The Miami Herald offers this editorial, which begins: “Filing a lawsuit is usually not the optimal remedy to a problem, but the League of Women Voters of Florida was right to challenge the constitutionality of a truly objectionable provision… Continue reading

The newspaper offers Measure Would Bar Out-of-Town Money in Humboldt County Races. A snippet: “If [Measure T] passes and then survives an almost inevitable legal challenge, it would bar donations to local candidates or initiatives by any out-of-town corporation.… Continue reading

Dan Tokaji, whose views on this I respect more than anyone else, has written this must-read analysis of RFK Jr’s Rolling Stone article claiming that the 2004 presidential election was stolen in Ohio. A snippet: Kennedy’s treatment of his subject… Continue reading

See this notice from the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Bob Bauer has this post, commenting on the Friedman and Holden article I linked to yesterday.

You can find them here.

The Los Angeles Times offers this report, which begins: “Sidestepping California’s campaign contribution caps, state Treasurer Phil Angelides is using a loophole in the law to tout himself in statewide mailings that promote a preschool initiative on Tuesday’s ballot.… Continue reading

Adam Liptak has written this interesting news analysis for the NY Times on the search of Congressman Jefferson’s offices. It begins: “The Justice Department is probably correct in saying that it was legally entitled to search a congressman’s office last… Continue reading

Very interesting. So the change from Smith to Von Spakovsky on the FEC can have real consequences, with Smith consisistently taking a more pro-free speech line and Von Spakovsky aligning more with Toner on issues such as 527 regulation… Continue reading

Dan Tokaji has this post on Equal Vote. I very much hope that Dan will weigh in on the new RFK Jr. article on whether the 2004 election was stolen, in which the author relies in part on Dan’s work.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has written this lengthy article for Rolling Stone. A snippet: After carefully examining the evidence, I’ve become convinced that the president’s party mounted a massive, coordinated campaign to subvert the will of the people in 2004.… Continue reading

See this order, issued today, clarifying that the district court is to consider in the first instance, “whether plaintiffs-appellants had also stated a claim on behalf of plaintiffs who are neither incarcerated nor on parole that their votes are… Continue reading

See this press release, which begins: “The National Voting Rights Institute (NVRI) and the State PIRGs Democracy Program released a study today that found there is no support for the notion that campaign contribution limits hurt challengers. In fact,… Continue reading

AP offers this report.