As many readers of this blog know, I have argued that in certain circumstances, it makes sense for the Supreme Court to announce murky (or judicially unmanageable) standards when creating new election rules. Such rules, among other things, give the… Continue reading

You can find it here.

Yesterday the Ninth Circuit decided Caruso v. Yamhill County, upholding an Oregon requirement that ballot measures proposing local option taxes include a statement: “This measure may cause property taxes to increase more than three percent.” The court rejected a… Continue reading

Dan Tokaji has the details here.

I have just received a copy of Adam Raviv, “Unsafe Harbors: One Person, One Vote and Partisan Redistricting,” 7 University of Pa. Journal of Constitutional Law 1001 (2005). I look forward to reading it.

See here. The e-mail notice I received along with this comment notes: “With this installment, Election Law @ Moritz resumes its regularly scheduled series of Weekly Comments. As a new feature this academic year, from time to time we… Continue reading

AP offers this report, which begins: “Opponents of a new Georgia law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls are planning a federal court lawsuit challenging the measure, which they fear will lower voter turnout.”

See here. The measure, Prop. 77, has 32% in favor, 46% opposed, and 22% undecided.

Roll Call offers At Poli Sci Convo, Even The Wonks Are Bored, a particularly unflattering story about last week’s APSA meetings (paid subscription required).

Having correctly predicted on Saturday night that President Bush would nominate John Roberts to be the Chief, I thought I would press my luck and make a few more predictions. Democrats will not oppose Roberts for Chief. Though there was… Continue reading

With the sad news of the death of Chief Justice Rehnquist, thoughts have already turned to his possible successor. (Update: See also Lyle Denniston’s speculation.) In conversations at the APSA meetings this past week (before the Chief’s death), I… Continue reading

You can find the statement of reasons posted here. The statement notes that the AO has created a lot of “heat.” That is evident from the heated debate taking place on the electio law listserv over the Toner-Mason statement … Continue reading

Ed Packard, writing on the Alabama Election Administration Blog, offers these thoughts and a link to the DOJ letter discussed by Dan Tokaji regarding Arizona’s voter i.d. laws.

Don’t miss this fascinating post by Dan Tokaji. See also this A.P. report.