Tomorrow at an Executive Business Meeting, the Senate will mark up S. 453, Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2007 (Obama, Schumer, Leahy, Cardin, Feingold, Feinstein, Kennedy, Whitehouse).

Marvin Krislov and Daniel Katz have posted Taking State Constitutions Seriously on SSRN (forthcoming, Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy). Here is the abstract: Section I of this article briefly describes both the theoretical and historical origins of American… Continue reading

See this report from Michigan. The contrast between how Michigan is handling poor voters who don’t have ID and Indiana (subject of the Crawford case, currently the subject of a cert petition) is stark. In Michigan, voters who are poor… Continue reading

NJ.com offers this news update.

AP offers this report, which begins: “Lawyers behind a California ballot proposal that could benefit the 2008 Republican presidential nominee have ties to a Texas homebuilder who financed attacks on Democrat John Kerry’s Vietnam War record in the 2004… Continue reading

The NY Times offers this report, which begins: ” A top Democratic fundraiser who criminal past has roiled the campaigns of top presidential candidates failed to appear Wednesday for a bail hearing and a judge issued a new warrant… Continue reading

UCLA Law has awarded tenure to my good friend Adam Winkler. Adam writes in constitutional law, history, corporate law and, most importantly, election law. Congratulations Adam!

AP offers this report.

See here. I guess Thor Hearne’s law firm is taking a break from its Wikipedia cleansing.

Here she is on You Tube. What Allison misses in her analysis of the California measure is the national political implications of this measure. Once I see Allison or others supporting the California plan pushing it in large Republican… Continue reading

BNA Money & Politics Report offers this report ($).

The SF Chronicle offers this report, which begins: “A new Democrat-backed term limits initiative qualified for the February ballot Tuesday by a scant 957-signature margin, and opponents are complaining that political pressure pushed the measure over the top. The… Continue reading

That’s according to a blog post about Jeffrey Toobin’s new book, The Nine, which I hope to read soon.

See this post at Daily Kos, about these decisions issued today by the FEC. See also this explanation on the FEC’s response to the complaint against Daily Kos. UPDATE: More from Bob Bauer and The Politico.… Continue reading