See Ned Foley’s Electionlaw@Moritz comment, Federal Courts Should Not Run State Elections, on League of Women Voters v. Blackwell. Foley suggests the case may be quite significant.

Capitol Weekly offers this report. Link via Rough & Tumble.

The Sacramento Bee offers this report, which begins: “Secretary of State Bruce McPherson said Wednesday he will create a new office to test voting technology and will require future machines to undergo an Election Day simulation comparable to one… Continue reading

The New York Times offers this report. A snippet: Many politicians are also keeping a close eye on population movement within the state. Within 48 hours after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, Baton Rouge became Louisiana’s largest city, doubling to… Continue reading

The AARP Bulletin offfers this report.

See this Arizona Republic report, which begins: “The Citizens Clean Election Commission on Tuesday stood by its ruling that a freshman lawmaker who overspent his publicly funded campaign budget to get elected must step down and pay heavy fines.”

See this George Will column.

See these interesting comments.

NPR’s Morning Edition offers this report. It is described on the website as follows: “has been growing between career lawyers and political appointees in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. Now the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding confirmation hearings… Continue reading

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President Bush’s decision to nominate White House Counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court to replace Justice O’Connor is puzzling, in at least a few ways. First, the timing is odd. The President announced the nomination just before ceremonies for… Continue reading

The Toledo Blade offers this report on an initiative to change the method of election administration in Ohio.

The editorial includes the following paragraph: Last week the court agreed to hear a pair of campaign finance cases that invite it to rewrite settled law on the regulation of money in politics. In one, Vermont is trying to enforce… Continue reading

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution offers this report.