“Bah, Humbug” says Bob Bauer. See also this BNA report ($) on the FEC meeting/impasse over nominations. Finally, there is this NY Times oped on the FEC nominations impasse.

See this report from New Mexico.

The Sacramento Bee offers this report, which begins: “Two San Joaquin Valley congressmen can raise cash in $20,000 chunks to oppose a California redistricting ballot measure, the Federal Election Commission ruled Friday.” See also this brief story about the… Continue reading

This thoughtful post by Dan Tokaji is not to be missed. Concludes Dan: “In the end, the success of Ohio’s 2008 election is likely to hinge more on procedures and people than on technology. In the few months that remain… Continue reading

Geoffrey McGovern and Jonathan Krasno have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The Supreme Court’s inability to define substantial over breadth reveals conceptual flaws in a core component of First Amendment law. We argue for a new… Continue reading

Miriam Galston has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, First Amendment Law Review). Here is the abstract: Recent developments – such as a wave of FEC enforcement actions, the FEC’s publication of its case by case approach to determining political… Continue reading

See here. Doesn’t this show that absentee ballots (being offered by the state as an alternative to polling place voting to indigent and other voters lacking id) is not an adequate substitute for polling place voting? [Disclosure: I filed… Continue reading

The Washington Post offers this report.

The NY Times offers this editorial. I’ll have more to say about this soon.

McClatchy offers this report.

See here.

CQ Politics offers this report. Adam Bonin has more.

AP offers this report, which begins: “A Treo and a magnet would be tools enough to tamper with the workings of electronic voting machines used in Ohio as well as across the country, the political swing state’s top elections… Continue reading

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