The Russell Sage Foundation has published The Future of the Voting Rights Act (David Epstein, Richard H. Pildes, Rodolfo O. de la Garza, and Sharyn O’Halloran, editors). You can find the table of contents here. Chapter 5 is my… Continue reading

The San Antonio Express News offers this report, which begins: ” Rick Bolanos, one of six Democrats running in Congressional District 23, accuses incumbent U.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla’s campaign of stealing his name in cyberspace in a federal lawsuit… Continue reading

AP offers this report. The court’s order is here; the state’s press release is here; and Dan Tokaji’s thoughts are here.

The St. Petersburg Times (FL) offers this report, with the subhead: “Amendment 3 makes it harder to change the state’s Constitution and asks how direct our democracy will be.”

Josh Gerstein has written two election law articles for the NY Sun: Ad Against Lieberman Divides ACLU, which is a must-read for anyone interested in the line between election-related speech and “genuine” issue advocacy, and Group Shells Out $1M … Continue reading

AP offers this report, which begins: “OWINGSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal grand jury indicted the only remaining candidate in a rural county attorney’s race on charges of soliciting vote-buying during the May primary election and obstructing justice.”

See this report at Tennessean.com.

Jonah Goldman has this essay at TomPaine.com.

Gerry Hebert, the “Bailout King,” offers these interesting thoughts.

For those of you who receive my blog postings via the Election Law listserv, the listserv is currently down. When I have an update on when service is likely to be restored, I’ll post a follow up. UPDATE: The list… Continue reading

I received the following “save the date” via email: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 Hart Auditorium, 3:30 – 8:00 p.m. The Georgetown Law Journal Symposium The Law of Politics: The Role of Law in Advancing Democracy 3:30 – 3:40 p.m. Introductory… Continue reading

Contrary to my prediction, Gov. Schwarzenegger vetoed the bill passed by the California Legislature which would have had California join a compact of states to allocate Electoral College votes for president according to the popular vote winner in those… Continue reading

The Miami Herald offers this report, with the subhead: “A former manager in the engineering firm PBS&J detailed an alleged company practice of using employees as ‘straw’ donors to political campaigns.”

Roll Call offers this report ($), which begins: “Big deal if he tried to shut them down! That was then, this is now and with the 2008 presidential campaign right around the corner, Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) wants their donor… Continue reading