Sholk on Pay to Play in New Jersey
Steven Sholk has published New Rules for Local Contracts: A Guide to Navigating the Pay-to-Play Rules for Legislative, County, and Municipal Contracts in the New Jersey Law Journal (paid subscription required).
Monthly Archives: December 2005
Two Views of the DOJ’s Section 5 Texas Decision
At Findlaw, Mark Posner writes Evidence of Political Manipulation at the Justice Department: How Tom DeLay’s Redistricting Plan Avoided Voting Rights Act Disapproval. A snippet: “in this column, I’ll argue that this is not a case of an honest… Continue reading
No Ruling Yet Again in Texas Redistricting Cases
“Time to rescue political speech”
The Rocky Mountain News offers this editorial on the WRTL case pending at the Supreme Court.
“New Orleans Elections and the Civil War”
Thad Hall has this interesting post at “Election Updates.”
“Ohio Equal Voting Case Survives”
Dan Tokaji has posted this interesting item on his “Equal Vote” blog.
Thernstrom on Alito and One Person, One Vote
See this Wall Street Journal oped (paid subscription required). A snippet: “The reapportionment decisions are now what Sen. Specter calls ‘super-precedents’: There is literally zero chance that the court will revisit population equality in legislative districts. Judge Alito himself has… Continue reading
“The Number One Reform”
The NY Times ran this editorial in its NY editions on New York redistricting reform.
“Time to Reform the Presidential Primary System”
Jimmy Carter and James Baker offer this Roll Call oped (paid subscription required). A snippet:
The Carter-Baker Commission has endorsed the proposal of the National Association of Secretaries of State to create four regional primaries, held after the Iowa caucus… Continue reading
“Fixing the Game”
The NY Times offers this editorial on the leaked DOJ memos regarding Texas redistricting. On that topic, see also this Roll Call report (paid subscription required). A snippet:
Tim Storey, redistricting analyst for the National Conference of State Legislatures, said… Continue reading
“Feb. 4 Elections In New Orleans Are Postponed”
The Washington Post offers this report on a delay of 8 months in local elections approved by New Orlean’s governor.
“Gonzales Defends Approval of Texas Redistricting by Justice”
The Washington Post offers this report. See also reports here and here in the New York Times. UPDATE: See also this Dallas Morning News report, which quotes Nate Persily as follows:
Redistricting expert Nathaniel Persily, a law… Continue reading
“Regulators give press exemption to Missouri political blog”
A.P. offers this report.
“Former rep asked to drop campaign spending lawsuit”
Following up on this post, the Manchester Union leader offers this report, which begins: “Dover — The new city attorney wants a resident to drop a campaign spending suit against newly elected Councilor David Scott, saying the local… Continue reading