The Houston Chronicle offers this report, which begins: “A national conservative group is asking federal prosecutors to drop an investigation into the financial activities of a political committee founded by U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land.”
The Los Angeles Times offers this report, with the subhead: “Supporters of an initiative that would bar illegal immigrants from receiving many public services announced Monday that they had failed to qualify the measure for the ballot.”
The Washington Post offers this report, which begins: “Public watchdog groups have criticized Republicans for using a charitable group to help host lavish parties at this summer’s presidential nominating convention, but Democrats are now employing the same strategy.”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal offers this report, which begins: “A watchdog group filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission against Republican Senate candidate Mel Martinez on Monday, saying the former U.S. Housing secretary benefited from a luncheon held… Continue reading
Following up on this post, Kentucky election officials announced they will seek cert. in Anderson v. Spear. See here. Thanks to Ed Feigenbaum for the pointer.
Joseph Birkenstock, formerly with the DNC and now special counsel at Smith Kaufman LLP, will be teaching a course on the Law of Politics as an adjunct this fall at Pepperdine Law School.
The San Francisco Examiner offers this editorial on a Green Party candidate’s struggle to get on the ballot in San Francisco. Thanks to Richard Winger for the pointer.
Carolina Academic Press has posted an announcement for Daniel Hays Lowenstein and Richard L. Hasen, Election Law–Cases and Materials (3rd edition), due out in time for fall classes:
The revised third edition of Election Law adds to the second… Continue reading
On April 21st, the Los Angeles Daily Journal published my oped on the potential for voting technology problems in November. I have posted it with the permission of the newspaper.
See this New York Times article on a proposal in the Florida legislature to submit to the voters a proposed constitutional amendment to limit Florida voters’ chance to further amend their constitution.
As I recall from some research I did… Continue reading
Marty Lederman notes here that the Supreme Court has granted review in Leake v. North Carolina Right to Life and remanded the case for reconsideration in light of its recent campaign finance decision in McConnell v. FEC. UPDATE: Here is… Continue reading