“Donation limits bypassed; Loopholes allow candidates to reap record campaign contributions”
The Baltimore Sun offers this report.
Monthly Archives: August 2006
“USC-Caltech Center for the Study of Law and Politics; 2006-2007 Participatory Democracy Workshop Series”
The following schedule arrived via email:
Specific room locations are to be determined. Please contact Betsey Hawkins ([email protected]; (213)740-7737) if you have any questions about the workshops or to arrange parking.
Tuesday October 10th, 2006
Professor Luis Fraga
Professor of… Continue reading
“Block the Vote; Abusing Election Laws to Prevent Competition”
Brad Smith has written this Washington Post oped.
“GOP’s Financial Edge Shrinks”
The Washington Post offers this front-page report, which begins: “The traditional fundraising advantage held by incumbent lawmakers — which Republicans have regarded as a safety wall in their effort to keep control of Congress — has eroded in many… Continue reading
APSA Papers on Election Law Topics
Every year there are interesting papers at the APSA convention on papers with an election law angle. Below are some links to papers that may be of interest (feel free to send me additional links, and I’ll update this post… Continue reading
“Bonilla Seeks FEC Approval for New Donation Limits”
Roll Call offers this breaking news report (paid subscription required), which begins: “Rep. Henry Bonilla (R-Texas), whose re-election outlook went from safe to shaky when the Supreme Court changed the boundaries of his district and four others in the Lone… Continue reading
“New ploys devised to boost voter turnout”
Stateline.org offers this report. A snippet: “Arizona will decide whether to make people who show up at the polls eligible for a $1 million jackpot. In Michigan, 80,000 people who’ve voted only sporadically were put on notice by a… Continue reading
“AP Exclusive: Complaint seeks to remove Starrett from Ore. ballot”
AP offers this report, which begins: “A prominent Republican lawyer filed a state elections complaint late Friday seeking to knock third-party gubernatorial contender Mary Starrett off the Nov. 7 ballot on grounds that her nomination process was legally flawed.… Continue reading
“Democrats drop effort to keep Padgett off ballot”
AP offers this report from Ohio.
“Touch-Screen Machines Stir Election Anxiety in Md.”
The Washington Post offers this report.
More on AIPAC Lobbying Case
On August 11, I had a post entitled Federal District Court Judge Rejects First Amendment and Vagueness Arguments in AIPAC Lobbying Case. Today, the Washington Post offers Ruling Raises Bar in Lobbyist Case, which begins: “The federal judge… Continue reading
“News Analysis: The Coming Paper-Trail Debacle?”
Electionline Today offers this disturbing report. UPDATE: See also this post by Dan Tokaji on the recent Election Science Institute report on the use of electronic voting with a paper trail in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
“Top vote counter becomes prize job”
USA Today offers this report on increased partisan competition for control of secretary of state positions. This is an unfortunate, but hardly unforeseeable, development that moves in precisely the opposite direction that reform should go. Thanks to Election Updates for… Continue reading
“A Response to Reform Critics”
Fred Wertheimer and Trevor Potter have written this detailed and important post on the CLC blog responding to the recent Baran-Bauer NYTimes oped.