading

The Los Angeles Times offers this report. See also Ballot May Be a Puzzle; Measures with similar themes and titles are likely to confuse voters, campaign leaders fear.

The New York Times offers this editorial.

See this Washington Post article. Chair Smith’s draft AO is here. Additional analysis from Marty Lederman is here. Smith’s decision here likely means that there will not be a majority of the FEC willing at this point… Continue reading

See this New York Times article, which is noteworthy especially for the graphics available on the article’s sidebar.

The New York Times offers this report.

See this news from Payson, Arizona about ballot order litigation.

See this report out of Florida.

See this Sacramento Bee report.

See here.