Howard Bashman has a nice collection of links here to stories on Friday’s California Supreme Court decision to restore Prop. 77, the redistricting initiative, to the ballot. Randy Riddle has some interesting observations (scroll down to “Proposition 77 Notes”) on… Continue reading

The FEC is engaged in new rulemaking (post Shavs v. FEC) concerning various aspects of the “electioneering communications” rules. Bob Bauer links to the general counsel’s draft and offers some commentary on the draft.

Here is the Court’s order, from the docket: Petition for review GRANTED. The judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County filed on July 22, 2005, in Lockyer v. McPherson et al. (05CS00998), directing the Secretary of State not… Continue reading

I have posted the document here. Page 19 of the petition (page 23 of the pdf) lists the relief requested by the proponents of Prop. 77. They want the Supreme Court to order Prop. 77 to appear on the… Continue reading

The SF Chronicle offers this report. Some earlier coverage of mine related to Ameriquest’s donations is here and here.

You can find it here.

The Vermont Secretary of State’s office has issued this press release. Thanks to Alec Ewald for the pointer.

The Sacramento Bee offers Ban Eyed on Outside Income, with the subhead: “Senator’s plan would have included governor’s pay as editor of muscle magazines.” In somewhat related news, the LA Times offers Tabloid’s Deal With Woman Shielded Schwarzenegger,… Continue reading

The Washington Post offers this report, which begins: “The Federal Election Commission criticized a political fund chaired by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) for misstating accounts and failing to report debts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.” Meanwhile,… Continue reading

The New Hampshire Union-Leader offers this report, which begins: “A New Hampshire member of the Republican National Committee was ‘uncomfortable’ to learn that the RNC has used its donors’ contributions to pay more than $700,000 in legal bills for… Continue reading

The newly released memos from Judge Roberts cited in this USA Today story on Judge Roberts views on voting rights while in the Reagan Administration are in fact duplicates of documents that have already been circulating. See for example this … Continue reading

You can find the AG’s answer here. I have received the RPI’s answer as well, but the file is too large for me to post on the blog. When I make alternative arrangements for posting it, I’ll add it… Continue reading

The California Secretary of State has filed this letter (via California Election Law) which explains that if the California Supreme Court decides it wants to keep Prop. 77 on display for the entire 20 day public inspection period, the… Continue reading

The SF Chronicle offers this report. One wonders if the Stones will perform “Sweet Neo-Con” that night.