“Political campaign financing is an unholy mess. Is state funding the alternative?”
See this report from New Zealand. Thanks to Andrew Geddis for the pointer.
Monthly Archives: August 2006
District Court Rejects Challenge to Deficit Reduction Act Under Marshall Field
In Public Citizen v. Clerk, Judge Bates of the federal district court in Washington, D.C. has rejected the argument that the DRA did not become law because of failure to meet the bicameralism requirement of the Constitution. (This was… Continue reading
“Md. Judge Rules Early Voting Unconstitutional”
AP offers this report, which begins: “Early voting in Maryland is illegal because the state’s constitution allows only one day of voting, an Anne Arundel County Circuit Court judge ruled Friday.” I don’t know the particulars of the Maryland… Continue reading
“California Write-in Case Loses”
Richard Winger of Ballot Access News reports:
On August 9, California Superior Court Judge Gail Ohanesian refused to place several major party nominees on the November ballot. Sonoma County Republican Party v McPherson, 06-cs-01078, Sacramento. The candidates had each… Continue reading
“Second GOP Hopeful Asks for Party Support of Write-In Bid in Texas’ 22nd”
CQPolitics.com offers this report. A snippet: “Despite the district’s typically strong Republican leanings, the GOP faces a very difficult challenge to defeat the strong takeover bid by Democratic former Rep. Nick Lampson with a write-in campaign, even if just… Continue reading
“500 new voters might not exist; State activists might be charged over questionable registrations”
The Columbus Post-Dispatch offers this report from Ohio.
Federal District Court Judge Rejects First Amendment and Vagueness Arguments in AIPAC Lobbying Case
“Bonilla could face tough battle in redrawn district”
AP offers this report. See also this column by Carlos Guerra, “Texas redistricting pleases no one, may bring surprises.”
“The Per Curiam Precedent of Steel: Buckley v. Valeo as Superprecedent? Clues from Wisconsin and Vermont
Allison Hayward has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming Cato Supreme Court Review). I very much want to read this as I’m writing my own article on the Vermont case. Here is the abstract:
Randall v. Sorrell and Wisconsin Right… Continue reading
“When the Law is Used to Stifle Competition”
Brad Smith has this interesting new post. There is much in this post with which I agree.
“Panel will consider term limit, redistricting changes”
The Sacramento Bee offers this news update, suggesting that term limits and redistricting reform may indeed be put before California voters this November.
Ohio Attorney General Issues Opinion on “Sore Loser Law”
“Voter Suppression in Missouri”
The NY Times offers this editorial.
“Vote–Or Else”
Norm Ornstein has this oped in the NY Times. You can find my analysis of mandatory voting and its possible adoption in the US in Voting Without Law?, 44 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 2135 (1996). It is hard to… Continue reading