Monthly Archives: January 2006

“The Right to Vote”

January 23, 2006, 5:35 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Jesse Jackson, Jr. [corrected from Sr.], has this oped in The Nation.

Breaking Supreme Court Election Law News: Supreme Court Unanimously Reverses Wisconsin Campaign Finance Case, Denies Cert in Key Judicial Elections Case, and Sets Argument Times in Remaining Campaign Finance Cases

January 23, 2006, 7:36 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WRTL: Lyle Denniston reports on SCOTUSBlog: “The Supreme Court ruled on Monday, without dissent, that it has not barred all challenges to actual operation in practice of federal campaign finance restrictions. It ordered a lower court to reconsider an “as-applied”… Continue reading

“Daniel Weintraub: Turning to the people to fix politics”

January 23, 2006, 6:10 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

See this Sacramento Bee column, which begins: “Assemblymen Keith Richman and Joe Canciamilla have long since worn out their welcome in the Legislature. Richman, a doctor from Northridge, and Canciamilla, a funeral director from Pittsburg, have tried and mostly… Continue reading

FEC to Vote on Retaining Its Existing “Agency” Definition with a Better Explanation for the Rule

January 23, 2006, 6:04 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

The draft rule and explanation is here. Commentaries from Bob Bauer and Allison Hayward.

“Close the Tribal Loophole in McCain-Feingold”

January 23, 2006, 6:02 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Roll Call offers this Guest Observer column (paid subscription required). The newspaper’s website appears to experiencing technical difficulties; at this point I cannot access this article, even to know its author.

“Wal-Mart foes to resume Rosemead recall effort”

January 23, 2006, 5:57 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Here is the latest in the post-Padilla v. Lever saga.

“How to Cure Pork: And how big government produced the Abramoff scandal.”

January 23, 2006, 5:56 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

John Fund offers this column at OpinionJournal.

“Politics Alleged In Voting Cases; Justice Officials Are Accused of Influence”

January 22, 2006, 9:20 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

This front-page article appears in Monday’s Washington Post. In other Voting Rights Act news, the Sacramento Bee offers Voting rights rules irk counties; With a 1965 law coming up for renewal, Merced is leading the charge to escape federal controls.

“As Elections Near, Officials Challenge Ballot Security; In Controlled Test, Results are Manipulated in Florida System”

January 22, 2006, 9:15 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

The Washington Post offers this report.

“As Congress Weighs Lobbying Limits, Fears That Some Perks Will Be Overlooked”

January 22, 2006, 9:13 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

The New York Times offers this report.

Judge Alito’s Views of Election Law: Clarified Only a Bit By His Written Responses to Judiciary Committee Questionnaire

January 20, 2006, 4:12 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

Howard Bashman has posted Judge Alito’s answers to certain written questions posed to him by some Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. A few of the questions from Sen. Schumer related to election law. Here is a brief summary:… Continue reading

Bush v. Gore Meets the NY Transit Authority?

January 20, 2006, 12:49 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

How long until someone asks for a recount in the NY transit worker vote that defeated the new contract offered by the MTA by a seven-vote margin out of more than 22,000 votes cast?