Mike Pitts, currently a visit assistant professor at Nebraska, has taken a tenure track position at Indiana University-Indianapolis. Christian Grose moved to Vanderbilt University this year (assistant professor of political science) this year from Lawrence University (asst. prof. in government).… Continue reading

AP offers this report.

Jose Enrique Idler has written this National Review Online column. It ends: “The VRA’s linguistic provisions will most likely be renewed. But we shouldn’t believe that multilingual ballots are a sign of political integration. In a society with many… Continue reading

Craig Hines has written this column for the Houston Chronicle.

See this press release, which begins: New York, NY — Today, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law released new research suggesting that improper implementation of statewide voter registration databases required under the Help America Vote… Continue reading

Ned Foley has this post concluding the recent electronic roundtable on the Vermont and Texas cases.

Michael McDonald has this article on the American Prospect website.

USA Today offers this very important report.

Roll Call offers this report (paid subscription required), which begins: “The FBI is investigating allegations that a former top official at the Federal Election Commission tried to settle a sexual harassment complaint from a female staffer by attempting to misappropriate… Continue reading

The Los Angeles Times offers this report, which begins: “San Bernardino County prosecutors are investigating a signature collection firm that submitted thousands of flawed voter registration forms on behalf of the county’s Republican Party, authorities said. The district attorney’s… Continue reading

The Sarasota Herald Tribune reports: “Already trying to avoid the media, Longboat Key Republican Katherine Harris is now canceling campaign stops in Southwest Florida as questions swirl about her ties to a Washington, D.C., defense contractor at the center… Continue reading

The Washington Post offers this report. What is the theory to get around the Supreme Court’s striking down of the earlier line item veto as unconstitutional in Clinton v. NY? Lyle Denniston offers some clues. Here is a… Continue reading

Roll Call offers this report (paid subscription required). A snippet: “Senate Democrats are considering a slew of amendments to toughen the measure in areas where it falls short of the Democratic plan. The likely proposals fall under four categories: slowing… Continue reading

James Sample has written this Slate commentary on yesterday’s cert. denial in the Supreme Court in the Avery v. State Farm case. A snippet: “The statistics illustrate that the public intuitively knows what constitutional theorists strive to prove—that judicial independence… Continue reading