The Hill offers this report, which begins: “The Republican National Committee (RNC) on Monday issued its preliminary guidelines for the delegation selection process for next year’s convention, and put five states on notice that they had violated GOP rules… Continue reading

See this letter posted at the Prisoners of the Census website.

Given the terrible fires in Southern California, it is perhaps no surprise that this very important political story is buried on page 25 of today’s LA Times. (See also this Sacramento Bee report.) Perhaps Democrats in the California state… Continue reading

The Houston Chronicle offers this voter-id related report.

David Vance of the Campaign Legal Center has written this commentary for The Politico.

AP offers this report, which begins: “Missouri’s political parties are not the financial powerhouses they once were. And that means voters have seen slightly fewer negative advertisements.”

See here.

Eliza Newlin Carney’s latest Rules of the Game column is now available.

See here.

This press release arrived via email: … OBAMA: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT MUST FIRE VOTING RIGHTS OFFICIAL Comments about minority voters offensive, dangerous \WASHINGTON , D.C. – U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) today sent the following letter to Acting Attorney General Peter… Continue reading

I expect this very interesting LA Times story to have some legs.

The Politico offers this report.

This ($) is troubling: “Svoboda was challenged by the two Republican commissioners on the FEC, Mason and Hans von Spakovsky, who asked about the constitutional basis for requiring disclosure.” On the constitutionality of disclosure, see here Svoboda also added “that… Continue reading

See here.