Chad Flanders has written this oped in the Hartford Courant. A snippet: “Unless we think seriously about how we want our primaries to be run, we will end up with a system that nobody wants – a system that, as… Continue reading

See this press release.

Adam Cox and Thomas Miles have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Columbia Law Review). Here is the abstract: The Voting Rights Act has radically altered the political status of minority voters and dramatically transformed the partisan structure of American… Continue reading

The Center for Competitive Politics has issued this press release, which begins: “Today the Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) requested the Supreme Court hear a case that could be pivotal in the battle over campaign finance regulation. CCP, with… Continue reading

MIT has posted this story, which begins: “If we want individuals and small groups to have the democratic power to elect the president fairly, we must score presidential elections by winner-take-all states–not in a single giant national district too… Continue reading

The New York Times offers this front page report, which follows up on this report about the EAC and voter fraud yesterday. Today’s must-read report begins: “Five years after the Bush administration began a crackdown on voter fraud, the… Continue reading

George Skelton has written this column in the LA Times. The Los Angeles Daily Journal also ran a profile earlier this week on Barry Fadem, the lawyer behind the National Popular Vote Plan. I don’t have an electronic link at… Continue reading

You can find it here. I plan to attend the oral argument in the case and blog about my impressions of the argument later that day. I’ll also be speaking at this CATO event with Jim Bopp, Marty Lederman,… Continue reading

Brad Smith has this interesting post on the Center for Competitive Politics blog.

At a recent AEI-Brookings Election reform project event, I tangled a bit with Indiana Sec. of State Todd Rokita, including over the question whether the National Association of Secretaries of State will continue to take its unfortunate position that… Continue reading

Roll Call offers this oped ($) on the presidential public financing system.

Sid Salter offers this column in the Jackson Clarion Ledger.

AP offers this report.

The NY Times offers this front page report, which begins: “A federal panel responsible for conducting election research played down the findings of experts who concluded last year that there was little voter fraud around the nation, according to… Continue reading