I’m testifying at the April 18 hearing of the Commission on Federal Election Reform (headed by former President Jimmy Carter and fomer Secretary of State James Baker) in Washington D.C. on election administration reform. The hearing schedule is here.… Continue reading

See this Sacramento Bee column. A snippet: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, denouncing the gerrymander as undemocratic, wants to change it with a ballot measure that he hopes would lead to new districts being drawn for the 2006 elections by an… Continue reading

See here. Bob is essentially concerned that allowing regulation of disclosure would lead to other, more intrusive regulations down the line. The position is a bit ironic. It is the mirror image of the anti-circumvention rationale adopted by the… Continue reading

Over at the election law listserv, practicing election lawyer Joe Birkenstock has posted these comments, which he has given me permission to reproduce here: Mike Krempasky and now Mark Schmitt have warned of the drastic regulatory revisions they say… Continue reading

See his comments here. One correction on Supreme Court doctrine to Mark’s post: He writes: “Even after the Supreme Court ruling upholding BCRA, preventing corruption or the appearance of corruption by elected officials is the only justification for regulating… Continue reading

The LA Times offers this front-page report, with the subhead: “Dozens of members of Congress have paid relatives for campaign work, records show. The practice, though legal, is coming under scrutiny.”

See this news from New Jersey.

Bob Bauer here on the presidential public financing system.

Law.com offers this report.

See here. I have suggested Congressional action is fairly likely in this regard.

Don’t miss this article in the Bay Guardian. Thanks to Ned Wigglesworth for the pointer. UPDATE: And don’t miss this piece on how bloggers are being paid to generate traffic to their sites.

The Akron Beacon-Journal offers this report, which begins: “Erie County Prosecutor Kevin J. Baxter is investigating whether the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections broke the law in its recount of ballots from the November presidential election.” According to the… Continue reading

See here and here.

A.P. offers this report on a decision I analyzed yesterday.