“Missouri voter ID law latest in national test cases”
A.P. offers this report.
Monthly Archives: August 2006
“Shareholders Seek Political Spending Receipt”
CFO.com offers this report, with the subhead: “As the fall election season draws near, shareholders are increasing their demands for corporate disclosure of political spending.”
“Ruling shows Alabama still under feds’ thumb”
The Mobile Register offers this editorial on a recent Voting Rights Act ruling by a three-judge court. The editorial concludes: “On most election-related issues in the states covered by the Voting Rights Act, the federal government still insists on having… Continue reading
“DOJ files motion to halt election in Springfield”
A.P. offers this report.
“Mayor Drops Bid to Replace DeLay”
AP offers this report. Now that Republicans have unified behind a single write-in candidate, they can focus on the practical hurdles of having voters cast write-in votes using electronic voting machines.
Jeffrey Rosen on LULAC
Jeff Rosen is doing an interview on SCOTUSBlog in connection with his new book (see my earlier blurb about what it says about election law here). One of the questions he was asked was how his theories applied to… Continue reading
In the Election Law Mailbag
Financing the 2004 Election, edited by David Magleby, Anthony Corrado, and Kelly Patterson. This book is part of the definitive series published after each presidential election discussing campaign financing on the presidential, congressional, and state and local levels.
David… Continue reading
“House seats kept out of game”
The San Jose Mercury News offers this report. See these columns on the failure of the California legislature to put a redistricting measure on the ballot by Dan Walters and by Dan Weintraub.
“Has Presidential Tax Funding of Elections Been a Success?”
Brad Smith has this new post.
“English-only ballots — for now”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal offers this report.
“Casting a vote for election integrity”
The East Valley Tribune offers this editorial on Arizona’s voter i.d. requirements.
“The E-Voting Write-In Test”
See this interesting post on Election Updates about voting in the Texas CD 22, the former Tom DeLay district. Concludes Thad Hall: “I was the discussant of a paper on electronic voting at a confrence this spring in Chicago that… Continue reading
“2006 Election Reform Agenda”
Demos has posted this ambitious reform agenda. Meanwhile, the organization has signed an affiliation agreement with the National Voting Rights Institute.
“Ray Martinez, Former Vice Chairman of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission Joins Overseas Vote Foundation Executive Board”
The following press release arrived via email:
August 21, 2006, Washington, D.C. Overseas Vote Foundation (OVF), http://www.overseasvotefoundation.org, today announced that Ray Martinez will join the OVF organization as a member of the Executive Board, effective immediately. August 19, 2006 was… Continue reading