The AP has this report.

Tony Quinn has this op-ed in the L.A. Times on the prospects for redistricting reform in California … and what Gov. Schwarzenegger should do.

The Salt Lake Tribune reports here that Utah’s switch from punch cards to Diebold electronic voting technology doubled the costs of this year’s elections.

The Morris News Bee has this story on a Township Committee election, in which the Democratic candidate Jeff Grayzel trails the Republican candidate Joseph Calvanelli Jr. by a single vote (4,217-4,216) after a recount. Grayzel is challenging the result in… Continue reading

The Columbus Dispatch has this report, finding that 15.3% of voters used absentee ballots. Ohio instituted no-fault absentee voting for the first time in 2006. The Dispatch also finds that the percentage of provisional ballots increased slightly. See this … Continue reading

I might write a bit next week, but Dan Tokaji is filling in as the main blogger on this site next week. Happy Holidays!

Plaintiffs failed before the election in getting a court to declare that Jerry Brown could not serve as California Attorney General because he was not actively practicing law during the last five years. (He was on inactive status while serving… Continue reading

The newspaper publishes less frequently when Congress is not in session, but it has posted some very interesting internet reports ($) over the last few days, including: House Democrats Plan Bipartisan Task Force on Ethics Reform (Bob Bauer comments)… Continue reading

John Mercurio has this very interesting National Journal column. Besides discussing DeLay’s involvement in the Texas redistricting, it notes some very nasty comments which were posted on DeLay’s new blog.

The LA Times offers this report, with the subhead: “The chamber has never yet ousted a member over poor health — but party control rides on Johnson, a Democrat.”

AP offers this report, which begins: “Back in the majority, Texas’ Democrats in the House are mostly minorities. The 13 Democrats include six Hispanics and three African Americans. Two of the African Americans are women. Republicans still dominate the… Continue reading

See this opinion piece in the Times of London. I’m curious to hear what Chris Elmendorf makes of this.

Following up on this post, you can find the report from Bruce Cain and the UC DC Center here.

You can find news coverage in the NY Times; Washington Post; USA Today. With some confusion and and possible answers out there regarding the meaning of the agreements reached yesterday, I need to ask: why didn’t the… Continue reading