A.P. offers this report, which begins: “State officials were smart to abandon a disputed list designed to take felons off the voter rolls

A.P. offers this report.

The Washington Post offers this report, which begins: “In May 2001, Enron’s top lobbyists in Washington advised the company chairman that then-House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) was pressing for a $100,000 contribution to his political action committee, in… Continue reading

Bob Bauer has posted his comments here. If others who will be testifying send me a link to their comments, I’ll update this post.

See here.

The Oakland Tribune offers this report, which begins: “In a lawsuit unsealed Friday, electronic voting critics charge that Diebold Election Systems Inc. gained its first major West Coast sale by misleading Alameda County about the security and legality of… Continue reading

The Washington Post offers this report.

See this New York Times report. A few snippets: Of nearly 48,000 Florida residents on the felon list, only 61 are Hispanic. By contrast, more than 22,000 are African-American….In a presidential-election battleground state that decided the 2000 race by… Continue reading

The New York Times offers this editorial (part of its Making Votes Count series), which begins: “Elections should not be managed by partisan politicians. Right now, a major flaw in the American electoral system is that the top election… Continue reading

Mickey Kaus has been blogging here (and scroll up) on whether John Kerry could easily get around rules that prevent him from spending money he’s raising now during the general election period if Kerry opts for public financing. I think… Continue reading

A.P. offers this report.

Joshua Spivak writes this Chicago Tribune oped, “The vestigial tail of U.S. politics; The political conventions are coming and they’re turning out to be expensive sleeping pills.”

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel offers Name Recognition Cuts Both Ways for Darrow; Campaign Law May Limit Car Dealership Ads.”

You can find it here.