“A Small-Time Crime With Hints of Big-Time Connections Lights Up the Net”
Adam Cohen offers this Editorial Observer column in the NY Times on the New Hampshire phone-jamming case.
Monthly Archives: April 2006
“House: Fundraising Continues at Record-Setting Pace”
CQPolitics.com offers this report. Also on the fundraising topic, the Washington Post offers Clinton Sets Bar for ’08 Funds; Senator Has $20 Million for Reelection, Possible Presidential Bid.
“Loma Linda group to circulate revised petition”
The Riverside Press-Enterprise offers this report. A snippet: “The group’s original initiative, which would have required a vote of the public to change the general plan and set minimum lot sizes throughout the city, was disqualified by a federal… Continue reading
Another view of the Indiana Voter ID decision
Following up on this post, Brett Bellmore writes via e-email:
I’ve now had a chance to read the ruling, and it does not appear to be based on the judge’s belief that ID fraud is a more serious problem… Continue reading
“The Gerrymander That Ate America”
Juliet Eilperin writes this article on Slate, with the subhead: “Here’s the only way to make House races competitive again.”
Election Law Journal 5:2 Now Available; Preview of ELJ 5:3
You can find the table of contents for Election Law Journal 5:2 (featuring a symposium on the 2004 election) here. Look for ELJ 5:3 in July, with a Forum piece by EAC commissioner Ray Martinez (on independent election administration),… Continue reading
“A Bark-and-Byte Battle Over Campaign Finance”
The Chronicle of Higher Education offers this article, with the subhead: “When Carol C. Darr argued that political blogging could create loopholes that should be closed, the election-lawyer-turned-scholar angered both sides of the red-blue divide.” Darr will also particpate… Continue reading
New Student Note on the Media Exemption
Joshua Lane Shapiro has written “Corporate Media Power, Corruption, and the Media Exemption,” 55 Emory LJ 161 (2006). For those with Westlaw access, view it here.
“Candidates say the darndest things on ballot”
The LA Daily News offers this amusing report.
“Voting officials brace for May 2 primary; Photo ID required for first time in Indiana”
The Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette offers this report. On Friday, a federal district court upheld the Indiana voter id law against constitutional challenge.
Philadelphia Inquirer Editorializes about 527 Reform
See here.
“The reformers’ earmark”
Brad Smith has this oped in the Wash. Times, tying earmark reform with public financing for presidential candidates: “It’s hard to imagine an earmark of less value than the presidential campaign fund. Over the years the presidential fund has paid… Continue reading
“Fate of 527 Bill Still Uncertain”
Roll Call offers this report (paid subscription required). A snippet: “Language to bring 527 groups under federal limits remains in a broader lobbying reform package that House Members are expected to wrap work on in the next few weeks. If… Continue reading
“Backers of Ads Skirt Rules on Disclosure”
The LA Times offers this front page report, with the subhead: “A GOP group linked to the governor gave funds to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which put out ‘independent’ TV spots supporting him.” It also offers this somewhat-related … Continue reading