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Forbes.com offers this report, which begins: It’s an executive status symbol: an assistant who schleps your dry cleaning, buys your gifts and plans your parties. Just make sure they’re not political fundraising parties. That’s the lesson from two little-noticed… Continue reading

The Union Leader offers GOP Phone Jammer Sentenced. Thanks for a reader for sending this along, along with links to this and this.

A.P. offers this report, which begins: – Mayor Buddy Dyer, a judge and two campaign workers surrendered Friday on a felony charge of paying for the collection of absentee ballots before last year’s election.”

Following up on this post in which I criticized Jonah Goldberg’s recent oped extolling the virtues of making it harder for people to vote, a blog reader writes: If the nation is “enriched” when more people vote, why not let… Continue reading

SSRC has posted A Review of Recent Controversies Concerning 2004 Presidential Exit Polls. The paper is written by Michael Traugott, Benjamin Highton, and Henry Brady. SSRC has also begun a listserv for election reform scholars which you can join… Continue reading

Jason C. Glahn has posted Bush v. Gore From Behind a Veil of Ignorance: Why Election 2000 was Ethical (and Legal Too) on SSRN (forthcoming, Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy. Here is the abstract: In this article, I… Continue reading

A.P. offers this report.

Roll Call offers this breaking news report, which begins: “In a vote with national implications, the Georgia House passed a newly proposed Congressional map this afternoon, clearing a major hurdle for state Republicans seeking to undo the lines they… Continue reading

Bob Bauer recently remarked that if “FEC Commissioner Brad Smith did not exist, members of the reform community would work hard to invent him.” In a similar spirit, I am glad that Jonah Goldberg has written this oped on ex-felon… Continue reading

The paper offers the following stories (paid subscription required): FEC May Exempt Bloggers, which begins “Amid a growing hysteria sweeping the Internet over the idea that the Federal Election Commission intends to crack down on bloggers, some FEC officials… Continue reading

Roll Call offers this report (paid subscription required), which begins: “Illinois Democrats on Capitol Hill said Wednesday they have essentially shut the door on revisiting the state

The Los Angeles Times offers this report, with the subhead: “City clerk considers changes for the May runoff as council members demand an explanation for delays in Tuesday’s vote count.”

David Broder offers this Washington Post column on Trent Lott.