The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette offers this report, which begins: “A provision in an ethics bill lowering the individual maximum campaign contribution per election from $ 2, 000 to $ 1, 000 would likely be upheld as constitutional under the U.… Continue reading

The Washington Post offers this must-read editorial on the standoff over FEC nominations. A snippet: “During his tenure at the FEC, Mr. von Spakovsky has at times sarcastically referred to campaign finance reform advocates as the ‘IPL.’ or ‘Incumbency Protection… Continue reading

See here.

That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline newsletter.

CQ Politics offers this report.

Does this count as an “error in the vote tabulation”?

The Sacramento Bee offers this report. See also this LA Times report.

I have just posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly). Here is the introduction (footnotes omitted): Imagine the following scenario, which, as of the time of this draft, may not be likely but is not at all… Continue reading

See here. Perhaps Hearne is filing the brief in Crawford for another party. I had surmised on Monday that the Lawyer Defense Fund was going to pick up where ACVR left off.

Matthew Sanderson has written this Ideas column for the Politico. A snippet: “For the first time, this election’s vice presidential candidates may be selected partly because of their willingness to empty deep pockets. The ’08 presidential nominees will consider a… Continue reading

CQ Politics offers this primer.

The Hill offers this report.

This week’s “Justice Talking” program features stories about, among other things, campaign finance. Listen to Teaching Campaign Finance Law with Doritos (on the Colbert candidacy, featuring interviews with Allison Hayward and me) and this debate between Trevor Potter and Bob… Continue reading

Via Ballot Access News comes word of this motion to dismiss or affirm filed by the government in the FEC v. Davis case. My earlier post, calling this an election law “cert. petition to watch,” is here.