According to this AP report John Kerry thinks his biggest mistake is taking public financing during the general election campaign for president in 2004. The comments are just more evidence that the system is in deep trouble, and is likely… Continue reading

Jonathan Chiat offers this LA Times column on the National Popular Vote plan. He disagrees with Rep. John Doolittle’s comments on Redstate opposing the idea.

The Rocky Mountain News offers this editorial.

The Boston Globe offers this interesting report on negative campaign speech occurring with increasing frequency on the internet. The article attributes some of this negative campaigning to the FEC’s rules declining to regulate most blogging under campaign finance laws. But… Continue reading

Sarah Gorman of Burke Williams and Sorenson passes along this order issued by a federal district court on Friday in Chinchay v. Verjil. The court there held, under Padilla v. Lever, that section 203 applies to initiative petitions but not… Continue reading

With the Supreme Court nomination process over (for now) and with the midterm elections coming, I have updated that portion of my blogroll (on the right side of my blog) listing other blogs and websites of interest to election law.… Continue reading

Before I started teaching, I worked as an appellate lawyer at Horvitz and Levy, the top appellate firm in California (at least in my opinion!). Since I began teaching at Chicago-Kent in 1994, I have always worked on a… Continue reading

Following up on this post regarding Padilla-related litigation in Kern County, CA, the judge has put off any decision on whether to remove the measure from the ballot until another hearing on April 19.… Continue reading

Bob Bauer has the details of today’s FEC meeting.

Today I am asking the Ninth Circuit for permission to file this letter urging rehearing or rehearing en banc in the Padilla v. Lever case. Here is an excerpt from the letter: Soon after the court’s ruling, I wrote an… Continue reading

The LA Times has this report on the continuing bizarre saga in a small southern California city.

Chris Cillizza has this interesting post at his Washington Post blog.

The Palm Beach Post offers this report, which begins: “TALLAHASSEE — Senate President Tom Lee’s campaign finance reform package passed its first hurdle Thursday, but election law experts and Gov. Jeb Bush questioned the constitutionality of the measure. The… Continue reading

In the Electionline.org weekly newsletter (which should be posted here later today), Sean Greene has a fascinating story about comments made by Dennis Vadura, former AccuPoll CEO. Among the statements he makes is the following: “I think that [voting systems]… Continue reading