See stories in the Washington Post, NY Times, and LA Times.

The Washington Post offers this report.

The Wall Street Journal offers this editorial.

Following up on this post, Edward Blum has written an LA Times oped, Primed for a Voting Rights Act overhaul.

The following press release arrived via email: Senate Rules Committee Schedules Hearing on Legislation to Reform Presidential Primary Process – Hearing scheduled for September 19 at 9:30 a.m. – Washington, DC — The U.S. Senate Rules and Administration Committee will… Continue reading

Brendan Loy has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article strikes a blow in defense of America’s much-maligned system of choosing a president: the Electoral College. It argues that, although imperfect, the Electoral College is superior… Continue reading

The CLC blog has the details.

The Columbus Dispatch offers this report.

Jocelyn Benson has written this ACS issue brief.

You would not know it given the dearth of news coverage, but a very important oral argument on the constitutionality of the renewed section 5 of the Voting Rights Act (an issue discussed and debated in detail here) will… Continue reading

The Campaign Legal Center has issued this press release about this opinion issued by Judge Kollar-Kotelly. The release begins: “Yet again a federal court has found the FEC’s implementation of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) to be unreasonable as… Continue reading

I’ll be taking off a couple of days for Rosh Hashana, though I should have an oped or two appearing over the next few days in some major newspapers.

The Sacramento Bee offers Term Limits Trickery? and Dan Walter’s column, “Perennial Proposal Dies Again.”

See here.