Monthly Archives: October 2007
“Gingrich’s excuse legally flawed”
The Politico offers this report, in which Newt Gingrich’s lawyers admits it was politics, not McCain-Feingold, that caused him to choose not to run for President.
“State’s highest court backs lying in politics; Justices say law regulating speech unconstitutional”
Howard Bashman links to a Seattle Post-Intelligener article on a 5-4 decision (3 opinions, all linked by Howard) of the Washington State Supreme Court. I had thought I was done revising chapter 11 of the Election Law casebook (Lowenstein, Hasen… Continue reading
“Immigrant pleads guilty to voter fraud”
The headline sounds ominous but the facts of this article show no vast conspiracy. Oh, and a voter id card would have done nothing to stop this “fraud.”
“Registrars say system has glitches”
See this news from Virginia.
Ray Martinez to Leave Pew, Become Government Relations Director at Rice
The Rice press release is here. He will still continue to teach election law as an adjunct at UT. Good luck, Ray.
“It’s Name Is MUD”
Texas Weekly has this article ($) on the NAMDUNO VRA case currently being considered by a three-judge panel, and eventually headed to the Supreme Court. In the article, Edward Blum, the main force behind the suit, says: “‘We’re not looking… Continue reading
Big Business and Big Labor Want FEC to Create Exemption from Disclosure For Many Ads that Are Likely to Influence the 2008 Presidential Elections
I’ve already noted that the James Madison Center (who represented plaintiff in the WRTL case) has taken the position that the FEC should exempt from disclosure ads entitled to the “as applied” FEC exemption. Richard Briffault and I have taken… Continue reading
“Voting chief defends approval of Georgia’s voter ID law”
AP offers this very interesting report. I presume that Congress’s reversal of Reno v. Bossier Parish in the VRA renewal would therefore change the way the DOJ would have approached consideration of preclearing the GA voter id law.
Also… Continue reading
“UPDATE: No charges filed in Clark County vote-fraud case”
See this news from Indiana.… Continue reading
Access Draft of Sen. Nelson Complaint Against DNC on Washington Post Web Page
Obama Derails vote on von Spakosvky; What’s Next for FEC Nominees?
So reports ($) Roll Call this morning.
So what happens next? Sen. Obama might give up his opposition to please the Democratic Senate leadership (one of the nominees is close with Sen. majority leader Reid). That seems unlikely, given that… Continue reading
“Who’s Giving Money to Bill Clinton?”
Matthew Yglesias has written this LA Times oped, with the subhead: “The former president should disclose his foundation’s backers before his wife goes up for election.”