Today, researchers at UC Berkeley are holding a press conference raising questions about electronic voting in Florida 2004 [NOTE: An earlier version of post said 2000]. From the media advisory: A research team at UC Berkeley will report that irregularities… Continue reading

A.P. offers this report.

Here is a draft of Justice Breyer’s Tanner lecture delivered at Harvard Law School. At page 10, he begins a discussion of campaign finance reform, which looks like a continuation of his earlier work justifying the Court’s upholding such laws… Continue reading

See this story from Louisiana, about a possible lawsuit under the Voting Rights Act for the Democratic Party’s failure to include an African-American candidate’s name on a flyer mailed to voters.

See this San Francisco Chronicle report. See also Foundation Will Pay Governor’s Hotel Tab in the Sacramento Bee. The Chronicle article notes that new regulations have kicked into place Nov. 3 limiting contributions to ballot measure committees controlled by… Continue reading

This opinion in Green Party v. New York State Board of Elections was posted today. A snippet: In the district court, plaintiffs challenged the constitutionality of New York State’s voter enrollment scheme, in particular Election Law

A.P. offers this report.

I have posted this draft of an article I will present at the Conference on Direct Democracy Jan. 14 and 15 in Irvine. The article will appear in Volume 78, No. 4 (May 2004) of the Southern California Law Review.… Continue reading

Knight-Ridder offers this report. Here is a snippet: Scalia, who was at Rackham Auditorium to speak on the philosophy of constitutional interpretation, was asked by a member of the audience whether, if he had the chance, he would revisit… Continue reading

This article in Roll Call (paid subscription required) notes that House Administration Chair Bob Ney (R-Ohio) plans to examine both issues next year. It is far from clear that this Congress will do anything on 527s, the broken public financing… Continue reading

If the incumbent mayor of San Diego ends up ahead in the vote counting there over a write-in candidate who had been leading, the write-in candidate is likely to sue over the decision of San Diego elections officials not to… Continue reading

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Anne Applebaum writes this Washington Post column.

The Washington Post offers this article on a proposed rule change that will allow Tom DeLay to keep his leadership post, even if he is indicted by a grand jury for fundraising issues connected to the Texas re-redistricting.