“Judge Upholds Sanctions Against Florida Democrats”
CQ offers this report on a very expected result. Sen. Nelson says he will not appeal.
Monthly Archives: December 2007
“Can $2 Million for a Judge Buy a $350 Million Tax Refund?”
James Sample has this post at the Huffington Post.
“A New Chance to Make Presidential Campaigns about Voters Not Dollars”
This post on new legislation to revitalize the presidential public financing system appears on the Public Citizen “Watchdog” blog.
Pozen on “The Irony of Judicial Elections”
David Pozen has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Columbia Law Review). Here is the abstract:
Judicial elections in the United States have undergone a dramatic transformation. For more than a century, these state and local elections were relatively dignified,… Continue reading
“Secretary of State’s Office Might Investigate Muncie Election”
See this report from Indiana.
“Plan Calls for Voting Shake-up; Bipartisan duo hope to end Iowa, N.H.’s early presidential contests”
The Detroit News offers this report.
“Stalling the Vote in Mississippi”
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis) offers this editorial.
“Nonprofits Become A Force in Primaries”
The Washington Post offers this front-page report.
In the Election Law Mailbag
Josha A. Douglas, Note, A Vote for Clarity: Updating the Supreme Court’s Severe Burden Test for State Election Regulations That Adversely Impact an Individual’s Right to Vote, 75 George Washington L. Rev. 372 (2007).
Another Anonymous Article Defending Laws Against Voter Fraud
This one is by “Wright Talley,” ” the pen name of a long-time congressional employee.” Why is it that these arguments are being made anonymously? If they are credible arguments, let’s hear who is making them. (The most famous instance… Continue reading
“The FEC On its Sick(Death?) Bed”
Bob Bauer’s latest.
“Conference Call: Budget Law Challenge Heads to High Court; Justices asked to consider whether the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 was properly passed by Congress”
Tom Goldstein has written this Legal Times column about the cert petition in Public Citizen v. U.S. District Court.
“Elections officials side against Voter ID law”
AP offers this report.
“Electoral Bid’s Time Crunch; GOP-backed intiative may miss June vote, aim instead for November.”
The Sacramento Bee offers this report.