Take Down those YouTube Videos Before the Election
In Japan.
Monthly Archives: April 2007
“Audit says cuts left Election Dept. unfit”
The Boston Globe offers this report, which begins: “A consultant’s audit of the Boston Election Department has found that years of understaffing and underfunding have left the department incapable of consistently conducting elections properly.”
Tillman on Legislative Officer Succession to the Presidency
See this draft posted on SSRN.
“New York’s Judicial Selection Process is Fine–It’s the Party System that Needs Fixing”
Jim Gardner has written this draft about the Lopez-Torres case, which the Supreme Court will hear next term. Here is the abstract on SSRN:
New York’s system of electing lower court judges has long been notorious for providing the appearance… Continue reading
Ever More on Bush v. Gore
Ned Foley has written The Future of Bush v. Gore for an Ohio State Law Journal election law symposium (my contribution to that symposium is on campaign finance, specifically Randall v. Sorrell). I have already linked to Dan Lowenstein’s commentary… Continue reading
The ACLU on the New Florida Felon Re-enfranchisement Rules
See this memo. Meanwhile, Salon asks What was Charlie Crist Thinking?. UPDATE: James Sample has these thoughts at the Huffington Post.
“Brunner vs. Bennett postponed”
This post, on the Cleveland Plain Dealer politics blog, begins: “The hearing to remove Cuyahoga County elections board Chairman Bob Bennett has been postponed until April 16. This is the second postponement of the hearing, which was first scheduled… Continue reading
Follow-up on Crawford: Should Opponents of Voter Identification Laws Want Plaintiffs to Petition for Cert. in the Supreme Court?
Yesterday I wrote that I thought the Supreme Court would be likely to take Crawford, the Indiana Voter identification decision if the plaintiffs petitioned for cert. Marcia Oddi thinks plaintiffs are likely to do so. I also suggested in my… Continue reading
Is Crawford, the Indiana Voter Identification Case, Likely to Be Heard by the Supreme Court?
As I suspected, the long delay in the 7th Circuit’s decision whether or not to take the case en banc was due to the preparation of an opinion by a minority of the circuit’s judges dissenting from the court’s… Continue reading
Light Blogging Through the End of the Week
Loyola is on spring break. This is at the printer and this is out to law reviews. We may do some traveling. Back to full speed on Monday.… Continue reading
“Term limit measure could be confusing; How it’s pitched will determine whether it passes, experts say”
The SF Chronicle offers this report.
“McComb asks Justice Department to uphold board member removal”
AP offers this report from Mississippi, which begins: “The city of McComb is asking the Justice Department to determine if a court ruling that Selectman David Myers cannot also serve in the Legislature violates the Voting Rights Act. Myers contends… Continue reading
“Election-law case argued at high court”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution offers this report, which begins: “Georgia elections will be vulnerable to political dirty tricks if the courts adopt arguments made by a Gwinnett political consultant accused of violating campaign laws, Gwinnett’s district attorney told the Georgia… Continue reading
“Court upholds Phila. campaign-finance limits”
The Philadelphia Inquirer offers this report.