“Elections chief finds surprises in first year”
AP offers this report on Ohio Secretary of state Bruner.
Monthly Archives: January 2008
“Campaigning for winners can give lobbyists a leg up”
The Dallas Morning News offers this report.
“After Nevada Caucuses, Charges of Foul Play”
“Multiple-party endorsements for candidates weighed”
AP offers this report.
“Redistricting lawsuit threatens NC primary schedule again”
AP offers this report.
“In Politics, Winners Get the Spoils, Losers Goes to Court”
Susan Estrich has written this piece for FoxNews.com. It begins: “Election law, like political science (which I also teach) is something of an oxymoron, particularly in the heat of a political season.”
“Voting Technology and the 2008 New Hampshire Primary”
Michael Herron, Walter Mebane, and Jonathan Wand have written this draft. A snippet from the executive summary: “With respect to Hillary Clinton’s surprise victory in the Democratic Primary and the differences across vote tabulation technologies in Clinton’s and others’… Continue reading
“Perspective – Supreme Spotlight on a ‘Stupid’ System”
James Sample and Richard Samp (an odd couple, to say the least) have jointly written this oped on Lopez Torres for the New York Law Journal.
Two California cases of note
A California court of appeal issued this opinion in Nguyen v. Nguyen, involving recounts and electronic ballots.
A California superior court has issued this tentative decision in a dispute between San Diego and Secretary of State Bowen about post-election audits.
“Lawsuit seeks to stop county voting switch”
AP offers this report, which begins: “A federal lawsuit filed Thursday seeks to block Ohio’s biggest county from switching to a paper ballot voting system for the March 4 presidential primary.” You can find the ACLU’s complaint here.
More Commentary on Lopez Torres
“Three Key Developments Relating to the Election and the Constitution: The National Popular Vote Plan, a Mississippi’s Court’s Special Election Mandate, And the Challenge to Nevada’s ‘At Large’ Caucus Site Rule”
Vik Amar has written this Findlaw column.
“Dan Walters: Two-party structure under fire”
“Can America Run a Fairer Election?”
US News and World Report offers this report. The magazine also offers a sidebar, “The Legacy of Hanging Chads.”