The Wall Street Journal offers this report on yesterday’s orders by the Supreme Court agreeing to hear two election law cases. Thanks to Steven Sholk for the pointer (See here for links to my earlier commentary on these cases).
You… Continue reading
Heather Gerken offers this commentary at The New Republic Online (free, but registration required). It begins:
Yesterday, the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) released the results of a national study of election practices. Created in the wake of the 2000 presidential… Continue reading
Spencer Overton has written this Roll Call commentary (paid subscription required). It begins:
In unveiling the Carter-Baker Election Reform Commission
You can find it here. Meanwhile, there were some news reports yesterday about the Rose Institute report on Prop. 77. See the articles Google has aggregated here.
The Miami Herald offers this report, with the subhead: “The Florida Division of Elections has ruled that third-party groups are not affected by most campaign finance limits. The ruling means they can fund ads that do not explicitly endorse… Continue reading
See this report from California, which begins: “Elections officials across California are waging 11th-hour opposition to using paper records for verifying electronic ballots, partly arguing that the printouts
Robbin Stewart pointed me to this BBC News report, about The Gallup International Voice of the People Poll 2005. One of the questions asked around the world is “Are your elections free and fair?” The article reported that 55%… Continue reading
In its order issued this morning, the Supreme Court agreed to hear two campaign finance cases, one involving spending limits in Vermont legislative races (Sorrell), and the other involving corporate expenditures on “genuine issue ads” during the election season (WRTL).… Continue reading