See this report from the Fremont County voting case, which begins: These sound like the words that made your mamma wash out your mouth with soap: “Bivariate ecological regression analysis.” “Multivariate analysis.” “Homogeneous precinct analysis.” “Ecological inference.” The phrases refer… Continue reading

The WSJ offers this report.

The NY Times offers this report, which begins: “Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, a contender for the Democratic presidential nomination, issued an unusual challenge to his rivals on Wednesday. He proposed a voluntary agreement between the two major party… Continue reading

The Hill reports: “Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who strongly criticized campaign-finance regulations in a private meeting with House conservatives last week, once touted dramatic restructuring measures such as taxing political contributions and placing spending limits on federal campaigns.”

The Hill offers this report about Professor Mark C. Alexander, who often writes in the election law field.

The LA Times offers this editorial.

The following invitation arrived via email: The International Forum for Democratic Studies at the National Endowment for Democracy cordially invites you to a luncheon presentation entitled What Is “Free & Fair”? International Law as a Norm for Assessing Elections featuring… Continue reading

You can find it here. UPDATE: See this report in the SF Chronicle.

The current issue of the Rutgers Law Journal contains articles on this topic by Jim Gardner, Richard Gladden, and David Schultz.

The Washington Post offers this report. Bob Bauer comments.

Nelson Polsby, UC Berkeley Professor of Political Science, passed away last night. Nelson ranked among the very best political scientists studying American politics. He will surely be missed. Here is a brief biography: Nelson W. Polsby is Heller Professor… Continue reading

AP offers this report, which begins: “AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) – Wary of lobbyists calling signals from the sidelines, Maine is taking steps to ban text messages and e-mails to lawmakers in session as it becomes the latest state to… Continue reading

See this press release.

AP offers this report on the resignation of Cuyahoga County’s Michael Vu.