Hanoch Dagan has posted The Currency of Democratic Participation on SSRN. I read this piece in draft, and it is a must read for anyone interested in issues of campaign finance reform, equality, and vouchers. Here is the abstract: Campaign… Continue reading

I’m off to DC to meet with some folks at the National Academies of Sciences on voting reform issues. I’m having trouble with blogging from my Treo, so regular blogging likely will resume some time Tuesday.

Today’s Washington Post features Justice Staff Saw Texas Districting As Illegal; Voting Rights Finding On Map Pushed by DeLay Was Overruled. The newspaper also posted the 73-page document here. This comes on the heels of this earlier Post … Continue reading

The Detroit Free-Press offers this report, which begins: “Faced with a Detroit election riddled with missing votes, computer glitches and allegations of vote tampering, the Wayne County Board of Canvassers agreed Thursday to recount the contentious race for mayor.”

A.P. offers this report. No word in the report on whether the President supports any changes to the preclearance criteria.

Here. I assume civil rights groups are already preparing their complaints.

The New York Times editorializes in its favor. You can find the text of the measure here. This is a long and complex bill that I have not had a chance to analyze. I have heard some complain that… Continue reading

See here.

See here. This is a nice looking page and easy to follow for those interested in election reform.

Following up on this post, noting this Illinois appellate opinion holding an initiative unenforceable due to a faulty Chinese translation of the ballot materials, this Illinois appellate court opinion reaches the opposite conclusion. According to the latter court: “If… Continue reading

See this letter. I am obviously pleased that this issue is getting the Judiciary Committee’s attention, though I think Sen. Specter’s connection of one person, one vote with Shaw v. Reno is a bit of an odd way of… Continue reading

Check out page 9 of this pdf, which contains both the final version of the Fired Up! Advisory Opinion issued by the FEC and a concurring opinion by Commissioners Thomas and MacDonald. For some criticism of the move in… Continue reading

See here, here, and here.