I have uploaded here the cert petition in Initiative and Referendum Institute v. Herbert. The case involves the question whether it violates the First Amendment for a state (in this case Utah) to impose a 2/3 vote requirement only on… Continue reading

Back in April I linked to Glen Staszewski’s The Bait and Switch in Direct Democracy (Wisconsin Law Review), which dealt, in part with whether Michigan’s anti-same sex marriage law was drafted in a deliberately ambiguous way to allow court arguments… Continue reading

The Hearing will take place Wednesday. Here is the witness list. A media advisory I received states: “The hearing will focus on concerns related to the security and auditability of voting systems used in federal elections, with an emphasis on… Continue reading

You can find here the motion of language minority voters (Mexican American) seeking to intervene in this important case testing the constitutionality of the renewed section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.

Kos has written this post at Daily Kos. While I appreciate the nomination, am I one of the people that’s supposed to fund this thing? I sure hope not! For any Kos readers interested in my views on campaign finance… Continue reading

So reports Brian Leiter. Bill Marshall does not write too often in the election law area, but when he does his work is always well worth reading. Congratulations to Bill on the new appointment!

The SF Chronicle offers this report, which begins: “Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez said Thursday he will push for a plan to create an independent citizens’ panel to redraw legislative district lines that is not linked to the loosening of… Continue reading

The Washington Post offers this report. The NY Sun offers FEC Punts on 527 Group Regulations. Yes, the two newspapers are talking about the same regulations.

The Washington Times offers this report.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch offers this report, which begins: “Two nonprofit groups that gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to a Southern Illinois appellate judge this past fall appear to have violated the state’s election laws. Together, the American… Continue reading

See here.

Following up on this post, see comments from Dan Tokaji and Bob Bauer. See also support from the Lawyers’ Committee, through the National Campaign for Fair Elections.

The NY Times offers this report. The report ends: “Experts say the optical scanners are less expensive than the touch-screen systems. But Kimball W. Brace, the president of Election Data Services, said optical scanning systems had had a slightly… Continue reading

Electionline offers this very useful roundup of voting reform proposals in Congress.