Here. It was quite a set of heated exchanges.

The Post Dispatch article is here. My Slate piece on ACVR is here. The only mention of ACVR in the story: “Until a few months ago, Hearne also served as counsel and frequent spokesman for the American Center… Continue reading

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AP offers this report on DOJ official Bradley Schlozman’s testimony today. See also these very interesting posts (here, here, here, and here) on TPMmuckraker. UPDATE: The Washington Post story is here, McClatchy is here… Continue reading

Thad Hall and Dan Tokaji have written this Moritz commentary. It begins: Federal elections are the country’s oldest unfunded mandate. The Constitution gives Congress power to make or alter rules for federal elections, but the task of running those… Continue reading

That’s what Paul Gronke hears. I hope his colleague will give more details on this assessment. I know that Jeff Milyo and Lori Minnite debated this a bit on the election law listserv last month.

Lloyd Mayer has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, First Amendment Law Review). Here is the abstract: The rule that charities are not allowed to intervene in political campaigns has now been in place for over fifty years. Despite uncertainty… Continue reading

AP offers this report from Iowa.

McClatchy offers this report, which begins: ” Saying it was out to combat widespread voter fraud, the Justice Department in recent years has stepped up enforcement of election laws to ease the purging of ineligible voters from state registration… Continue reading

Doug Chapin of Electionline offers these thoughts on election administration litigation, including voter id litigation.

What a coup for IFES. Details here.