“Forget Flag Burning. Tackle the Real Issues, Like Voting Machines”
Norm Ornstein has written this Roll Call column (also available here without a subscription).
Monthly Archives: June 2006
“A Positive in Going Negative?”
Ruth Marcus offers this Washington Post commentary, which begins:
Economist John Kenneth Galbraith died this year, but he left behind the conventional wisdom. Galbraith coined the phrase in 1958 to denote those comfortable ideas “which are esteemed at any… Continue reading
Hauser Replies to Pate on the Gerrymandering Myth
Responding to A.J. Pate’s comments in this post, Jeff Hauser writes:
J Pate’s letter is a semi-tragicomic effort at correcting an (admittedly deeply and embarassingly flawed) article.
Re the “legality” of DeLay’s actions with the FAA… we all know… Continue reading
“Rosemead Recall Election Date Set: Tuesday, September 19, 2006”
So reports Todd Kunioka. Quite a delay caused by the Ninth Circuit’s now withdrawn opinion in Padilla v. Lever.
“Block the Vote: Ohio Remix”
The NY Times offers this editorial on developments in Ohio I flagged here and here. See also this article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer and this post by Dan Tokaji.… Continue reading
“Brennan Center to Fight Restrictive Voter Registration Rules Enacted By Ohio Secretary of State”
See this press release, which links to this letter sent to Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell.
“Fall 2006 Election Law Symposium Contributors Announced”
Election Law@Moritz has posted this information about a conference being held on “Election Law and the Roberts Court” September 29-30.
“A Way to Rescue Redistricting Reform”
Ever the optimist, Ned Foley has posted this comment at the OSU Election Law site.… Continue reading
“Voting machine problems plague polling places statewide”
The Clarion-Ledger (Miss.) offers this report.
“State high court to consider parolees’ right to vote”
The Denver Post offers this report which suggests that the parolees’ claim is one under state constitutional law. Link via How Appealing.
“Louisiana senator wants switch to closed party primaries”
A.P. offers this report.
Questioning the “Gerrymandering Myth”
Last week I linked to this New Republic Online article and this longer working paper by Friedman and Holden. From my brief look at the academic paper, I questioned whether the authors were confusing the effects of two different provisions… Continue reading
“Hearings Slated on New York Legislative Redistricting”
The NY Times offers this report.
“Alameda County’s Paper Ballots May Cause Delays; With Angelides and Westly locked in a tight contest, the vote count may not be done until noon Wednesday.”
The LA Times offers this report.