Selective Prosecution in Absentee Ballot Case from Florida?
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Monthly Archives: April 2005
“New CFI Study: Voters in Dark on Senate Contributions”
The Campaign Finance Institute has posted this study, with the headline: “3 Days before 2004 Election, Voters Were in the Dark about 85% of Contributions to U.S. Senate Candidates Since July. Senators Exempt Selves from Federal Electronic Filing Requirements,… Continue reading
RNC Chair on Section 5 Renewal
Jeff Wice sends along the following from an NPR Interview with Ken Mehlman (on Ken Gordon show, April 1, 2005):
GORDON: Let me ask you this. When the president isn’t clear on what the voting rights extension is, when we… Continue reading
San Francisco Blogging Regulation Update
Fight Over Petition Payment Rules in Ohio
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“Judging Partisan Gerrymanders Under the Elections Clause”
Jamal Greene has written this very interesting student note for the Yale Law Journal.
Campaign Spending Limit Upheld in Student Elections
See this news from Montana. I have a pdf copy of the ruling, but it is too large to post. Contact Lisa Danetz at NVRI if you want a copy.
My paper on U.S. election administration reform
I have just posted Beyond the Margin of Litigation: Reforming U.S. Election Administration to Avoid Electoral Meltdown, 62 Washington and Lee L. Rev (forthcoming 2005). Here is the abstract:
In the 2004 presidential election, the United States came much… Continue reading
More on Pew
Martin Morse Wooster has written Too Good to Be True; Certain organizations–Pew is one–are routinely treated as benign and neutral, beyond partisan politics. They’re not for OpinionJournal.com.
“No Rest for the Elected”
The Los Angeles Times offers this front-page report.
“Feingold Using Leadership PAC to Raise Profile”
AP offers this report, which begins: “U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, whose name has become synonymous with campaign finance reform, is raising both his profile and thousands of dollars with his new leadership political action committee.”
“Companies bypass campaign caps”
The Baltimore Sun offers this report, with the subhead: ” Developer leads donors in use of related entities to spread political funds; Bill to close loophole languishes.” See also Other states act to prohibit, limit corporate contributions.
Cert Denied in 4th Circuit Influence District Case
Included in today’s Supreme Court order list is a denial of cert. in Hall v. Virginia (cert petition here), which raised the following question: “Whether minority plaintiffs challenging electoral districts under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 42… Continue reading
The Papal Election and the “Nuclear Option”
The New Republic Online has published my oped on the papal election (free registration required). It begins:
In the upcoming papal election, as in all elections, the rules of the game help determine the winner. And recent changes in those… Continue reading