Monthly Archives: March 2006
Tillman on Ross’s Defense of the Electoral College
Here is Seth Tillman’s book review of Tara Ross, Enlightened Democracy: The Case for the Electoral College.
Washington State Supreme Court Strikes Down Law Requiring Unions to Use Opt-in Method To Collect Union Dues for Political Purposes
You can find the opinion in Wash. ex rel. Pub. Disclosure Comm’n v. Wash. Educ. Ass’n, Wash., No. 74268-5 here (there is a dissent, but I can’t find it on Findlaw and the Washington state court website appears to be… Continue reading
“Elections chief initiates propositions reform”
The Oakland Tribune offers this report from California. A snippet: “Secretary of State Bruce McPherson and lawmakers, backed by the League of Women Voters, pitched a bipartisan package of initiative-revamp bills that would let the Legislature adopt a proposition, avoiding… Continue reading
“Rules Weighed for Online Political Campaigning”
NPR offers this audio report.
“New Orleans elections jeopardized again”
A.P. offers this brief report saying there is a new federal court challenge to delay the voting in New Orleans.
McClellan Briefing Mentions Voting Rights Act
From yesterday’s press briefing at the White House:
Q Scott, tomorrow, Reverend Jessie Jackson, Bruce Gordon — and Al Sharpton are holding a press conference basically saying the Justice Department blessed an illegal election, an illegal arrangement, saying that the… Continue reading
“Sections of the Voting Rights Act will soon need reauthorization”
Indian Country Today offers this report.
Loyola Server Maintenance
Blogging may be delayed today. We’ll see how things go.
Federal District Courty Enjoins Monterey Initiative on Grounds that Initiative Petitions Were Not Circulated in English and Spanish, Thereby Violating the Voting Rights Act
Here is the decision in “In Re County of Monterey Initiative Matter.” It follows the Ninth Circuit’s controversial decision in Padilla v. Lever holding that recall petitions must be circulated in languages other than English to comply with the language… Continue reading
Breaking News: Florida Supreme Court Keeps Redistricting Measure Off the Ballot on Single Subject Grounds
In the second single subject ruling today (there may be more that I am not aware of), the Florida Supreme Court has barred an important redistricting initiative from appearing on the ballot. The Court held the measure violated the single… Continue reading
“Redistricting Plan a Long Shot, but a Promise Is a Promise”
George Skelton has written this LA Times commentary.
“Carter, Baker discuss proposed election reforms; ‘Centrist consensus’ includes photo IDs, paper receipts”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution offers this report.
“FEC Still Set to Consider Internet Issue Despite Delay in Considering Draft Rule”
BNA offers this report based on news I reported yesterday. For some anti-regulatory commentary, see Brad Smith and Bob Bauer. (There’s a great niche here for a reformer to start a blog to make the pro-regulation case, in… Continue reading