“Alabama: state court grants voting rights to all felons”
Ed Still (who successfully litigated this case) has this post at Votelaw.
Monthly Archives: August 2006
Third Circuit Upholds Pa. Ballot Access Rules; Pa. Supreme Court Makes Nader Pay Court Costs
See the 3rd Circuit opinion; AP story; Howard Bashman’s links to Pa. Supreme Court opinions and AP story.
More on Write In Voting in the Texas 22
Fort Bend Now has this interesting information on how misspelled votes cast for the Republican write in candidates in the Texas CD22 district will be treated:
Most voters in CD-22 now do their voting on electronic machines, such as Fort… Continue reading
“Reform Measure Passes in Alaska”
Democracy’s Daily Posts (Therestofus.org) has the news.
“For TX GOP, Is Disaster Spelled S-H-E-L-L-E-Y S-E-K-U-L-A–G-I-B-B-S?”
TPM has this interesting post (link via Ed Still). A snippet: “Misspellings may well be the hanging chad of this election season.”
“Senate backs plan to give electoral votes to popular vote winner”
A.P. offers this report from California on the National Popular Vote plan. According to the article, the bill goes back to the Assembly for a final vote. The governor has not taken a public position on the measure.
“Peter Schrag: Prop. 89: California nurses’ clean money dream”
See this Sacramento Bee column. Schrag quotes me as stating my belief that courts may be willing to reconsider the constitutionality of limits on contributions and expenditures in ballot measure campaigns. This is an argument I made in detail… Continue reading
Eighth Circuit Afffirms District Court Finding of Section 2 Violation in South Dakota Indian Country Case
The Eighth Circuit opinion in Bone Shirt v. Hazeltine is here. See also this press release. I’ve glanced at the majority opinion, and something about it is odd. The district court found a section 2 violation, and ordered… Continue reading
“Chief Justices Sound Alarm on Judicial Elections”
Law.com offers this report.
Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 File Comments Against Proposed Electioneering Communications “Grassroots Lobbying” Exemption
The comments are here. See also this blog entry, which explains:
In their joint comments, the Legal Center and Democracy 21 object to Commissioner von Spakovsky’s attempt to circumvent the normal rulemaking process by rushing the proposed “interim”… Continue reading
“Independent Verification: Essential Action to Assure Integrity in the Voting Process”
Roy Salman has written this report for NIST. Here is the abstract:
Audit trails are needed for direct-recording electronic (DRE) voting systems. The widely used, current method of providing an audit trail with printouts is evaluated, and several disadvantages are… Continue reading
“Same-Sex Marriage Ballot Measures and the 2004 Presidential Election”
Dan Smith, Matthew DeSantis and Jason Kassel have published this article in State and Local Government Review. It asks the question: “Did ballot measures banning same sex marriage swing the 2004 general election to George W. Bush?”
Election Law Teacher Database Now Updated
You can find it here.
Breaking News: Ninth Circuit Strikes Down Washington’s “Top Two” Primary
This unanimous opinion in Washington State Republican Party v. State of Washington is a very important one, clarifying the reach of some dictum in the Supreme Court’s 2000 opinion in California Democratic Party v. Jones. Jones held that a… Continue reading