“The Ghost Of Gonzales: Justice Dept Still Backs Controversial Voter ID Law”
Will Thomas has this post at the Huffington Post. Orin Kerr views the DOJ’s filing more favorably.
Monthly Archives: December 2007
“Yepsen: Parties, candidates must make sure caucuses are clean”
David Yepsen has this column in the Des Moines Register.
“State: Voter fraud must be fought”
This story from Talahassee.com begins: “The need to fight voter fraud — even when not required by federal law — is now the state’s top reason in fighting civil-rights advocates over a voter-registration process that has left more than 14,000… Continue reading
Paul Gronke on DOJ Amicus Brief in Crawford
See here.
Bob Bauer on the FEC’s New WRTL E&J
See here.
“Will the Supreme Court Decide the 2008 Election?”
The NY Times Editorial Board blog has this new post.
One More Amicus Brief in Crawford
Following up on this post the Lawyers Democracy Fund has filed this amicus brief in the Indiana voter id case. It does not yet appear on the Brennan Center’s otherwise comprehensive Crawford page.
“DoJ Argues for Voter ID Law in Supreme Court Case”
TPMmuckraker offers this report.
FEC Releases Draft Explanation and Justification for Post-WRTL Rule
This document is going to keep the campaign finance bar busy for a while. Pay close attention to the discussion of the Bill Yellowtail issue at pages 41-42 (pdf 42-43.) This conclusion is key: “although a past vote ‘against child… Continue reading
“EAC Releases 2006 Election Day Survey Results”
See this press release about this report issued by the EAC. Among the conclusions of the report:
– Nearly 173 million persons were registered to vote for the 2006 elections–an increase of nearly 12.1 million since the 2002 midterm election.… Continue reading
Thor Hearne Files Brief in Crawford Voter ID Case, Not for ACVR, But for 41 Republican Senators/Members of Congress
You can find the brief here. This time the “evidence” of voter fraud comes from statements of members of Congress (see brief at 15-17), most of them related to unproven anecdotes of voter fraud as well as types of… Continue reading
“High court backs public financing”
This story from the Wisconsin State Journal begins: “All seven members of the state Supreme Court have endorsed public financing of elections for that court, saying it is needed to ‘protect’ the judiciary. The endorsement came on the eve of… Continue reading
“Vallejo mayor to request hold on race he lost by 2 votes in recount”
The SF Chronicle offers this report, which begins: “Vallejo Mayor Gary Cloutier said Monday he will ask a judge today to place on hold the results of the Nov. 7 election, saying vote-counting irregularities cast ‘a cloud of suspicion… Continue reading
“Independent groups poised to play big role in election”
The Boston Globe offers this report. In somewhat related news, the Denver Post offers Political Funds Skirt Rules.