From Dan Tokaji and Mike Alvarez. All well deserved.

The LA Times offers this report on election day in the tiny city of Vernon, CA.

The Miami Herald offers this editorial.

On March 29, 2005, I revealed that new FEC Commissioner Hans A. von Spakovsky was claiming the authorship of a previously anonymous article (authored by “Publius”) about election administration reform. I was surprised both that someone at the DOJ considering… Continue reading

Jim Gardner has posted this article (forthcoming, Rutgers Law Journal) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Since the founding, all gerrymandering of election districts, at both the state and congressional levels, has been accomplished by state actors operating almost exclusively… Continue reading

See this very interesting post. UPDATE: Malbin responds: Yesterday, in response to John Kerry’s statement that he regretted having taking public funds for the 2004 general election, Rick Hasen wrote some kind words about my recent Election Law Journal… Continue reading

BNA Money and Politics Report gives the details (paid subscription required). (For those looking for information on the new Maine case, see here). A snippet: “During the April 10 hearing before the three-judge court, Moss, the attorney for the… Continue reading

A.P. offers this report, which begins: ” Key figures in a phone-jamming scheme designed to keep New Hampshire Democrats from voting in 2002 had regular contact with the White House and Republican Party as the plan was unfolding, phone… Continue reading

See here. My letter to the Ninth Circuit in the Padilla case makes similar points, without the tentativeness of the AG’s letter.

Bob Bauer weighs in, seeing incumbency and party (especially Republican party) benefits from repeal. Allison Hayward to some extent disagrees.

Katherine Kersten offers this Star Tribune column. She writes: Some states with same-day registration try to blunt fraud with “provisional” voting. Under this arrangement, election officials set aside the ballots of voters whose eligibility is in question, and count… Continue reading

You can find the resignation letter here. Commissioner Martinez explains: I am leaving the EAC strictly for personal and family considerations. My wife, Beth, and I have been blessed with two wonderful children – Sofia Grace and Lorenzo Elder… Continue reading

Roll Call offers this report (paid subscription required). A snippet: “His re-election kitty, probably worth upwards of $1 million, is widely expected to be shifted into a fund to pay his mounting legal bills. While these lobbyists didn’t mind cutting… Continue reading

Eliza Newlin Carney’s latest National Journal column, Sputtering Out, begins: “The outlook for meaningful lobbying reform in this Congress has gone from bad to worse.” Meanwhile, on Sunday the NY Times offered Lobbying Cases Shine Spotlight on Family Ties… Continue reading