This conference, sponsored by the American University,Center for Democracy and Election Management and the Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform, will take place on March 29 in Washington DC. According to an e-mail I received, speakers include “Commission members,… Continue reading

The Reform Institute has issued this press release. A snippet: “The Tarrance Group poll, conducted for the Reform Institute, shows that that 70 percent of Ohio voters support either the idea of ‘balance’ or ‘competition’ in congressional and legislative… Continue reading

Steve Rankin has this letter in the Mississippi Clarion Ledger.

See Bob Bauer’s recent post.

Roll Call offers this breaking news report (paid subscription required), which begins: “The partisan clash in the Senate over port security threw prospects for lobbying reform legislation further into doubt Thursday, after lawmakers failed to muster a two-thirds majority vote… Continue reading

From Allison Hayward’s description, this event sounded quite worthwhile. The good news is that a book should emerge from the conference.

Electionline.org has posted this story on controversies over voting machines in Maryland. It is part of a wider controversy (John Fund’s take is here) caused by politicization of the election reform process in the state.

C|NET News offers this report on HR 1606. Meanwhile Bob Bauer weighs in with a response to, among others, Joe Birkenstock.

Now Springfield is being investigated for Voting Rights Act violations by DOJ.

See here.

Writing on the election law listserv (in follow up to this earlier post), Joe Birkenstock writes (republished with permission): Well, after two days of deafening silence, I assume we can now consider at least one part of the debate… Continue reading

The Cleveland Plain Dealer offers this report, which begins: “A third employee at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections has been indicted as part of an investigation into the mishandling of ballots during the 2004 presidential recount.”

See here.

Following up on this post, I have learned that the new CRS report on earmarks is here. See also this press release on the CRS report and this press release issued today, “Senators Send Bipartisan Letter Urging the… Continue reading