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Monthly Archives: April 2004
Kerry, Third Party Funds Blow Away Bush”
UPI offers this report.
Beldar Blog on Coverage of the Texas Redistricting Case
See here.
Brookings Redistricting Conference web page
A web page for “Competition, Partisanship, and Congressional Redistricting,” the conference held at Brookings last Friday, is now available. A webcast and four of the five papers presented at the conference are available here. Alan Murphy of Brookings writes:… Continue reading
“No Vote, No Power”
See this article on Alternet by Ludovic Blain.
“Questions Raised Over 2003 Election”
See this news out of Indiana. Thanks to Rick Dietz for the pointer.
Noble Replies to Bauer on Bauer-Smith Exchange
Following up on this post, Larry Noble sent the following message to the election law listserv, and gave me permission to post his message here:
I don
Western Knight Center seminar on covering campaign finance
A few weeks ago I participated in a symposium for journalists held at USC-UC Berkeley’s Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism. A number of other campaign finance specialists participated as well. You can find general information here and some Powerpoint… Continue reading
Bauer on my oped calling for public financing
See here, where Bob writes that “there is no basis for the belief that in the current circumstances, or any time soon, a workable political majority for public financing will develop.” I agree that this is true on the… Continue reading
Election law entry level hires
Chicago has hired Adam Cox and USD has hired David Law. (See here, Larry Solum’s list in construction of entry level hires.) Both Cox and Law are very promising election law scholars. If you have more information on other… Continue reading
“BUSH-CHENEY 2000 TO PAY $90,000 CIVIL PENALTY”
The Federal Election Commission posted this press release. From the press release: ” According to the conciliation agreement, Bush
Petition for Rehearing Denied in Majors v. Abell
See here (docket entry for 4/7/04). This is an important case on the constitutionality of campaign finance disclosure laws post-McConnell. The original Seventh Circuit opinion is here. I do not know if the plaintiffs will file a petition for… Continue reading
“Western Democrats Eye Revival”
Roll Call offers this article (paid subscription required), which begins: “A new regional party committee called Democrats for the West is seeking guidance from the Federal Election Commission on how the 527 group fits into the campaign finance regulatory scheme… Continue reading
“Diebold Knew of Legal Risks”
The Oakland Tribune offers this report, with the following subhead: “Attorneys warned firm that use of uncertified vote-counting software violated state law.”