The Seattle Times offers this report, which begins: “Pierce County authorities are investigating whether hundreds of voter-registration cards were fraudulently filled out by paid canvassers before the 2006 election. The criminal investigation, acknowledged Friday by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Al… Continue reading

The Boston Globe offers this report.

The NY Times offers this report.

The NY Times offers this very interesting report.

See this press release. This is not good news (see also here) for those who support nonpartisanship in elections, or a more vibrant role for a bipartisan and fair EAC.… Continue reading

The Boston Globe offers this report.

The NY Times offers this report, which begins: “Gov. Eliot Spitzer and legislative leaders agreed on Thursday to the broadest overhaul of New York’s notoriously lax campaign finance laws since they were enacted after Watergate, ending a stalemate that… Continue reading

The Hill offers this report.

The NY Times offers this report, which begins: “Democratic leaders in the House and Senate are slowing their drive to revamp the nation’s voting systems, aides said yesterday. Under pressure from state and local officials, as well as from… Continue reading

The 2007 Supplement to Lowenstein and Hasen, Election Law–Cases and Materials (3rd ed. 2004), is now available for download at this link: https://electionlawblog.org/archives/2007-supp-final.pdf The Supplement, which sees the addition of new co-author Dan Tokaji, is up-to-date, and includes an edited… Continue reading

See here. Regardless of what one thinks of the WRTL ruling of the Supreme Court, and the specific proposal of the James Madison Center, a rule from the FEC put in place before the 2008 election season gets into… Continue reading

TPMmuckraker has this post on Hans von Spakovsky.

See this report from the Prison Policy Initiative. See also this press release on the Prisoners of the Census blog.

Roll Call offers this report ($), which begins: “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) have decided to abandon the normal conference committee process for long-stalled ethics legislation and will employ a little-used parliamentary tactic to… Continue reading