“FEC Extends Press Exemption to Blogs”
Roll Call offers this report (paid subscription required). My earlier coverage is here.
Monthly Archives: November 2005
“Voting Cases Could Shape Debate Over Alito”
The Wall Street Journal offers this report, with the subhead: “Court Nominee’s Views on Reapportionment Decisions Puzzle Scholars, Anger His Critics.” I had predicted last Monday that this issue would become important once the 1985 document was released expressing… Continue reading
NYT Editorial on the FEC and Recess Appointments
See here.
“Georgia GOP challenging Voting Rights Act renewal, likely in vain”
A.P. offers this report.
“In Canada, regular folks are put to work on reforms”
Steven Hill offers this oped in the San Jose Mercury News.
“No Exit? The Roberts Court and the Future of Election Law”
I have posted this draft article on SSRN. This is still a work in progress, and comments are welcome. Here is the abstract:
This article, prepared for a symposium on voting rights in the South Carolina Law Review, examines the… Continue reading
“Voter ID memo stirs tension”
This Atlanta Journal-Constitution report, following up on a Washington Post report that I covered yesterday, begins: “The chief sponsor of Georgia’s voter identification law told the Justice Department that if black people in her district ‘are not paid to… Continue reading
Significant FEC Advisory Opinion Gives Breathing Room for Election-Related Blogging, For Now
Yesterday the FEC approved by a 5-0 vote Advisory Opinion 2005-16 (Fired Up!). This development apparently received no coverage yet in the mainstream media, though you can find good analysis in the blogosphere by Adam Bonin, Bob Bauer,… Continue reading
“Lawmakers Still Spinning Wheels on Campaign Finance Reform”
See this report from Connecticut.
“Texas Republicans Agree to Limit Use of Corporate Funds”
The Washington Post offers this report.
Election Law Journal 4:4 Now Available; Preview of ELJ 5:1
You can find the table of contents for the final issue of volume 4 of the Election Law Journal here. Look for ELJ 5:1 in January, featuring Frederick Baumgartner on papal elections, Mike Alvarez, Betsy Sinclair, and Rick Hasen… Continue reading
“Alito disagreed with court decisions on reapportionment”
The Boston Globe offers this report.
New Study of State Public Financing Laws
The following announcement arrived via e-mail from the Center for Governmental Studies:
In the last two years, residents witnessed campaign finance scandals in Connecticut and Tennessee along with record-breaking fundraising campaigns in the New Jersey gubernatorial elections, New York City’s… Continue reading
“High Court May Review Judicial Elections”
The National Law Journal offers this report. In even more chilling news, the Sacramento Bee offers Bid to punish judges has eye on state, which begins: “An initiative providing for the ouster and criminal indictment of judges who… Continue reading