Washington State’s Governor’s Race is Still Squeaking Campaign Finance: Advocacy Groups Reflect on Role in Election Report Says Problems Led to Skewing Survey Data (on exit polls)

We in the election law world get a bit more than 15 minutes of fame. We now get fame every time there is an expected close election and potential uncertainty about the rules for voting: Florida 2000, the California recall,… Continue reading

Businessweek offers these thoughts.

I have posted the flyer for the event here. This should be a good one.

The Wall Street Journal offered this editorial Wednesday, which begins: “Even before the polls closed yesterday, one big loser was already clear: the 2002 McCain-Feingold campaign finance “reform” that was supposed to cleanse our politics of ‘big money.'”

In Washington State, voters approved a new primary system, Measure I-872. In California, Proposition 62 establishing the same type of primary system (top two candidates in primary go on to general election ballot, regardless of party registration) was defeated.… Continue reading

Legal Times offers this report. I have been predicting a cert. grant in the Locke case from the 9th Circuit, and possibly in the 2d Circuit case as well.… Continue reading

In his post-election director’s report, Electionline.org’s Doug Chapin writes: “It is now abundantly clear that Election Day 2004 was a success. Record numbers of voters went to the polls, and while there were isolated problems across the nation, these problems… Continue reading

The San Francisco Chronicle offers this report, which begins: “The computer software designed to tabulate the results of San Francisco’s first election using ranked-choice voting malfunctioned Wednesday, and the outcome of contested races for district supervisor likely won’t be… Continue reading

A.P. offers this report.

So alleges Greg Palast here. I have no idea of Palast’s numbers are correct, and in particular whether he has lumped together both votes lost by the punch card machines and deliberate undervotes. I haven’t seen any undervote figures… Continue reading

I have written this oped for Law.com and The Recorder. It begins: It will be tempting for most Americans to believe that our system for running elections worked Tuesday. After all, John Kerry conceded defeat and George W. Bush no… Continue reading

Michael Hiltzik offers this column in the Business section of the Los Angeles Times.

The Weekly Standard offers this report.