CNSNews reports that “Fifty-six members of the U.S. House on Friday urged House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), to fight the renewal of a provision in the Voting Rights Act that mandates multilingual ballots.” It remains to be seen… Continue reading

See this report, originally appearing in the Dallas Morning News.

See this post on Human Events Online.

Monday’s Heard on the Hill column in Roll Call (paid subscription required) explains that the reason for the confusion over the number of ballots during the recent Republican leadership election: “A recount was ordered after the official vote counters realized… Continue reading

New York State assembly member Michael Gianaris offers this oped in the New York Times. It begins: “THE decennial process of Congressional redistricting is fundamental to a functioning democracy. But unfortunately it is often abused for partisan purposes.”

Jeffrey Birnbuam offers these thoughts on lobbying reform in the Washington Post. The column begins: “Lobbying legislation will proceed one of two ways this year: a bidding war or a slow walk.”

The following announcement arrived via e-mail: Professor Martha Nussbaum, of the University of Chicago, will be presenting a university lecture on Thursday, February 16th 2006. Her lecture, “Radical Evil in Liberal Democracies: The Neglect of Political Emotions,” will be at… Continue reading

See this press release from the Brennan Center, which begins: “Today, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, along with co-counsel at the Campaign Legal Center, filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to review Avery… Continue reading

The Los Angeles Times offers this report, with the subhead: “Schwarzenegger gave Susan Kennedy $25,000 after he received that amount from AT&T. Days later, she voted to OK its merger with SBC.”

Jenner and Block has posted more amicus briefs in the Texas redistricting case, including one from Sen. Jubelirer, whose name should ring a bell for those following debates over partisan gerrymandering.

Bradley E. Heard offers this opinion column in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Meanwhile, voter i.d. is on the agenda in Pennsylvania.

2theadvocate.com offers this report, which begins: “There’s a danger the federal court will take over New Orleans elections if legislators don’t change a law so more people can absentee vote, Secretary of State Al Ater said Thursday.” See also… Continue reading

WTOL-TV reports: “COLUMBUS, Ohio The state has dropped its appeal of a lawsuit filed by Democrats to shorten long voting lines in the 2004 presidential election.” In other Ohio election-related news, the Toledo Blade offers Election law opponents may … Continue reading

This interesting post appears at “Swing State Project.” It begins: “Background: Rep. Henry Cuellar is a Bush-worshipping ‘Democrat’ who is facing former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez – a bonafide Dem – in a primary on March 7th. There’s some speculation these… Continue reading