“Montana Balance of Power Shifts With a Single Seat”
See this NY Times report.
Monthly Archives: November 2006
“Ohio must get rid of gerrymandering”
Ned Foley and Brad Smith have written this oped, which begins: “Anyone who knows our work knows that we don’t agree on much. We don’t even agree a whole lot about the substantive topic that underlies this opinion piece:… Continue reading
Being listed on top of ballot can offer an election edge”
The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky) offers this interesting report. UPDATE: See also State May be Using the Wrong Law.
“Preserving Democracy, Vote by Vote (5 Letters)”
These letters to the editor in the NY Times respond to my oped of last week on nonpartisan election administration and this editorial on the same topic.
Three from AP
The wire service offers Votes Still Being Counted in House Races; Ohio Race Outcome Further Delayed; and Huckabee Says Campaign Laws Aid McCain.
“Obama Introduces Legislation to Criminalize Election-Day Fraud”
See this press release from Sen. Obama’s office.
The latest on FL-13
The Sarasota Herald Tribune offers Partisan Tone Growing and Crowd Likes Idea of District 13 Revote.
“DeLay Successor Seeks Inquiry Into Missing Computer Files”
The Washington Post offers this report.
“Editorial: Minnesota needs new voting system”
Here in the Star Tribune.
“Florida beings ‘meaningless ritual’ of vote recount”
See this report from the KRT Wire.
“L.A. mayor’s fund raises concern; School district lawsuit sheds light on a Villaraigosa committee, which may allow donors to circumvent contribution limits.”
The LA Times offers this report.
“Special Interest Cash Hits a Wall in Judicial Elections; Business groups spent millions on judicial races, but with little effect”
Law.com offers this report.
“Connecticut for Lieberman Gets New Chair”
Interesting if true. UPDATE: Richard Winger writes:
Rick Hasen’s blog posted an amusing story about a man in Connecticut who claims to be the only registered member of the Lieberman for Connecticut Party. This man called a state convention… Continue reading
Partisan Hacks Determining the Outcome in FL-13?
I recently wrote in the NY Times that ” We don’t need disputes like the current one in Florida being resolved by party hacks.”
The following troubling news release just came in from the People for the American Way foundation:… Continue reading