The Riverside Press Enterprise offers this report, which begins: “After being released four months ago, the Homeland man who won a seat on the Romoland School District board while in prison is back behind bars today. He is charged… Continue reading

Jeffrey Birnbaum offers this Washington Monthly article considering when is a campaign contribution a bribe in light of the Abramoff scandal. Link via Political Wire.

I hope Bob is wrong.

The Oakland Tribune offers this report. (Disclosure: I am consulting for the California Nurses Association on this measure.)

Roll Call offers this report (paid subscription required), which begins: “In 2004, President Bush won 72 percent of the vote in Utah, earning him five of the magical 270 electoral votes he needed to win re-election. Whoever takes Bush’s place… Continue reading

Here is a story in AP. Here is Roll Call. See also this NY Sun editorial.

Peter Shane has written ths comment at the OSU election law site.

Today‘s hearing is being webcast (click on the link on this page from one of the hearings last week). The committee has put up the statements, but they are not in a reader friendly format. Here is an easier-to-read… Continue reading

Via the e-newsletter of the excellent Democratic Audit of Australia: Compulsory voting Following the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matter’s recommendation that compulsory voting be scrapped, the Australian Electoral Commission has published this review of the arguments and includes… Continue reading

Rick Pildes had the excellent suggestion to provide a link so that someone can see all the guest blogging posts on VRA renewal. You can find those posts (and only those posts) by clicking here. This link will also… Continue reading

According to Lyle Denniston, the Supreme Court’s order reads in full: “The motion of appellant to expedite consideration of the appeal and to consolidate briefing is denied.” My earlier post predicting that the Court would not go for this… Continue reading

You can find the studies by Keith Gaddie and Charles Bullock here on the American Enterprise Institute’s page for its “Project on Fair Representation.” You can also access on that page (direct link not available) a report on the data… Continue reading

Dan Tokaji has posted the documents here. This is the case involving punch card voting in some Ohio counties, which the Sixth Circuit panel held was a violation of Equal Protection under Bush v. Gore. My earlier comments are… Continue reading

The Solicitor General has opposed expedited review in the Maine campaign finance case, reports Lyle Denniston. See here for my earlier exchange with Lyle on what the Supreme Court is likely to do in this case. UPDATE: You can… Continue reading