Roll Call offers this report (paid subscription required). It begins: The Federal Election Commission recently dismissed a complaint alleging that EMILY

George Skelton offers this LA Times column.

The Los Angeles Times offers this report, with the subhead: “Measure championed by the GOP would restrict unions’ ability to put dues to political use.”

See this report from New Jersey, on GOP allegations of voter irregularities in that state. See also this very insightful post from Michael McDonald on the election law listserv.

Following up on this post Vik Amar and Ethan Leib offer this Findlaw column. They suggest that if the measure were signed by the governor, its effect would be to create a referendum to be put before the voters.

Heather Gerken has written Race (Optional): A Voting Rights Act Compromise for the New Republic.

See this Spivak & Bice column, from Milwaukee, which begins: “Politics may make strange bedfellows, but an indictment truly brings together some unlikely allies. In a recent court filing, former Senate Majority Leader Chuck Chvala, now facing 19 felony… Continue reading

The NY Sun offers this editorial.

The Sacramento Bee offers this report, which begins: “Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who’s received a rash of criticism for trying to raise the $50 million he says he needs for his special election campaign, will soon contribute several million dollars… Continue reading

See this post on the Brad Blog. UPDATE: Brad of the Brad blog writes: While I’m delighted, of course, that you posted a link to my story concerning the Homeland Security Warning of the vulnerability in the main tabulation software… Continue reading

The New York Times offers this report, which begins: ” The joke has long been that dead people vote in Hudson County, New Jersey’s legendary enclave of machine politics. But now the joke may be on New Jersey, according… Continue reading

On October 7-8, the Center for Policy Alternatives, Demos and Common Cause will host an Election Reform Conference in Columbus, Ohio (the true epicenter for election reform, apparently). According to this web page, This conference is designed to provide… Continue reading

Here is a characteristically thoughtful post by Larry Solum. Anyone interested in this topic should read his draft with David Law, “Pivotal Politics, Appointments Gridlock, and the Nuclear Option.”

Last week I suggested how President Bush could try to please his Republican base but avoid a nuclear showdown in the Senate with his next Supreme Court nomination: I now expect the President to nominate neither a Brown nor a… Continue reading