Bob Bauer responds to my post on the NRA and the media exemption here.

Beginning Friday, June 18, through Monday, June 21, the election law blog, the election law listserv, and my e-mail will likely be down for extended periods for scheduled downtime maintenance. For at least some of this time, the blog will… Continue reading

A.P. offers a report that begins: “A group formed to encourage American Indian voting has ties to a defunct political action committee that gave more than $200,000 to the South Dakota Democratic Party.”

The American Political Science Association recently released a task force report, America in an Age of Rising Inequality. Norm Ornstein comments favorably on the report here. Bob Bauer is less enthusaistic here.

The New York Times reports here that “[i]n a direct challenge to federal limits on political advocacy, the National Rifle Association plans to begin broadcasting a daily radio program on Thursday to provide news and pro-gun commentary to 400,000 listeners.… Continue reading

The Denver Post offers this report, which notes: “If approved Nov. 2, the constitutional amendment would affect this year’s choice for president by immediately permitting the division of Colorado electoral votes. And it would mark the most ambitious Electoral… Continue reading

A.P. offers this report.

WSBTV (Georgia) offers this report, noting that the Supreme Court has not yet ruled on the cert petition in Larios v. Cox.

Yesterday, the Washington Post offered an editorial, “No Winks or Nods,” on the 527 issue. Today Bob Bauer responds with his own post, “Outrageous.”

The Deseret News (Utah) offers this report, which begins: “As Rep. Chris Cannon sat by, one of his aides urged any illegal aliens listening to a Spanish-language radio talk show to funnel money into his campaign by giving it… Continue reading

Leonard Shambon offers this Roll Call oped. Shambon also is the author of “Implementing the Help America Vote Act,” an article that will appear in the next issue of the Election Law Journal.

Linda Greenhouse sees one here (page 2).

The New York Times offers this report.

David Keene writes here in The Hill, offering the following theory: The problem the organizers of Republican 527 groups face today is that there aren