See this Atlanta Journal-Constitution oped, which concludes: “However, even this version of the bill is unlikely to pass muster [with the federal courts], since Republicans still lack any proof whatsoever of the widespread fraud they claim to be fighting.… Continue reading

See Hill Weighs Curbs on Lobbying; More Disclosure, Ban on Sponsored Trips Under Consideration and Lobbyists’ Emergence Reflects Shift in Capital Culture.

The New York Times offers this report, which begins: “The federal Justice Department has threatened to sue New York State over its failure to modernize its voting system, saying New York ‘is further behind’ every other state in complying… Continue reading

The New York Times offers Texas Redistricting Is One More Hurdle for DeLay. A snippet: “The redistricting led to the loss of six Democratic seats in Texas in 2004, but it also shifted thousands of Democratic voters to strong… Continue reading

Jim Bopp, who is representing parties seeking to strike down the campaign finance laws in the WRTL and Vermont spending limits cases, has written this Wall Street Journal oped on the cases.

Via Campaign for the Court and SCOTUSblog, it appears that Sen. Grassley asked Judge Alito about his 1985 job application’s statement about the Warren Court’s reapportionment decisions. According to Campaign for the Court, “Alito reiterated that he thought one-man,… Continue reading

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: “Georgia lawmakers convened their 2006 session Monday and quickly pushed forward a new voter identification bill, rekindling last year’s fiery debate over voting rights and fraud at the polls. House Republican leaders’ revised proposal would… Continue reading

The anonymous blogger Centerman, who knows a great deal about campaign finance law and blogs here is interviewed by Matt Johnston here. Centerman often has interesting perspectives on election law issues, though I’ve thought it incorrect for him to… Continue reading

Michael Munger (Political Science, Duke) has written a commentary, Unintended Consequences 1, Good Intentions 0 for “The Library of Economics and Liberty.” A snippet: BCRA has been a failure even for supporters of spending restrictions, like Rep. Meeks and dozens… Continue reading

Steven Huefner has written this interesting commentary for the OSU election law website.

Andrew Gelman, one of the authors of this brief offers these additional thoughts on his blog, Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science.

Nola.com offers this report.

The Baltimore Sun offers this report.

You can find the video here.