You can find the table of contents for the January 2006 issue of the Election Law Journal here. (The book review by John Hibbing is of Thad Kousser’s new book on term limits—though that is not clear from the… Continue reading

NVRI has this wonderful page collecting all the briefs filed in the Vermont spending limits case. I have only had a chance to glance at some of the briefs so far, but I was especially interested to see what the… Continue reading

This is a first for this blog. See Michael J. Ushkow, Judiical Supervision of Campaign Information: A Proposal to Stop the Dangerous Erosion of Madison’s Design for Actual Representation, 34 Hofstra L. Rev. 263, 287 n.201 (2005) (available on Westlaw… Continue reading

Lou Dubose has posted this analysis of the Texas redistricting controversy at Tompaine.com.

AEI has posted section 5-related studies of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, Texas, and Louisiana. According to the site: “The authors of these studies, Prof. Keith Gaddie of the Univ. of Oklahoma and Prof. Charles Bullock of the Univ. of Georgia,… Continue reading

Jurist offers this post, with links to the relevant documents.

The New Orleans Times-Picayune offers this report, which begins: “A group of Lower 9th Ward leaders and the community group ACORN filed a federal lawsuit Thursday seeking major changes in Louisiana’s plans to hold elections this spring for New… Continue reading

See the third item in this Washington Post roundup of Maryland political news. It begins: “Senate Republicans yesterday accused an official at the nonpartisan State Board of Elections of violating his pledge of impartiality by helping Democrats pass legislation to… Continue reading

Indian Country Today offers this report.

In a unanimous unpublished opinion, a California appellate court has rejected a request by a losing candidate for Riverside County supervisor for access to electronic voting records. According to this news story, the candidate “had complained that the… Continue reading

The ABA E-Journal offers this report. Thanks to Steven Sholk for the pointer.

The New York Times offers this editorial on voting rights in Pennsylvania.

While at Brookings yesterday, I picked up a copy of Party Lines: Competition, Partisanship, and Congressional Redistricting, edited by Tom Mann and Bruce Cain. It looks to be an interesting read. Here is the description: The legitimacy of the… Continue reading

The following announcement has arrived via e-mail: From March 24-26, The Yale Law Journal will be hosting a symposium on executive power titled The Most Dangerous Branch? Mayors, Governors, Presidents, and The Rule of Law. It will cover a wide… Continue reading