Here is the advisory opinion. A snippet: “Specifically, the opponents assert that the amendment impermissibly requires the voters to accept part of the proposed amendment which polling has shown a majority of voters oppose–prohibiting alternative forms of legal recognition and… Continue reading
The New York Times offers this editorial, which concludes: “Many states have passed laws requiring paper records for electronic voting. What is happening in Maryland is important, because not a single member of the House stood behind the once… Continue reading
Juaquin Avila and Barbara Seitle have written this oped for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. It begins: “When it comes to voter registration reform, some local activists want the state of Washington to use a sledgehammer for a task that needs a… Continue reading
See this press release, which explains that “Members of the media are invited to a media event hosted by ProEnglish in the National Press Club’s Lisagor Room to hear U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, discuss growing congressional and citizen… Continue reading
You can find the opinion in Alaska Right to Life v. Miles here. The ruling is significant in that it shows that states that model their own campaign finance laws after BCRA (in this case BCRA’s electioneering communications provisions)… Continue reading
From Commissioner Michael Toner, via e-mail:
“The FEC is carrying over the final vote on Internet regulations from tomorrow at 10am until next Monday March 27th at 10am.”
CQ Politics has this very important post, which explains that Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury and California Secretary of State Bruce McPherson have signed a pledge of nonpartisanship which includes a promise not to “serve in any ongoing… Continue reading
The Palm Beach Post offers this report, which begins: “Attorney general and candidate for governor Charlie Crist has appeared at a recent pro-voucher rally and has criticized the Florida Supreme Court ruling striking down vouchers, but on Tuesday appeared… Continue reading
Newhouse News Service offers this report, which begins: “Historians Matthew Lassiter, Joseph Crespino and Kevin Kruse are part of the first generation of whites to grow up in the post-Jim Crow South. They’re also at the leading edge of… Continue reading
AP offers this report, which begins: “Twelve senators are asking Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to make it easier for troops abroad to vote, saying the current system is outdated.”