The Riverside Press Enterprise offers this report, which begins: “The California Democratic Party called on the state attorney general Thursday to investigate suspected voter-registration fraud cases in at least two counties, including more than 3,600 instances by one company… Continue reading

The New York Times offers this report, which begins: “NEW ORLEANS, March 15 — For decades, when it came time to visit your friendly New Orleans property assessor with a complaint, the outcome was likely to be mutually beneficial.… Continue reading

The New York Times offers this report.

This conference will take place at Princeton University on April 6 and 7. The link will take you to the agenda of the event, which includes some terrific speakers. Here is the description: “Making Every Vote Count,” will focus on… Continue reading

John Morris of CDT has posted this response on the Kos website regarding the choice between, among other options, HR 1606 and HR 4900 (the CDT alternative). A snippet: Let me address how DailyKos would be affected under HR 4900.… Continue reading

Seth Tillman has posted Model Continuity of Congress Statute on SSRN. The abstract: This is a model continuity of Congress statute. States with constitutional provisions similar to U.S. Const. art. I, Section 7 could easily modify the act in light… Continue reading

C.E. Petit has posted the Intentional Fallacy on his Scrivener’s Error blog. It discusses my draft article, Bad Legislative Intent.

See here.

The Washington Post offers this report, which begins: “House Republican leaders proposed changes in lobbying laws yesterday that would include a crackdown on independent, big-money committees that heavily aided Democrats in the 2004 elections. The proposed ethics package would… Continue reading

The Sacramento Bee offers this report, which begins: “Legislation to strip California lawmakers of their power to draw state Senate, Assembly and other political boundaries narrowly passed a legislative committee Wednesday.” The article is well worth reading by anyone… Continue reading

Ed Still collects the news from the states here (MIssouri), here (Minnesota), and here (Pennsylvania).

Gannett News Service offers this report.

The Ventura County Star offers this report.

Roll Call offers this report (paid subscription required), which begins: “House Appropriations Chairman Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) expressed concern Wednesday that granting line-item veto authority to the White House would cut into Congressional powers, potentially handing the executive branch the legislative… Continue reading