“Court Rejects Early Michigan Primary”
AP offers this report.
Monthly Archives: November 2007
In the Election Law Mailbag
Jerry Goldfeder, Goldfeder’s Modern Election Law
Daniel Katz, Article I Section 4, The Voting Rights Act and the Restoration of the Congressional Portion of the Election Ballot: The Final Frontier of Felon Disenfranchisement Jurisprudence?, 10 University of Pennsylvania Journal… Continue reading
Two on the CLC Blog
Paul Ryan has written Will FEC Proposed Rule Gut BCRA ‘Electioneering Communication’ Provisions? . Gerry Hebert has written von Spakovsky, Obama, and the Race Card.
FEC Nearing End of Post-WRTL Rulemaking; Expect New Flood of Sham Issue Ads; Disclosure Issue Still Unresolved
The FEC has released this draft final rule in the post-WRTL rulemaking. Actually, it still has two alternatives: one of which would exempt from disclosure ads subject to the WRTL exemption; the other which would not. Richard Briffault and I… Continue reading
“Notes for a Discussion of Politics and Technology: How the FEC’s Internet Rules Will Change More than the Internet Rules”
Bob Bauer has this new extensive post.
Oral Argument in Crawford, the Indiana Voter ID Case, Set for January 9
See here.
“Most at NYU say their vote has a price”
The Politico offers this report, which begins: “Two-thirds say they’ll do it for a year’s tuition. And for a few, even an iPod touch will do. That’s what NYU students said they’d take in exchange for their right to… Continue reading
Election Law Journal 6:4 Now Available; Preview of ELJ 7:1
You can find the table of contents for Election Law Journal 6:4 here. Look for ELJ 7:1 in January, featuring Frisina, Herron, et al. on the FL-13 undervote controversy, David Canon on the aftermath of Georgia v. Ashcroft, Ethan… Continue reading
“What to Do About Campaign Finance Loopholes”
Deborah Goldberg of the Brennan Center has this web-only comment at the Nation. It begins: “Let’s set the record straight once and for all. The Supreme Court opened the soft-money floodgates in Wisconsin Right to Life v. Federal Election Commission… Continue reading
“The Weekly Standard Plays the Race Card”
The Carpetbagger Report offers this post responding to the Ed Blum article on Sen. Obama and FEC Commissioner von Spakovksy that I linked to earlier.
“Michigan Court of Appeals hears primary election appeal”
AP offers this report.
“Elections Canada faces climbing legal bill from Tory lawsuit”
See here.
“ACLU Seeks Va. Voter ID Material”
AP offers this report.
New Blog from the Rose Institute and Claremont McKenna College
This looks like an especially useful site for those interested in redistricting issues.