This fascinating article by Brian Duff, Michael J. Hanmer, Won-Ho Park and Ismail K. White appears in the most recent issue of Public Opinion Quarterly. Here is the abstract: Utilizing studies which validate voter turnout, previous researchers have been able… Continue reading

You can find the table of contents for ELJ 6:2 at this link and printed below. Look for ELJ 6:3 in July featuring Ray LaRaja on campaign disclosure laws and press coverage of campaigns, Chris Shortell and Charles Smith on… Continue reading

My Loyola colleague Peter Tiersma has published The Textualization of Precedent (Notre Dame Law Review). Here is the abstract: Statutes have long been regarded as quintessentially written law. In contrast, the other main source of law in a common-law system,… Continue reading

The San Jose Mercury News offers this report, which begins: ” SACRAMENTO – When Arnold Schwarzenegger campaigned for governor, he infamously scoffed at the notion that he would need to accept special interest money. Almost four years and more… Continue reading

See this Sacramento Bee column. My thoughts on this controversy are here.

The Kansas City Star offers this report.

The Palm Beach Post offers this editorial.

The Boston Globe offers this report, which begins: “The six-person Federal Election Commission, which enforces campaign-finance laws, is entering the presidential election season with three temporary commissioners who have not been confirmed by the Senate, two commissioners whose terms… Continue reading

ACS has posted this issue brief by Richard P. Bress and Lori Alvino McGill.

Ned Foley has written this Moritz commentary, which begins: “Each state in the nation needs to develop a regular institutional process by which it easily updates, in light of the experience of other states, its own laws that will… Continue reading

See this press release, which begins: “North Carolina is taking a number of steps to be in full compliance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, specifically its requirement that states offer voter registration opportunities in public assistance… Continue reading

The People for the American Way has issued this press release. But some reformers are not pleased. UPDATE: See also this Roll Call report ($).

See here, thanks to the new Ohio statewide database.

The Kansas City Star offers this report. The Letter from Sen. Leahy is here.