The San Francisco Chronicle offers this report.

See this report on today’s hearing over Padilla-related litigation in Kern County, CA.

On April 28, the UC Washington Center, Election Law Journal, UCLA, and IGS at UC Berkeley will hold this conference in Washington DC. Here is the schedule: 9:00-9:15 Welcome: Bruce E. Cain, Director, UC Washington Center, Daniel Lowenstein, Professor, School… Continue reading

Lots of people know the House passed 527 legislation yesterday, but few have read the actual bill in its final form. I have not read it yet. You can find the text here. Larry Gold has sent me his … Continue reading

A.P. offers this report.

The Bakersfield Californian offers Sludge Initiative on Hold, talking about the latest California jurisdiction hit with a lawsuit to remove an already qualified voter initiative from the ballot for ostensible failure to comply with section 203 of the Voting… Continue reading

NPR offers Ohio City Investigated for Voting Discrimination. The web description of the audio report: “The Justice Department is planning to file a voting rights suit against a city in Ohio. The last time the department brought a lawsuit… Continue reading

The Cleveland Plain Dealer offers this very interesting front-page report, which begins: “After the 2004 presidential election, Cuyahoga County election workers secretly skirted rules designed to make sure all votes were counted correctly, a special prosecutor charges. While there… Continue reading

The Washington Post offers this report. See also this NY Times report, this AP report, this BNA report (paid subscription required), this Roll Call report (paid subscription required), and this report in The Hill. The focus on… Continue reading

Terry Smith offers this post on Blackprof.com. A snippet: When the authors of the two leading texts in the election law area systematically omitted citation to all but one or two African-American scholars in the area, the proper question for… Continue reading

The Cleveland Plain Dealer offers this report, which begins: “Secretary of State Ken Blackwell made an embarrassing announcement Monday: He accidentally bought stock in Diebold Inc., a voting machine maker that benefited from decisions made by his office. In… Continue reading

John B. Anderson of Fairvote and US EAC Commissioner Ray Martinez III have written this NY Times oped, which calls for, among other things, automatic voter registration by the government of graduating high school seniors. It is a terrific… Continue reading

I have posted the Court’s two page order here. The court accepted my amicus letter and another amicus letter for filing, and then denied the motion of plaintiffs, which would have had the effect of putting the Monterey initiative… Continue reading

Padilla v. Lever hits Orange County: “City officials are trying to determine whether a petition challenging a San Juan Hills Golf Course housing proposal for older adults and an amendment to the general plan was done correctly. The city… Continue reading