The LA Daily News offers this report on independent spending in the LA mayor’s race. See also this LA Times report.

See this very interesting column in this morning’s LA Times.

See coverage from Dan Tokaji and A.P. The always valuable Electionline.org has posted the ES&S complaint.

New York Newsday offers this report.

Samples has written this oped in the Washington Times, which concludes: “he current effort to restrict 527s betrays Republican principles, especially their repeated commitment to limited, constitutional government. The Republican party along with Democrats and everyone else are better off… Continue reading

See here.

A.P. offers this report. Howard Bashman links to the en banc oral argument audio.

Patricia Funk has posted this article on SSRN. Here is the abstract: I, for the first time, empirically investigate whether passing a law affects behavior even if it is not or hardly enforced (expressive function of law). With Swiss panel… Continue reading

New Scientist offers this report.

See this news update.

Following up on this post, David J. Becker writes on the election law listserv that new voter i.d. rules in Georgia and Indiana may be open to attack if defended by the state as a valid anti-fraud measure because… Continue reading

The New York Times offers this report. See also Give D.C. a Vote (Roll Call oped–paid subscription required).

Roll Call offers this report (paid subscription required), which begins: “Democrats are growing increasingly concerned that legislation aimed at curtailing the activities of largely unregulated 527 groups will cripple their voter registration and turnout efforts in the 2006 election and… Continue reading

See here. The writer states that he is preparing a formal response to the FEC rulemaking on behalf of the founder of Daily Kos, Atrios, and others. Here is what I find most signficicant. The writer asks for reactions… Continue reading