The Los Angeles Times offers this report, with the subhead: “The governor’s plan to take redistricting from lawmakers could make more political races competitive. It’s unclear which party would gain.”

See this link for the following articles from Vol. 6, Issue 3 (Dec. 2004): * Campaign Contributions and Congressional Voting on Tobacco Policy, 2980-2000, John Wright * The (Sometimes Surprising) Consequences of Societally Unrepresentative Contributors on Legislative Responsiveness, Michael Bailey… Continue reading

I have revised my forthcoming Southern California Law Review article, “Rethinking the Unconstitutionality of Contribution and Expenditure Limits in Ballot Measure Campaigns,” to include newer campaign finance informaton on Gov. Schwarzenegger’s political committees. The latest draft is here, and… Continue reading

Following up on this post, here is a link to the opinion of the Supreme Court of North Carolina in a provisional ballot “wrong precinct” case. Thanks to a reader for passing the link along.

The Sacramento Bee story is here. McPherson is a centrist Republican. From the article: “McPherson said he didn’t know if he would run for a full term in 2006, but noted that the governor did not make that a… Continue reading

See this analysis.

See this Seattle Weekly column.

St. Louis Today offers this report, which begins: “A St. Louis jury found former Operation Big Vote head Nonaresa Montgomery guilty Thursday of lying to a grand jury investigating thousands of fraudulent voter registration cards turned in before the… Continue reading

See this Sacramento Bee column. A snippet: “Is it somehow better, from a public interest standpoint, that Schwarzenegger stage an elaborate charade of noninvolvement in the supposedly independent committee? Of course not. The ballot measures almost certainly will proceed,… Continue reading

The Los Angeles Times offers this report.

See here.

The Union Leader (NH) offers this report, which begins: “The New Hampshire House passed a bill yesterday that will change the procedures independent voters follow after they vote in primary elections. House Bill 154, which now heads the state… Continue reading

The Washington Post offers this report.

See this BNA report (paid subscription required).